![]() I think that this is probably more likely than an actual king being depicted, as it is possible the person was just creating a game and simply did not think about using the game as a tribute to the great kings of the past.įebruary 26, - That is an excellent question. What can be said is that it is entirely possible that the face on a playing card is simply a face of a fictional king, created just to put a face on the card, known as a face card. Sets of playing cards do vary around the world and many different culture claim that their kings were the basis of what the playing card depiction actually is. It could be entirely possibly that it is simply a simple game with simple faces on the cards and everyone is just looking too much into it all.įebruary 27, - Although this is something highly debatable across the world, the main western world acceptance is that these four kings of the past are the depictions on the playing cards in a standard fifty two card deck. One guess I would also say is Cleopatra, but there is definitely not a middle eastern looking queen on the cards, so this makes me suspicious.Īgain, this theory could show that it is simply a matter of interpretation and simply a case of what one wants to interpret and what one wants to see in the playing cards. I am sure one of the queens, if there is a legend behind their depictions, is Queen Elizabeth. What I have to wonder though is that if this is the legend of what the king's are then what are the queens or even the jacks stories? ![]() February 27, - That is a possibility and all I can say is this is something that I feel is open to interpretation.
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