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Invented | 15th century |
Hearts (♥, ) (French: Cœur, German: Herz) is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of French-suited and German-suited playing cards. However, the symbol is slightly different:
is used in a French deck while
is used in a German deck.
This suit was invented in 15th century Germany and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. The French design was created around 1480 when French suits were invented and was a simplified version of the existing German suit symbol for hearts in a German-suited pack.[1]
In Swiss-suited playing cards, the equivalent suit is Roses, typically with the following suit symbol: .
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