To provide a low-cost contact by decreasing the quantity of Au while the reliance upon the contacting performance is well secured.

A contact concerned is of tape type and used in a switch to feed and shut off the current, and is embodied in such a structure that the second layer conductor 13 is joined with the surface of the first layer conductor 12 joined with a base 11 and Au alloy is provided in at least part of the second layer conductor 13, wherein the central part 13a of the second layer conductor 13 across the tape width has a higher Au content than the ends 13b.