Marked Playing Cards KM-O.260-1
Also known as: Gezinkte Spielkarten KM-O.260-1
Record status
Individual type · partial
Marked Playing Cards KM-O.260-1 is held by University of Graz (Austria). Description supplied by the holding institution: 7 pieces of marked playing cards, behind glass, the reverse of some cards of the pack is marked with the number 49 or with the digits 4 or 9. On cards of the same suit the marking is at the same height (see 3rd and 4th card from left), on cards of equal value of different suits at the same distance from the edges. This deck was confiscated from card sharps by the gendarmerie in March 1895 The collection record gives material recorded as paper. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
Identification
- Europeana id
- /09403/https___gams_uni_graz_at_o_km_9803_CHO
- Museum object name
- Gezinkte Spielkarten KM-O.260-1
- Holding institution
- University of Graz
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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