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A selection of unusual playing cards, especially those with non-standard Jacks, Queens and Kings.
http://members.aol.com/rslancastr/blgupc/blgupc.htm

Various images of collectible playing cards.
http://members.aol.com/alanta98/cardart.html

Answers to frequently asked questions about playing cards.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/playing-cards/faq.html

Useful information on setting up a playing card collection database.
http://members.ezol.com/~knaveofde/

A continually growing listing of playing cards, with copyright dates, manufacturers and other useful information.
http://www.djmcadam.com/playing-cards.html

Information pertaining to playing card collecting from two widely-recognized collectors.
http://members.aol.com/robertcard/

Informative article on Bicycle playing cards, particularly Rider Back and other designs used by the United States Playing Card Company.
http://www.djmcadam.com/bicycle-playing-cards.html

Everything about playing cards, their history, lore, collecting, manufacture, and design.
http://www.wopc.co.uk/

Article gives the names of persons traditionally linked with the court card images in a deck of playing cards.
http://www.woodenhorsebooks.com/Playing-Card-Names.html

Playing cards with black royalty faces. Play spades and bid whist with these cards.
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~missnita/cards

A German manufacturer of playing cards specifically targeted to collectors.
http://www.muenzgalerie.de/spielkarten/spiel_index_gb.htm

A text list with hyperlinks to museums around the world that have historically interesting collections of playing cards, arranged by country.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/playing-cards/museums.html

Occasionally updated galleries of themed decks of cards, with scanned cards and commentary.
http://www.guntheranderson.com/cards.htm

An interesting site with numerous illustrations of playing cards, links, and an article on the history of playing cards.
http://a_pollett.tripod.com/

Research related to 15th and 16th century playing card decks of German origin.
http://geocities.com/tarocchi7/

Galleries of a personal collection, duplicates for swapping and links to other joker collectors.
http://members.home.nl/huubwolters/index.htm

27 pages of duplicate jokers to swap, guestbook, gallery of old & rare cards.
http://users.telenet.be/johnyjollyjoker/

Jokers and duplicates for exchange.
http://www.geocities.com/myjokersalbum/

Individual effort features a gallery of playing cards with information about games, collecting, and a message board.
http://www.gambler.ru/sukhty/WWPCM.htm

Picture galleries featuring a joker collection, playing cards, trading cards and phone cards, with information and links about collecting.
http://www.dotpattern.com/gamecard/

Gallery of playing card jokers, features a collection of French Special Edition cards.
http://charles.flint.free.fr/

Playing card jokers from a collector in the Netherlands. Includes registry of collectors.
http://home.tiscali.nl/~frdesoet/

Forum for trading playing cards of interest to collectors.
http://www.altacarta.com/english/index.html