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ODD SHAPES
99.9 % of all playing cards are made of a piece of rectangular carton, with a size that varies around the 6 by 9 cm. Sometimes there are different sizes used for patience decks or extra large decks. But there have been experiments with different shapes. Round decks were already published ca. 1900. Oval ones even a little earlier.
Disgarding the different sized -even square- and round ones, here's a selection of other ODD SHAPED jokers.
From the USA
The CONCAVE deck (1929)
The CONTOURA deck (ca. 1940)
imitation
Hong Kong, 1980's original
one from the USA, 1969.
France,
1990's
Belgium,
2000
Netherlands,
1990's
Belgium,
2006
USA,
1980's
China ca.
2000