Documents and other paper items were taxed via the sale of stamped paper. The popularity of card games became an opportunity for the British crown - a revenue opportunity, that is. As innovations in printing emerged, the ability to mass-produce decks of cards increased and they quickly became a commodity throughout Great Britain.
There’s a very good reason that the ace of spades is bigger and more ornate:ĭecks of playing cards have been around since the 1300s and have provided a great pastime for us all since. Usually, these things don’t happen by accident. And if you check a deck of cards in your possession, you’ll likely see the same thing (but only if you’re in a part of the world that was once part of the British Empire). But the one on the ace of spades is, to use the technical term, ginormous. The center image - called a “ pip” - is uniform across the aces of clubs, diamonds, and hearts. All four aces are face-up so you could see that the ace of spades is a little bit different than the others. Pictured above is a deck of playing cards, purportedly from Harrah’s in Las Vegas, that happen to be on my desk.
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