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my playing card collection
Spanish Pattern: Casablanca 440
Maker:
Country:
Pattern:
Year:
Type:
Suit:
A. Camoin & Cie
Morocco
Spanish National
1962
40cards
Spanish
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries playing cards were imported into Morocco and Algeria from Spain and France by manufacturers such as Camoin, La Ducale, B.P. Grimaud and others. These were of the Spanish National pattern, based on the Félix Solesio designs produced by the Real Fábrica de Madrid at Macharaviaya (1776-1815).The Camoin firm closed down in 1971.
The back of these cards has a hand and horseshoe pattern, see right.
back design pattern detail
Cadiz pattern exported to Spanish colonies
Reference #90 and #51
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