Call it a card player's dream. A complete set of 52 silver playing cards gilded in gold and dating back 400 years has been discovered.
Created in Germany around 1616, the cards were engraved by a man named Michael Frömmer, who created at least one other set of silver cards.
According to a story, backed up by a 19th-century brass plate, the cards were at one point owned by a Portuguese princess who fled the country, cards in hand, after Napoleon's armies invaded in 1807.
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400-Year-Old Playing Cards Discovered
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Started by Still Waters , Dec 01 2012 08:50 PM
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Posted 01 December 2012 - 08:50 PM
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Posted 01 December 2012 - 09:45 PM
Wow...were they playing poker too??? 
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 05:27 AM
Ooowww....lovely
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 09:24 PM
that's cool,
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Posted 03 December 2012 - 12:38 AM
All-in - Full house , King of swords high !
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Posted 03 December 2012 - 04:26 PM
The magicians of that time would not share how they had the ability to know which card you chose, and for that... "Burn the witch at the stake!" lol jkjk.
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Posted 03 December 2012 - 08:25 PM
Those will sell for a pretty penny.
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Posted 03 December 2012 - 09:21 PM
Did you know that each of the four Kings in a deck of playing cards represents a real King in history? True! They are as follows:
Spades: King David.
Clubs: Alexander The Great.
Hearts: King Charlemagne.
Diamonds: Julius Cesar.
Spades: King David.
Clubs: Alexander The Great.
Hearts: King Charlemagne.
Diamonds: Julius Cesar.
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Posted 04 December 2012 - 12:43 AM
They are really beautiful but they must have been hard to shuffle.
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Posted 04 December 2012 - 01:01 AM
Very beautiful and interesting cards.
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Posted 04 December 2012 - 07:44 PM
Meh... my pair of Aces would still get busted... hehe
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