Playing card
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A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the
Hand of French-suited cards
Suit of Bells from a Bavarian pack
Chinese printed playing card c. 1400 AD found near Turpan
Card players in 18th Century Venice, by Pietro Longhi
Standard 52-card deck
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The standard 52-card deck of French-suited playing cards is the most common pack of playing cards used today. A key feature of most playing card decks is their double-sided design: the backs of all ca
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…and usually are sold together in a set as a deck of cards or pack of cards. The most common type of playing card in the West is the French-suited, standard 52-card deck, of which the most widespread design is the English pattern, followed by the Belgian-Genoese pattern. However, many countries use other, traditional…
Cards from a standard, Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-American pattern, deck
English pattern pack by Piatnik of Austria. The English pattern is also known as the Anglo-American or International pattern.