Hey all. I'm looking for some help with an old Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards deck made by the Standard Playing Card Co. As you can see in the picture, there's a code at the bottom of the Joker- "K6117." This looks exactly like the code the US Playing Card Co. uses on their cards but normally their's is on the Ace of Spades. From what I've read, USPCC acquired SPCC c.1895 so it wouldn't surprise me to see a USPCC code on a SPCC deck, but what has me baffled is that it's on the Joker. Does anyone know when or if USPCC ever put their codes on the Jokers??
I've attached a chart of the USPCC codes that shows how they're used for dating decks. Every 20 years the letter changes. I don't know what the numbers mean; I think they're relatively meaningless for collectors. If the code on mine is actually a USPCC code, it would have been made in 1907, 28 or 48.
Last edited on Thu Jun 10th, 2010 02:52 am by Abrac
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