​​my playing card collection

Italian playing cards most commonly consist of a deck of 40 cards (4 suits going 1 to 7 plus 3 face cards), and are used for playing Italian regional games such as Scopa or Briscola. 52 (or more rarely 36) card sets are also found in the north. Since these cards first appeared in the late 14th century when each region in Italy was a separately ruled country, there is no official Italian pattern. There are sixteen official regional patterns in use in different parts of the country (about one per region). These sixteen patterns are split amongst four groups:

Northern Italian Suits  

Triestine, Trevigiane, Trentine, Primiera Bolognese, Bergamasche, Bresciane
Spanish-like Suits

Napoletane, Sarde, Romagnole, Siciliane, Piacentine.
French Suits 

Genovesi, Lombarde or Milanesi, Toscane, Fioentine, Piemontesi.
German Suits 

Salisburghesi used in South Tyrol