1864 Saladee's Patent Limited, Playing Cards Restoration (Limited) Playing Cards suit symbols

suit symbols

1) Tough Guy

Brass Stag

Uncut sheet just like it came off the press at the USPCC

15 Specialty cards

1864 Saladee's Patent Limited, Playing Cards Restoration (Limited) Playing Cards suit symbols1864 Saladee's Patent Limited Restoration For over 500 years people used playing cards without indices in the corners. Then on February 9, 1864 Cyrus W. Saladee was issued a United States Patent, No. 41,587 to print numbers, suit symbols, letters, and miniature playing cards in the corner of a playing card. The patent was purchased by Samuel Hart and he put Saladee's name on the deck and Ace of Spades. The rare piece of history is known as the