Gilded Decks - A Quick History
A Quick History on Gilded Decks Gilded decks are all the rage among the modern deck collector community, but few collectors nowadays know where and when gilded decks began. What does "Gilded" actually mean? The earliest known use of the word appears in 1540, meaning "covered or tinged with gold or a golden color" (source: Merriam-Webster), meaning gilded decks are ONLY those with gold edges. Silver, green, red, etc. would technically not qualify. That's the literal definition though. It has crossed over into other colors now, the same way the term "vintage" was taken from the wine industry and generalized to mean anything between 20-90 years of age. So how far back in time are we talking here? Gilded decks can be traced back to King Charles VI of France where he paid 56 sol for three decks of gold-edged cards. Check out this YouTube video here . How do we know this? In his book of accounts for 1392 or 1393, Charles ...