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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 ...

🂡 🂱 🃑 🃁 In this post, we will get an inside look into everyone's favorite antique deck expert and collector Kevan Seaney's collection and learn a little bit more about vintage and antique playing cards such as Congress Playing Cards .  In fact, Kevan is widely known in the playing card collecting community as " The Congress Guy " given his mastery about everything there is to know about Congress decks. Kevan is an active member of the playing card community, and he was my go-to guy when I needed help figuring out the year in which a few of my Congress cards were printed. If you're also actively collecting vintage and antique playing cards, especially Congress, Kevan is fantastic resource for all your questions you may have.  You can find photos, videos, and facts about Kevan's collection on his Instagram , @the.congress.guy , Facebook , The Congress Guy , and Youtube Channel . Here is an additional link to Kevan's website where you can view all his p...