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Playing Cards from Mexico

MEXICO shares a long tradition with Spain in the field of playing cards. The Estanco de Naipes (playing-card monopoly) was established in 1576.

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9: Standard English Cards From Latin America: Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

9: Standard English Cards From Latin America: Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

A continuation of the survey of designs used in Central and South America.

Acapulco Souvenir

Acapulco Souvenir

Acapulco Souvenir playing cards designed and printed by Foliproa S.A., Mexico.

Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A, Mexico c.1960 1960

Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A, Mexico c.1960

Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.

Aeronaves de Mexico

Aeronaves de Mexico

Special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s.

Anonymous Mexican Manufacturers

Anonymous Mexican Manufacturers

Anonymous Mexican Playing Card Manufacturers.

Anonymous Mexican Playing Cards c.1825

Anonymous Mexican Playing Cards c.1825

Anonymous Mexican playing cards, finely engraved and coloured on good card stock, first quarter of the 1800s.

As Vencedores

As Vencedores

Two colourful Mexican packs by an anonymous manufacturer titled “As Vencedores” on the ace of coins, designed in the Mexican style, based on the Spanish ‘Castilian’ pattern.

Baraja Charra Ernesto Icaza 2002

Baraja Charra Ernesto Icaza

“Baraja Charra” with paintings by Ernesto Icaza, 2002.

Baraja Cuauhtémoc 1950

Baraja Cuauhtémoc

Baraja Cuauhtémoc published by Treviño Narro, Monterrey, Mexico Original artwork by P. X. Santaella featuring Aztec and other important pre-Columbian cultures.

Baraja Hispanoamericana 2003

Baraja Hispanoamericana

“Baraja Hispanoamericana” published by Asescoin, with artwork by Ortuño, illustrates memorable people from the discovery, colonisation and subsequent liberation of Hispanic America

Baraja Maya 1975

Baraja Maya

Original designs inspired by Mayan art and culture published by Fernando Güemes, Mexico.

Baraja Nefertiti 1975

Baraja Nefertiti

Mexican fortune-telling pack with black and white designs by Thania Nicolopulus.

Baraja Taurina Toranzo 2003

Baraja Taurina Toranzo

Baraja Taurina Mexicana Toranzo with paintings by Antonio Navarrete, 2003

Bartolo Borrego, Mexico 1836

Bartolo Borrego, Mexico

40-card Spanish-suited woodblock and stencil pack made in Mexico by Bartolo Borrego, 1836.

Bridge advertising playing cards by La Cubana 1980

Bridge advertising playing cards by La Cubana

Bridge advertising playing cards for Morganite Carbon, manufactured by La Cubana, S.A., Tulipan 108, Mexico 4, D.F., c.1980s.

Calaveras De Azúcar 2017

Calaveras De Azúcar

Calaveras De Azúcar playing cards produced by Natalia Silva, USA, 2017.

Camacho 2003

Camacho

Productos Camacho, c.2003

Canasta 1950

Canasta

Mexican Canasta set with paintings by Ramón Espino Barros (1918-2000).

Cassino

Cassino

Naipes Cassino de Don Clemente, Pasatiempos Gallo S.A., Mexico, c.1988.

El Aguila 1975

El Aguila

Naipes ‘El Aguila’ with flamboyantly dressed court figures made in Mexico by La Cubana S.A., c.1975.