10 Things To Know About Playing Cards

Cards are dealt consists of 52 cards used for many popular casinos today.

#1 FOUR KINGS

Playing cards represents the four most famous monarchs; The King of Hearts represents Charlemagne, the King of Diamonds represents Julius Caesar, the King of Spades symbolizes the Biblical King David, and the King of Clubs portrays Alexander the Great.

#2 THE CURSE OF SCOTLAND

A 9 Diamond cards referred to ‘Justice Clerk’, referring to despised Lord Justice Clerk Ormistone. There is a belief that card’s poor reputation as the trump card in the game of Cornette, introduced to Scotland by the unpopular Queen Mary.

#3 MOUSTACHES AND HEARTS

The King of Hearts is the only one of the kings in a deck of playing cards has no moustache. Other speculation is that the King of Hearts did originally have a beard but it disappeared due to imperfect copying cards over the years.

#4 SHORT-HANDED IN EUROPE

European nation has its own version of traditional card deck. The only thing that many nations have in common is that their decks usually feature 40 cards or less, retaining all the court cards, but with the suites only getting a maximum value of 7.

#5 CHINESE ROOTS

During the latter part of 10^th century, playing cards believed to have originated in China, according to the invention of sheet paper that spread from China into the Middle East then eventually introduced to Europe. In contrast, playing cards are based on the traditional French format in today’s generation.

#6 FOUNDING FATHERS

Benjamin Franklin, as the US founding father, believed that he was among those manufacturers of playing cards.

#7 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

King, Queen and Jack replaced by Liberty, Equality and Fraternity after the revolution.

#8 GERMAN CARDS

Today, German cards used primarily to play the game of Skat. German cards also come in four rather than two colours, with yellow and green added to the traditional red and black.

#9 JOKERS

Joker is a remainder card of the Fool, and in German, it is called as ‘juker’. The jokes has trump value in Euchre. In 1870, it was first added to the regular card deck.

#10 OCCULT UNDERTONES

Early history, playing cards were used for foretelling. The different forms of playing cards have been derived from cups, swords, pentacles, and coins of Tarot.