April 23, 2024
The Dunes Vintage 1965 Used Casino Playing Cards VERY RARE! Blue in Blue Box
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The Dunes Vintage 1965 Casino Playing Cards, Very Rare!! - Blue in Blue Box Here is a deck of BLUE The DUNES Vintage Casino playing cards. This deck, from 1965 is in EXCELLENT condition. Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards provides good basic information for dating. The date code G can be for years 1904,1925,1945,1965,1985 or 2005. Taylor Bomarito provides the best explanation for dating cards on his site: 52 Problems: A Playing Card Collector's Reference" The seals on decks of playing cards can tell you more about the time the deck was produced. After the tax on playing cards was lifted in 1965, manufacturers began placing their own seals on decks. Early seals were stamp-like in nature, which then transitioned to the sticker-like variety we still see today. TAX STAMPS In the United States, there was a federal tax on playing cards until 1965. So basically if your deck has a tax stamp on the box, it was probably made before 1965. Keep in mind that a tax stamp may not be an absolutely accurate way to date a deck. Usually decks were stamped when they were marketed as opposed to when they were manufactured. So it is possible that the deck was produced years before the tax stamp was even applied. Also, if the deck is open than it is possible for the deck to be in the incorrect box, in which case the tax stamp offers no insight
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