[Money suited cards], "Everybody prosper-- 120c.
大家發， 120c.
These cards are money-suited cards. They are relatively smaller than other examples of the genre (9x2.5cm). They are used in Jining (濟寧/济宁) in Shandong (Shantung), China. These cards bear a similarity to the Ceki cards of Southeast Asia.
The Suit of Coins. From Right to left, are the Ace, to Nine.
The suit of coins is especially similar to the Ceki deck-- Note the leaf on the 7 of coins, and
There is one extra card. (A). I do not know what the Chinese call it. It is superficially similar to the ace of coins.
The Suit of Strings. The strings are bulbous in form.
Like decks previously featured here [ vide "Chik Kee Cards" , Nantong pattern ], the various ranks possess a form of index system, in the form of shapes cut into the card's black borders.
The Suit of myriads, The characters are less abstract than the cards in the ceki deck, but still fairly stylized, somewhat resembling masks. Unlike other cards of this genre, the personages are named. They are characters from the Water Margin. The characters are:
9 -- Song Jiang, leader of the 108 outlaws
8-- Zhu Tong.7-- Tai Ming
6-- Li Hou
5-- Li Kuei
4-- Zi jin
3-- Da Dao
2-- Hua Rong
1-- Yan Qing
The card marked C is the 老千Lao Qian-- Old Thousand. The character depicted is Shui Qing 水青
