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In France the situation is a bit similar to that of Germany: the traditional pattern is widely used. Here it is the French (Parisian) pattern. The International pattern is known, but probably only used in casino's. Regular French guys play regular French games with regular French patterned cards.
So we were glad to find two (2!) anomalies of the international pattern in our French collection. Here below a political deck, showing French politicians. The center design immediately reminds us of the international pattern, but most of the usual attributes have been replaced on the K's and J's and there's no suicide king. The Q's still have their flowers. The suitsigns have been altered and show the symbol of the political party, that the suit represents. The lean, mean face of Giscard d'Estaing enriches the spades and is prominently present on the Ace.
The deck doesn't have a double image, although at first glance it appears that way.
| The deck was designed by Pino Zac and published in
1977 as push out cards in a book, that is called the "le jeu de la
Vme", which refers to the 5th Republic.
The deck consists of 52 cards, 4 jokers and 8 extra cards. A box can be pushed out too. |
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