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Snip Snap

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

copyright 1968

Snip Snap (subtitled 'The Decimal Currency Game') is an educational card game created by Eric Wagstaff and published in England around 1968. The game comprises 51 cards made from cardstock and printed via chromolithography, housed in an original card box printed in green, orange, and black on a white ground.

The set includes 24 cards showing pre-decimal 'old money' values in 12 pairs, 24 cards showing equivalent 'new money' decimal values in 12 pairs, and three cards containing conversion tables. The cards representing old currency feature numerals printed in mid-brown, with coinage depictions printed in mid-brown or grey depending on bronze or silver denominations, and one pound shown as part of a pound note. Cards displaying new currency feature blue numerals. The card backs are printed in tan and green with a geometric pattern of circles and squares.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

The game was designed to be played like the traditional card game Snap, functioning as a familiarization tool for players during the transition to British decimal currency. Players matching old and new currency values call out 'Snap' to claim cards, with variant play options including Easy Snap and Speed Snap.

Physical characteristics

Material
Chromolithographs on card

Technical characteristics

Place recorded
England

Identification

Source note
Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
Museum object name
snip snap
Museum object number
MISC.213-1991

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.