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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Sarah Hatcher
> Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Februar 2008 22:34
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: [MUSEUM-L] Question about playing cards
> 
> Dear All,
> I am working on some information about the history of playing 
> cards and am currently stumped. Does anyone know when playing 
> cards began having numbers printed on them?  What was the 
> original reason that they didn't have numbers?  
> I'm imagining it had something to do with literacy rates or 
> the cost of printing, but would love to have concrete evidence.

Sarah,

You could try and contact the German Museum for Playing Cards (Spielkartenmuseum Leinfelden-Echterdingen) at [log in to unmask]

There is also the International Playing Card Society which might have some information: <http://i-p-c-s.org/>. 

Best regards,
Werner Schweibenz

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Tel. +49-7531/88-4279
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