Diamond Playing Card (DPC Ltd)

Published November 27, 2014 Updated June 08, 2022

Diamond Playing Card (DPC Ltd).

1970 USADiamond Playing CardTDC Inc

“Designer Collection” by Diamond Playing Card (DPC Ltd) - a division or distribution arm of TDC Inc.

dual-deck of “Designer Collection” by Diamond Playing Card (DPC Ltd), c.1970s dual-deck of “Designer Collection” by Diamond Playing Card (DPC Ltd), c.1970s

Above: dual-deck of “Designer Collection” by Diamond Playing Card (DPC Ltd), c.1970s. The two packs, each with two identical jokers, come in a plastic box. The lower tray in mottled brown with a metallic blue label, the upper lid in clear acrylic. The cards are plastic coated.

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By Matt Probert

United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012

I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.

Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.

Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.

I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.

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