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Playing Card Brands from Around the World

Above: Great Mogul branded playing cards produced by USPCC for the Thai market, c1965. Learn more about the Mogul brand →

Above: Aladdin brand playing cards box with a Thai excise tax label, showing the export of American card brands to Southeast Asia, including Thailand.

Explore the different brands of playing cards from around the world. From well-known international brands such as Great Moguls to obscure regional brands.

These brands have a rich history dating back to the late 19th century, when playing card makers in England introduced different grades or qualities of cards, with Moguls representing the highest quality, followed by Harrys, Highlanders, and Merry Andrews. Similarly, American card makers began introducing brands with unique features or qualities, such as Aladdin, Bicycle, Congress and Tigers; Aladdin cards were even exported to Southeast Asia, including Thailand, and Bicycle became particularly successful and widely used around the world.

Some brand names aim to lend distinction, while others evoke elegance or reflect technical innovation, and some have no rationale behind their name at all, yet are still among the most successful, such as Bee #92, first produced in 1895 and widely used in casinos around the world.

Aladdin 4 Ancla Angelito Aparcero Aristocrat Army & Navy Artex 12 Aviators Barcelonesa 8 Beautiful Britain 9 Bee Bicycle 57 Bongoût 4 Boudoir Built-Rite 6 Cabinet Campana 3 Capitol 3 Casino 7 Centaur 3 Chancellors Cir-Q-Lar Circus Clan Tartan Condor Congress 3 Copihue Coraza Crown Danbrit De Luxe 3 Dexter 3 Dos Toros El Aguila 5 El Cid 4 El Ciervo 4 El Gaucho 3 El León 3 Elfin 5 Empire 3 Estrella Faisán 3 Flinders Galgo Gallo Gauchito 3 Gemaco 7 Glevum 3 Globe Series 9 Guarany Harrys 4 Heraldo 5 Highlanders 4 Hispano Americana 3 Hispasa Hoyle 11 Imperial Club Inca 7 Japanesque La Estrella Lexicon 6 Linette 6 Los Leones Merry Andrews Minifusor 4 Mirage MMcardz 3 Moguls 19 Navy New Bond 3 Paisanito Pashas Payador 3 Peanuts 3 Pepys 117 Pneumatic 10 Porteño 3 Portugaises 5 Punto y Banca Redi-Slip Regulars Rufford Salon 4 Sherlock Holmes 5 Side Car 3 Silkette Smart Set Society 3 Sport Squeezers 3 Steamboat 10 Sterling Whist Stripper Svengali 5 Tally-Ho 3 Tela de Araña 3 Tigers 4 Tito Tom Thumb 3 Torcacita Tourists Triplicate 8 Triton 3 Triunfo 6 Uno 3 Vel Cap 6 Vencedores Viceroys Victoria 10 Waddingtons Number 1 8