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have you seen this deck of cards before?

Greetings, looking for a deck of cards like this...they were originally sold at the Marlborough cigarette museum in Richmond, Va in late 70’s but they are no longer open for business.

The description of the deck as I understand it:

Old West Deck

The partially pictured deck on the right is from the Malborough Cigarette factory in Richmond, Virginia. The Museum acquired the deck in 1978. The deck is a reproduction of a playing card deck that was used about 1870 in the western United States. Various cards have brown printed smudges which appear to be cigarette burns! The deck is a souvenir of a visit to the Malborough Factory.

The flap-top box (9.2cm long x 6cm wide x 1.8cm thick) has a photo from an "old west" camp site along with the "cigarette burns". The box is pictured on the left of the photo. This picture is also on the back of each card in the deck. Each of 2 jokers have a bull's head and the setting sun pictured on them. All cards are 8.9cm long x 5.7cm wide. The 52 card deck uses the French national suit symbols.

Any ideas on who made them or who might have a deck?

Best, rick
http://gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/vexhibit/plcards/decks/souvenir/souvenir.html


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