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- Playing cards are generally small enough to fit in your hand and have a thin plastic coating on thin cardboard and are used in card games.
- Beside games, playing cards are sometimes used in magic tricks, cardistry or card structures.
- A complete set of playing cards is called a ‘pack’ or a ‘deck’, and a bunch of cards in one’s hand is called a ‘hand’.
- The front of playing cards have a picture or a number, and the back of the cards have a pattern that is the same on every other card in the deck.
- Playing cards were invented in the 800’s in Ancient China.
- Playing cards were brought to England in the 1300s with suits such as swords and coins.
- Playing cards were originally hand made and hand printed or painted.
- A deck of playing cards consists of 52 cards, and is said to be symbolic of the 52 weeks in a year.
- Modern playing card suits are typically French, and are clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades.
- Playing card sizes are generally B8 paper size or 63 by 88 mm (2.5 by 3.5 inches).
Bibliograpy:
Playing cards, 2013 Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card>
