Produced by Will Roya for ►įaro Vintage Playing Cards are a reproduction custom pack aimed at collectors and magicians, based on the "Squared Faro #366" by Russell & Hargrave, Catherine Perry: A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming, Dover Publications, New York, 1966 Images by kind permission of Mike Jacobs.įrom the beginning the company used the most modern equipment.Ī card-punching machine enabled cards to be punched quickly and accurately from the printed sheets, which gave greater precision than the manual method of cutting and trimming cards used prior to that time.ĭawson, Tom & Judy: The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards, U.S. There is enough margin around the court cards to allow for trimming several times during the cards' lifetime. The court cards are full-length, but the numeral cards are double-ended. Ace of Spades was used throughout the entire life of the brand.Ībove: Squared Faro #366 playing cards published by Russell & Morgan Co. The court cards are full-length figures which contain many of the idiosyncratic features associated with designs re-copied from the woodblock era. The cards have square corners and are one of two known USPC decks made without indices. Squared Faro #366 was first produced by Russell & Morgan Co.
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