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How Old Is Your Deck?

The following material, designed to assist collectors in dating their U.S. decks, is produced here courtesy of the 52 Plus Joker Organization. It appeared originally in an article by Margery Griffith, then curator of the United States Playing Card Co. Museum in Cincinnati, in their quarterly bulletin 'CLEAR THE DECKS' in April 1991.

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Find Your Ace of Spades

Like knowing the grade of your cards, a dating aid can be very useful. For decks manufactured by United States Playing Card Co., a dating code was placed on the Ace of Spades at time of manufacture. The code first came into use in 1904 and it applies only to Aces of Spades that bear a letter plus a four digit number. Combinations with fewer numbers have no meaning for collectors.
Right from the beginning in 1904, the same codes were used by National Playing Card Co. and New York Consolidated Card Co., subsidiaries by then of USPC. Andrew Dougherty and Russell Playing Card Co. also used these codes, as they became part of USPC in 1907 and 1929 respectively.
If you look at the Ace of Spades (above) from a Jerry's Nugget deck of cards, you'll see the lot number M 4924 directly below the LITHO IN U.S.A. Now refer to the chart below to see which year(s) they printed the M code.

Narrowing Down Dates

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As you'll see, you're given a range of dates. Now you must use your powers of reasoning & deduction to narrow down your choices to a single date.

For instance, we know Jerry's Nugget Casino opened in 1964, so these cards were not printed in 1909, 1930 or 1950. Furthermore, if you look at the tuck box of a Jerry's Nugget deck, you'll see it comes with a US. Playing Card Co. perforated label. These types of labels were used roughly between 1965 and 1975. Therefore, 1990 and 2010 are out. That leaves 1970, which is exactly the year these cards were printed.

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NOTE: This chart is not perfect! There are plenty of instances where dates don't match up. :(

USPC Dating Chart

Lot Letter
A	-	1920	1940	1960	1980	2000	2020
B	-	1921	1976	1996	-	-	-
C	-	1922	1941	1961	1981	2001	-
D	-	-	1942	1962	1982	2002	-
E	-	1923	1943	1963	1983	2003	-
F	-	1924	1944	1964	1984	2004	-
G	1904	1925	1945	1965	1985	2005	-
H	1905	1926	1946	1966	1986	2006	-
J	1906	1927	1947	1967	1987	2007	-
K	1907	1928	1948	1968	1988	2008	-
L	1908	1929	1949	1969	1989	2009	-
M	1909	1930	1950	1970	1990	2010	-
N	1910	-	-	-	-	2011	-
P	1911	1931	1951	1971	1991	-	-
R	1912	1932	1952	1972	1992	2012	-
S	1913	1933	1953	1973	1993	2013	-
T	1914	1934	1954	1974	1994	2014	-
U	1915	1935	1955	1975	1995	2015	-
W	1916	1936	1956	-	-	2016	-
X	1917	1937	1957	1977	1997	2017	-
Y	1918	1938	1958	1978	1998	2018	-
Z	1919	1939	1959	1979	1999	2019	-

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OTHER PLAYING CARD DATING NOTES:

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1. Around 1965, USPC began the practice of 'pre-facing' some decks, especially Congress decks. This means a supply of faces were printed then stored so the backs could be added as needed. Therefore, Congress cards and any other pre-faced brands stopped using the codes altogether.
2. The letters I, O, and V are not used because they can easily be confused with numbers. However, Q was used sporadically throughout 1991 and 1992.
3.Currently, a majority of custom decks printed by USPCC for Magic Companies either do not follow this code or do not print a number on their Ace of Spades.
4. USPCC may change their codes at any time without notice. Therefore everything in grey on this chart is subject to change without notice. Most modern decks produced in Erlanger bare copyright dates on the bottom of the box and the four digit prefix before the letter indicates the week and year of manufacture.
5. The letter H was also used sporadically in 2013.

Enjoy dating Your Playing Cards!

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Thanks to Don Boyer and Tom & Judy Dawson for their help updating this chart.