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	Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Company was incorporated by a Royal Charter in 1628; the City granted it the status of a Livery Company in 1792.
		As cards have evolved from objects made by craftsmen to mechanically produced goods, the Company has lost its role as a trade association for card makers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Makers_of_Playing_Cards (163 words)

	Playing Card printing history
		The arms of the "Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards" one of the early Trade Guilds in the City of London.
		Originally founded as the "Mistery of Makers of Playing Cards of the City of London" by a royal Charter granted by King Charles I in 1628.
		Playing cards were made out of sheet of good heavy paper, stiffened with paste and laminated in a press (figure 7 in the background).
	www.historicgames.com /gamemakers/cardmaking.html (333 words)

	The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards
		London card makers had for some while resented imported playing cards undermining their business, and had appealed to the King for protective measures.
		In return for this, taxation was levied on playing cards at the rate of one farthing per pack.
		The design, which is by Mr Seymour Lucas, R.A. is of fifteenth century style, because it was in the reign of King Henry VII that cards became fashionable at court.
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	International Playing-Card Society - Brief History of Playing-Cards
		Cards entered Europe from the Islamic empire, where cups and swords were added as suit-symbols, as well as (non-figurative) court cards.
		The resulting cards were, of course, totally unusable for play when they had no corner-indices, and indeed the publishers of early packs recommended that the blank backs should be used as visiting cards (a very important item in high society).
		It was on 22nd October 1628 that Charles I granted the charter to the Company of the Mistery of Makers of Playing Cards of the City of London, and from 1st December that year all future importation of playing cards was forbidden.
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		Cards which are the 'usual' cards with the 'usual' King, Queen and Jack court cards as used in different parts of the world.
		The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards (Charter 1628) produce a special design each year for liverymen (since 1882).
		Tarot cards were originally used for playing card games (15th century onwards) then later for fortune telling, they contain 56 'ordinary' cards and the 22 major arcana used for divination layouts (21 numbered trumps plus the fool, unnumbered).
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	hist-games: Early playing card recommendations
		The court cards are non-standard, in the form of historical figures such as Cesar and Rachel; but I find these easy to live with.
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	hist-games: Early playing card recommendations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On my recent UK trip, I did a lot of research into early playing cards.
		So far as it is known, these types of cards started c1660.
		I actually had a 3 hour discussion with John Berry (who is a guild member of the "Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards" {WCMPC} as well as the "International Playing-Card Society" {IPCS}).
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		Gules on a Cross Argent between four Playing Cards being the Ace Cards proper the Aces of Hearts and Diamonds in chief and the Aces of Clubs and Spades in base a Lion passant guardant of the first
		A Crown duty was payable to discourage importation of foreign cards.
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		A selection of modern and classical playing cards to inform and entertain all ages.
		Limited and numbered editions of handmade and professionally printed playing cards: decks, uncut sheets, leather-bound sample books and other card art especially designed for serious collectors.
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		Mētra, Jānis: Playing Cards of Latvia, in "The Playing Card" Vol.32 no.1, July-August 2003, IPCS, England.
		Thorpe, John G: The Playing Cards of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, InterCol London, 1991
		Thorpe, John G: The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards of the City of London, WCMPC, London, 2001
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		Title: List of the master, wardens, court of assistants, officers, and livery of the company, with preface by the clerk.
		Note: At head of title (surmounted by coat of arms): The worshipful Company of makers of playing cards.
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		Company of Makers of Playing Cards has issued a special twin pack of cards annually for more than a century.
		The design of the back, chosen by the Master, usually depicts an important event or anniversary that has taken place in the calendar year just ending, and also includes the Company's coat of arms and the year.
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