Talk:Card money

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"Ford money"

The introduction has this red-linked term, which doesn't appear anywhere else in Wikipedia or in a Google search (except in the context of the Ford Motor Company). I think it should probably be 'fiat money' but does anyone know differently? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.244.72.5 (talk) 10:15, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

• Twas vandalism, fixed now. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:45, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Any relation between "playing card money" and symbols used on modern playing cards?

A number of similarities: 1) Fleur-de-lis looks similar to a club. 2) Royalty pictured on cards reminiscent of pictures of specific people on paper money. etc. Terry Thorgaard (talk) 13:42, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

• No sources discuss this explicitly, but I'd doubt it. Suit (cards) tells us that the now-common French playing card suits were present in France in 1480 (long before card money was introduced). Versions of the King, Queen, and Jack can be traced back to around that period as well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:47, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

I also note that the article on playing cards suggests that playing cards were originally paper money. Perhaps this theory should be referenced in the current article. Terry Thorgaard (talk) 13:57, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

• A possibility, though it strikes me as a different subject. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

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Card money, printed on plain cardboard or playing cards, was issued from the 17th to the 19th century to supplement the supply of money in several countries and colonies.

This playing card from Dutch Guiana (now Suriname), dated 1801, has a face value of one guilder. In that colony, card money was first issued in 1761, initially backed by bills of exchange from the Netherlands; but later it was released unsecured, and inflation was an issue for much of the currency's lifetime, with the value fluctuating wildly until it was replaced with paper money in 1826 and formally discontinued two years later.Card: Government of Dutch Guiana; image courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection