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Llombart pattern playing cards from Germany

Llombart pattern playing cards from Germany

made in Leipzig in the early 19th. century

Tarot of the Everlasting Day - AI Generated Tarot

Tarot of the Everlasting Day - AI Generated Tarot

Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated tarot deck produced by Marcus Katz. Is this science fiction or the future of tarot?

Sushi playing cards

Sushi playing cards

Sushi playing cards illustrating different types and styles of sushi, USA, 2004.

Key West and the Florida Keys

Key West and the Florida Keys

Key West and the Florida Keys playing cards with photography by Werner J. Bertsch and Larry Lipsky.

73: Fakes, Forgeries and Tax Evasion

73: Fakes, Forgeries and Tax Evasion

When there are official taxes to pay, people will find a way to avoid paying them - often illegally.

Vanity Fair 1868-1914

Vanity Fair 1868-1914

Vanity Fair 1868-1914 playing cards published by Billy Bembo, United Kingdom, 1995.

Llombart pattern playing cards from Spain

Llombart pattern playing cards from Spain

also known as the Plumed Hat pattern.

Tokyo Disneyland Playing Cards

Tokyo Disneyland Playing Cards

Disney themed playing cards featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends; available at Tokyo Disneyland in 1987.

The Deck

The Deck

The Deck semi-transformation playing cards, USA, 1983.

Adventure Fours

Adventure Fours

Adventure Fours playing cards with differently coloured suit symbols, USA 1977

Japanese McDonald’s Playing Cards

Japanese McDonald’s Playing Cards

McDonald’s Playing Cards for the Japanese market featuring McDonald's characters that appear in commercials and merchandise.

Lifesaving Earthquake Safety Tips

Lifesaving Earthquake Safety Tips

54 Lifesaving earthquake safety tips playing cards produced by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, USA, 2005.

Jack Daniel’s Playing Cards

Jack Daniel’s Playing Cards

Jack Daniel’s™ Old Nº7 Gentlemen’s playing cards produced by Hoyle Products, USA, 1994.

The British Royal visit to India playing cards

The British Royal visit to India playing cards

printed in Spain for British India in 1911.

Coolidge playing cards

Coolidge playing cards

Coolidge playing cards featuring dogs playing poker, Aquarius, USA, 2008.

Knot playing cards

Knot playing cards

Knot playing cards intended to teach a variety of useful and interesting knots, USA, 2000.

Heisey Glass Museum

Heisey Glass Museum

National Heisey Glass Museum playing cards featuring artistic glass tableware and figurines, USA, 2006.

Cards Eh!

Cards Eh!

“Cards Eh!” playing cards with general information about Canada produced by JK Productions of Richmond, British Columbia in 2002.

Get Bear Smart

Get Bear Smart

“Get Bear Smart” playing cards published by the Get Bear Smart Society, Canada, 2005.

Guarro y Cia Catalan pattern

Guarro y Cia Catalan pattern

Catalan pattern (‘Escudo de Barcelona’) with youthful courts and attractive colouring.

Alejo Gabarró Catalan pattern

Alejo Gabarró Catalan pattern

Alejo Gabarró “El Cuervo” Catalan pattern playing cards, Igualada, Spain, c.1904.

Love is a smoke

Love is a smoke

‘Love is a smoke’ (Classic edition) fantasy playing cards produced by Passione, Italy, 2015.

English pattern from Nigeria

English pattern from Nigeria

A standard pack from the most populous country in Africa.

Zamki Polski

Zamki Polski

Zamki Polski souvenir playing cards with 54 drawings of Polish castles.

Chinese Opera Masks Playing Cards   脸谱

Chinese Opera Masks Playing Cards 脸谱

Three different packs of cards featuring traditional Chinese face painting and Chinese opera masks.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Unbranded ‘Romeo and Juliet’ backs by Russell Playing Card Company, c.1911.

Charta Bellica

Charta Bellica

“Charta Bellica” playing cards produced by Piatnik, Budapest in 2009.

Reykjavik Athletic Club playing cards

Reykjavik Athletic Club playing cards

made in Iceland

IBUSZ folklore playing cards

IBUSZ folklore playing cards

Hungarian folklore pack produced by IBUSZ travel agency, c. 1965.

Interhotel playing cards

Interhotel playing cards

Interhotel playing cards printed by Obchodni Tiskárny (OTK), Prague, and published by the Interhotel chain in 1972.

The Place of the Fool

The Place of the Fool

This paper considers three questions relating to the Fool-card in the tarot-pack.

Rybářské karty

Rybářské karty

Fishing-themed playing cards with artwork by Jan Hora, Czech Republic, 2005.

Napoleonské karty

Napoleonské karty

“Napoleonské karty” from the Czech Republic portraying monarchs and emperors.

Carte Méthodique

Carte Méthodique

Reproduction of a French pack by François Silvestre intended to teach heraldry, produced in Paris in 1712.

Oude Kunst (Old Art) playing cards with Wüst courts

Oude Kunst (Old Art) playing cards with Wüst courts

made for export to the Netherlands.

Spielkarten in Bromsilber-Photographie

Spielkarten in Bromsilber-Photographie

“Spielkarten in Bromsilber-Photographie” facsimile edition by Vito Arienti of Edizioni del Solleone, Italy, 1983.

Sailor Jerry Playing Cards

Sailor Jerry Playing Cards

“Sailor Jerry” tattoo flash playing cards, USA.

The Bird by Kings Wild Project

The Bird by Kings Wild Project

Originally titled Oriole Playing Cards, based on a deck produced by The New York Consolidated Card Company in 1912.

Bible playing cards featuring the life of Jesus

Bible playing cards featuring the life of Jesus

Bible playing cards featuring the life of Jesus, USA, 2008.

TikTok Tarot

TikTok Tarot

TikTok Tarot is a unique tarot deck that puts a modern spin on the Rider-Waite format; with TikTok-inspired artwork that appeals to younger audiences.

Stonerware playing cards

Stonerware playing cards

Stonerware playing cards featuring cannabis smoking paraphernalia, USA.

Romney Presidential playing cards, 2012

Romney Presidential playing cards, 2012

Romney Presidential playing cards, USA, 2012

Chinese Money-Suited Playing Cards from the British Museum

Chinese Money-Suited Playing Cards from the British Museum

This deck of Chinese playing cards, donated to the British Museum in 1896, is believed to have been popularised during the Qing era (1644-1911).

Politically WILD Barack Obama

Politically WILD Barack Obama

Politically WILD Barack Obama playing cards, USA, 2008.

Obama Presidential playing cards, 2012

Obama Presidential playing cards, 2012

Obama Presidential re-election playing cards published by Parody Productions LLC of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2012.