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I got a temporary license and received the real one in the mail later. Yes, you can keep the old one.

What's the temporary license printed on? Standard paper?

My licenses have always been printed on a plastic card, but I remember seeing older licenses that were basically laminated photo paper.

In the states I've lived in, its a piece of paper you keep in your wallet alongside your previous DL/permit that's now been hole-punched. You use both together to serve as your proof of authority to drive if you get pulled over.

Of course, only until the real DL arrives in the mail, which usually takes a week or two.

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