Over the years, playing cards have been put to strange uses. They became the first paper currency of Canada when the French governor, in 1685, used them to pay off some war debts. In 1765, the year of the Stamp Act, when every pack of playing cards was being taxed one shilling, they were used for class admission at the University of Pennsylvania. Napoleon used them as ratio cards during the French Revolution.
Excellent write!
Great playing card facts.