The French card is the most known and most common type of playing card, also the most known card games are played with French cards.
Its origin: There have been several stories about the history and origin of the French card over the centuries, almost all theories agree that the card comes from the East.
A deck of French cards consists of four sets of thirteen cards each, for a total of 52 cards (4×13).
The four suits:carreaux (red tiles or diamonds), cœurs (red hearts), piques (black pikes or spades) and trèfles (black clovers or clubs), The height (value) of the cards per suit is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack (J), queen (Q), king (K), and ace (A). The value of an ace can vary from game to game, it can be worth 1, and it can also be the most valuable card in the deck.
The French card can be equipped with two different colored backs, these are traditionally blue and red. There are also disputes and differing opinions regarding the origin of the colors, but most people believe that they are war themed, and that the colors are actually symbols.
The piques refers to a device found at the end of ancient spears.
The cœurs (its name comes from the French word cœur, meaning heart) is a symbol of courage, a
warrior soldier.)
The trèfles refers to fodder used as food for horses, since cavalry would not be able to fight without horses
The carreaux resembles the tip of spears.
The French card deck is supplemented by 2 or 3 special cards, namely the Joker.
The Joker is the most valuable card in certain games, and most of the time it depicts some kind of funny character, typically a court jester. However it appears, it is the most unique card in the deck.
Originally called Jolly Joker, Jolly means funny man and Joker means prankster, so the full meaning is: hilarious prankster.
The beginning of its history is the XIX. can be dated to the middle of the century. It was then used as an additional card in an American game, then it was called The Best Bower.
It received its current name in 1872.
In addition to the history of playing cards, many mystical stories add color to the already extremely interesting world of French cards.
Summary name of three sheets(the jack of cœurs, the jack of piques, the king of carreaux). Only these figures were depicted with one eye.
The the jack of piques, the jack of trèfles, the queen of piques and the king of piques. They are special because the four of them are the only ones looking to the right, while the rest of the deck of French cards look to the left.
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