COPAG Playing Cards
For those people after something special, we have attempted to find some of the best Playing Cards that exist in the world. The highest quality production cards, these days, are 100% plastic cards printed using the state of the art methods.
COPAG CardsCOPAG is the famous Brazilian manufacturer that produces some of the highest quality playing cards in the world. Made from 100% plastic, they will wear 100 times longer than regular paper cards. These high performance COPAG cards will shuffle better and slide across the tables beautifully plus COPAG cards are resistant to bending and tearing. They will always spring back to their original shape - the integrity of these cards should never be compromised under regular gaming conditions. Each set is housed in an attractive black plastic COPAG case. The COPAG Elite cards on this page are all standard size, standard index playing cards suitable for most card games including Bridge, Rummy, Cribbage and Canasta. The COPAG Four Suits cards are slightly unusual - they are standard sized cards but have extra-large indexes. Some people regard them as an excellent compromise between standard Bridge style cards and larger Poker cards.
For Poker or Blackjack cards, you may wish to visit our Wide Playing Cards page.
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 | COPAG Elite Playing Cards (Narrow, Standard Index, Red and Blue) |
£11.83 | £13.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
 | COPAG Elite Playing Cards (Narrow, Standard Index, Burgundy and Green) |
£11.83 | £13.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
 | COPAG Elite Playing Cards (Narrow, Standard Index, Black and Gold) |
£11.83 | £13.90 | 1 + transit time | Apologies - out of stock.. Date new stock due: unknown. Email us to be notified when new stock is available. | |
 | COPAG Four Suits Special Playing Cards (Narrow, Super Index) |
£11.83 | £13.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
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Multiple Packs of COPAG Cards
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| 3 sets (6 decks) COPAG Elite Poker Cards (Std. width, Red and Blue) |
£32.26 | £37.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
| 3 sets (6 decks) COPAG Elite Poker Cards (Std. width, Red and Blue) |
£62.04 | £72.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
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The History of Playing CardsPlaying Cards originated in China before 1200AD and the original Chinese cards appear to have been related to the Chinese paper money of the time. In fact it seems likely that people created the cards by copying paper money and then both played with and for these cards! A pack consisted of 30 thin flexible cards - 9 of each suit plus an honour card. Superficially some pictures of the suits bear a resemblance to the original playing card suits of Asia and Europe e.g. the strings of coins can look like sticks or batons. So it has been assumed that these formed the basis for European playing cards although there is no definite evidence to prove this. Playing Cards were introduced to Europe in the 13th century. The most likely theory for their origin is that in the late 1300s, the Mamelukes of Egypt introduced their style of cards to Europe. A pack of Mameluke cards consisted of four "suits" of 13 cards each, just like modern playing cards. The suits were: Polo sticks Coins Swords Cups and each had ten numbered cards and three court cards - King, Vice-King and Second Vice-King. The earliest references to cards in Europe are mostly in France (the records of King Charles VI show that he bought 3 sets of playing cards in 1392). These original cards featured four suits (Cups, Swords, Coins and Batons) of 14 cards each - there was an additional card in each suit - the "Cavalier" or "Mounted Valet", the lowest of the four court cards. These suits are still the suit of choice in most Latin countries such as Spain and Italy, today. Additionally, there were also 22 extra "high cards" with individualistic designs which may have come from ancient Egyptian mysticism. Each card was individually painted; often a unique work of art in its own right, fit only for the very rich. These then were packs of Tarot cards although they were used for playing games as well as for divining the future. Playing cards with suits of Spades, Clubs, Diamonds and Hearts first appeared in France in the late 1400s and the English adopted this regime from France, the first English reference to cards being from 1462 when they were banned by parliamentary decree. Later on the colonialism of England and France resulted in this style of cards arriving all over the world and over time the English/French style of playing card came to be the de-facto global playing card standard although lots of regional variants still exist. The Online Guide to Traditional Games has a lot more information on the history of playing cards.
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