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The whiter, thicker deck also seems to have more irregular corners.

I think Jase is right about your decks being from different print runs. I have a Kem double deck set where the codes on the aces of the 2 decks actually give different printing years. Having stockpiles of cards printed, waiting to go into boxes, was common amoung the various card companies, and many collectors have commented on their own Kem doubles being the same.

My own Shakespeare set, in a box like yours with no barcode, has numbers on the Ace of Spades of both decks, and the other Piatnik sets I have all have the numbers on the Ace of Hearts, from the older decks to the ones that have a website on the box. It may be that they were bringing the Shakespeare decks into line with their other designs in having the numbers on the Heart rather than Spade ace, and yours is a crossover set. A different print run with new card stock too. (A change in ownership or leadership often leads to changes like this in the cards.)

If you are going to open them you could check the second deck to see if the Heart has the numbers.

Thanks for the info! That they might have been from 2 print runs was my first guess as well. I just wasn't sure if the difference in numbers might be an indicator of different years. Now I'm tempted to open the one without numbers to see if they are on the Ace of Hearts but, I don't think I will juuust yet.

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Are these both regular card sized Jase?
The Jeu du Destin remind me of The Book of Destiny by Grimaud, except more elegent. Perhaps Grimaud based theirs on the original Destin deck. The Grimaud deck is oversize at 7.7 cm x 11.5 cm.

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Wow, 3 days!
Did it land on your doorstep with a little parachute attached?

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Great entries Jase!

The BOTANISCHES court figures really remind me of the courts in the German Almanach decks of the same time period.

The Ambras deck is such a beautiful work.

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Cool Jase!
Those look rather cubist influenced. Is the signature printed on all the packs or is that an actual autograph?

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Here are some decks I bought a few weeks ago. They are made by Piatnik and seem pretty old, but honestly I don't know very much about them and any help with some information about them would be really appreciated.
I bought them because they were from a local seller and I always wanted some old decks and these at least look old and I haven't seen old brick boxes until now .
Remaining photos in the next post.

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Nice score there. Congrats.