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Naipes Aguila Antigua Transparente

Published July 03, 1996 Updated July 11, 2023

Naipes Aguila Antigua Transparente, c.1960.

Mexico La Cubana El Aguila Cadiz-Pattern

The designs are the same Cadiz pattern as “Naipes Aguila Antigua Opaca No.2” except a different quality of cardboard is used.

Naipes Aguila Antigua Transparente, 1990s Naipes Aguila Antigua Transparente, 1990s

Above: Naipes Finos "Aguila Antigua Transparente No.2" Cádiz pattern, "El Aguila" on ace of coins. Reverse: blue cross-hatch, 1990s.

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By Simon Wintle

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Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.


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