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The puzzle below is part of a Puzzle Crime Story I have started on my website, but will skip the details here (you can see other puzzles from the series here and here). In short, you have the following rectangular card which has the word "SIN" written on one side and a bunch of letters/symbols on the other. You must figure out a 4-digit number encoded in the card. I am sharing the puzzle here because I've noticed nobody has figured it out yet and want to decide whether to simplify it a bit.

enter image description here front side enter image description here back side (turning the card left-to-right)

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The back side is:

An anagram for PUNISHMENT

Rearranging the letters to match transforms the front into the numbers:

1713

The result as a picture

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    Gah, I was working on images! :( – Will May 09 '16 at 05:12
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    @Will Yeah, I'm a computer guy but I figured this one would be faster on paper. – 2012rcampion May 09 '16 at 05:19
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    So... where does greed come into play? – Devsman May 09 '16 at 13:57
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    @Devsman in my story there is a killer who murders his victims for their sins. This particular one has been greedy. – Puzzle Prime May 09 '16 at 14:00
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    I think you can assume "Greed" as a hint too. Except its main meaning according to story, it can be the misspelled word "grid", which is a hint for rearranging the paper cells. –  May 22 '16 at 15:04
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    @Puzzle Prime If part of the story depends on "Greed" misspelled as "Grid," (or vice-versa), you might use the fact that "greed" is how a Spanish speaker would pronounce "Grid." This actually happened to me when I asked a Mexican guest if he would like some of my flat chocolate cake. "Would you like a piece of this sheet cake?" . . . pause . . . "What kind of cake . . .???"" 8-D –  Nov 05 '17 at 04:02
  • @Rob Actually the greed-grid thing was not planned initially, but ended up as a nice hint. Cool story though:) – Puzzle Prime Nov 05 '17 at 04:06
  • You mention the puzzle is on a website; however, solving it requires printing the card (or redrawing it by hand on paper) and cutting it. Is there any other puzzle on the website that requires drawing and cutting like that? Perhaps your players are expecting to solve the puzzle simply by looking at their screen, without using paper. – Stef Aug 12 '21 at 15:07