McDonald’s Playing Cards
McDonald’s playing cards by the United States Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, c.1997
McDonald’s Playing Cards
These attractive African-style promotional playing cards for McDonald’s® in partnership with Coca-Cola® endorse the ethnic and cultural diversity which is integral to the globalised U.S. corporations’ cultures. The two jokers, a “big” joker and a “little” joker, are complemented by “Always Coca-Cola” icons. Manufactured by the United States Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, c.1997

Above: McDonald’s playing cards by the United States Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, c.1997. 52 cards + 4 jokers. Images ©United States Playing Card Co.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
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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