2nd Use Playing Cards

The faces of the cards are definitely in the period between 1740 and 1760 pre French Revolutionary. They are all stencil coloured.

The currency unit in France at this time was: Livre, Sols (12 sols = 1 Livre) and Dernier (20 Dernier = 1 Sol). My conclusion is that the writing on the back refers to the content of some item to which the playing card was attached (thus the pin marks) and the value of the item was written in Sols on the card.

Three of the cards have the term ‘appel de Gand’. The cards have the following values: 1 at 2 sols, 2 at 3 sols and 1 at 4 sols the fifth card states ‘fordre’ of the same series. Although they cannot be considered numismatic items, I think as monetary playing cards, they are extremely interesting.

Country: France

Years: 1730's

2nd Use Playing Cards. Front and back shown. Others also available upon request.

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