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Genuine Authentic 1890 Chinese Playing Cards

• SCARCITY: 8/10

• CONDITION: (Subjective) High Grade / Preserved / Mint / Age Tinting / No Issues

• DECK/CARD/QTY: 60/60 Complete

• FINISH/SURFACE: Enameled Backs / Red Inked Accents / Litho

• EDGES: CLEAN

• WRAPPER: Original / Mid -Grade Condition

• COUNTRY: Belgium Turnhout / Import

• TITLE/SUBJECT: Chi Chi Pai

• SIZE: 27mm x 57mm

• PRINTER: Brepols & Dierckx Zoon

• BACKS: Plain / Yellow

• YEAR: c1890

These incredibly rare Chinese playing cards are highly collectible. This gaming artifact is in excellent minty condition!

This is a true piece of gaming history as each symbolic card does tell a story and also proves that owning such a magnificent artifact is truly remarkable for any collector! This spectacular investment example is only one reason why to own such a piece that's rich in card history.

Now you can own one historic set with pure confidence and having the luxury of displaying a historic time piece that's authentic.

FACTS OF THE FAR EAST:

• WOPC states 11th century sources reports that the game of cards appeared in the middle of the T'ang dynasty (613-906) and “that a certain Yang Tan-ien greatly esteemed the playing of cards”, and that these cards had markings taken from dice.

• This evidence suggests that card playing began in China at an early date. Printing had also been developed in China as early as the eighth century for printing Buddhist texts, and later, banknotes or money printed on paper.

• At some point playing cards were also printed from woodblocks. Another report dates from 1294, when Yen Sengzhu and Zheng Pig-Dog were apparently caught gambling in Enzhou (in modern Shandong Province).

• The law case notes that nine paper cards and thirty six taels of zhong tong period (1260-1264) paper currency were seized, along with wood blocks for printing cards.

• Ming dynasty scholar Lu Rong (1436-1494), who notes that he was sneered at for not knowing how to play cards when he was a government student at Kunshan in modern Jiangsu Province.

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