40 cards.
Pedants consider this deck, despite being used in italy, as "spanish suited"
Why?
Well, there are a couple of reasons...
Firstly, compare it with this deck.
http://anthonylesq.blogspot.com/2011/10/trevigiane-venetian-pattern.html (the venetian)
Now; note the shapes of the suits of swords and batons.
In the Piacentine, the swords look like daggers, and are placed seprately, as opposed in the Venetian, where the swords look like curved sabers, joining each other at the ends to form a pleasing oval shape
The same occurs with the batons, which, here, look like lumps of wood, and in Ventian, are represented as staves, or rods, and interlace in a trelis fashion.
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Now, is it just me, or does the king of coins in this pattern look like the king of diamonds in a bog standard English pattern? ( 3rd image. )
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(N.B 2 of coins added for interest. I personaly find the faces on it amusing)
For a deck of this pattern produced by the French maker Grimaud , see http://anthonylesq.blogspot.sg/2013/10/no85-carte-di-giuoco-piacentine-pattern.html
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