"piacentine" ( modanio)

Piacentine pattern , by Modanio.
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

Genoa pattern ( "genovesi")

Genoa pattern ( "genovesi") by Modanio.
40 cards.
this pattern is actually a belgian pattern in almost everything but name. the only differnce being the shape of the sheild carried by the jack of clubs viz: it having scalloped instead of straight edges.however, on this deck, Modanio seems to have forgotten this feature, so, what we have here is actually a belgian deck, but with 40 cards and no indexes!

see also: http://anthonylesq.blogspot.com/2011/10/belgian-pattern-katja.html
http://anthonylesq.blogspot.com/2011/10/paris-pattern-grimaud.html
http://anthonylesq.blogspot.com/2011/10/piemontesi-piedmont-pattern.html
http://anthonylesq.blogspot.com/2011/10/paris-pattern-single-faced.html

Belgian pattern "katja"

Belgian pattern- 55 cards-
This plesant little deck of cards is of the Belgian pattern.
it is almost identical to the paris pattern, save that the parts thta are coloured blue in the former are coloured green in the latter.
the aces are also of particular intererest. they are known as "scenic" aces, for they have a image of a landscape/ scene of some note  on them.  Note the statue of liberty on the ace of Diamonds, and Big ben on the ace of hearts.