Playing cards are one of the oldest forms of entertainment still in use today. People all over the world enjoy using playing cards for games like Texas Hold ‘Em poker, cribbage, bridge and Go Fish. Although billions of people around the world like to take some time to play cards, many do not know anything about their origins. Keep reading to discover the history of playing cards.
Most historians agree that playing cards were invented by the Chinese shortly after they discovered the art of making paper. These early playing cards may have in fact been a form of currency in the games they were used. This is highly probable as the early Chinese playing cards all had suits that represented money. The four suits of the early Chinese cards were coins, strings of coins, myriads of coins and strings of coins and tens of myriads.
