This got us thinking—what’s the history of playing cards anyway? China A.D. 600-1600s. ... Others were “money cards” with suits inspired by old Chinese currency.

Andrew Lo’s “The Game of Leaves: An Inquiry into the Origin of Chinese Playing Cards” puts 1294 in China as the earliest reliable date that the existence of cards has been recorded, ever, in ...

Playing cards are known and used the world over—and almost every corner of the globe has laid claim to their invention. The Chinese assert the longest pedigree for card ... and history. Cards ...