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Ok my economics teacher recognise that i enjoy cardistry and he will always see me around school with cards shuffling or dealing, so he tells me that if i do well in my end of year exams then he will give me this rare deck of cards that he has had in storage for several years. im pretty excited at this point with the prospect of a new rare deck of cards that he offers me. (this is in june) It comes september and true to his word he hands me this vintage deck of cards. he estimates are over 20 years old, but are unsealed.
ive had them for a few hours now and have to say that they are in almost perfect condition but the box is not. i would compare them to handling like absoluts as i have not used any very old decks before. they have a smooth finish and a classic stock i believe. they are slighty bigger than uspcc/poker cards but are still very nice to use. (i havent worn them out btw, theyre in very good shape)
If anyone knows anything about these, where they were printed, who they were for, current price etc. please tell me
here are some pictures:
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Thanks ~Ethan

I could not find it in the Hochman price guide so that combined with them being 20 years old, instead of WWII era, suggests they aren't a greatly valued deck. I also found a place selling them, or possibly a continued replica for £6.00. It's a neat deck and I had it on my wishlist for a while. It was neat of your teacher to give them to you though and certainly are worth something, but probably more worth holding on to as a unique and interesting deck than a quick resale.

http://www.playingcardsales.co.uk/cards ... =1&hdg=GBB
http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks03/d01760/d01760.htm

yeah i wasnt really thinking of reselling them, they were a gift i just wanted a bit of background on them but thanks bro

Made in the EEC means they could have been printed anywhere in the European Economic Community, an organization that existed before the European Union. The Europen Union was formed in 1993, and the name of the EEC was shortened at that time to the European Community (EC), so these are from before that change. The barcode was brought in in the mid 1970s but was not immediately in use everywhere. These could be as old as the 1980s.

This wikipedia article has a list of the EEC member countries:
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