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The Ace of Spades (also known as the Spadille and Death Card^[1]) is traditionally the highest and most valued card in the deck of playing cards in English-speaking countries. The actual value of the card varies from game to game.^[2][3]

Design[edit]

The ornate design of the ace of spades, common in packs today, stems from the 17th century, when James I and later Queen Anne imposed laws requiring the ace of spades to bear an insignia of the printing house. Stamp duty, an idea imported to England by Charles I, was extended to playing cards in 1711 by Queen Anne and lasted until 1960.^[4][5]

Over the years, a number of methods were used to show that duty had been paid. From 1712 onwards, one of the cards in the pack, usually the ace of spades, was marked with a hand stamp. In 1765 hand stamping was replaced by the printing of official ace of spades by the Stamp Office, incorporating the royal coat of arms. In 1828 the Duty Ace of Spades (known as 'Old Frizzle') was printed to indicate a reduced duty of a shilling had been paid.^[6]

The system was changed again in 1862 when official threepenny duty wrappers were introduced and although the makers were free to use whatever design they wanted, most chose to keep the ornate ace of spades that is popular today.^[6] The ace of spades is thus used to show the card manufacturer's information.

Since 1882, an annual pack of cards has been produced by the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards at the installation of each master and since 1888, a portrait of the Master has appeared at the centre of the ace of spades.^[7]

The exact design of the ace card was so important, it eventually became the subject of design patents and trademarking. For example, on December 5, 1882, George G. White was granted U.S. design patent US0D0013473^[8] for his design. His ace design was adorned with male and female figures leaning onto the spade from either side.

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War[edit]

The ace of spades has been employed, on numerous occasions, in the theater of war.In the First World War the 12th (Eastern) Division of the British Army used the Ace of spades symbol as their insignia. ^[9]In the Second World War, the 25th Infantry Division (India) of the Indian Army used an Ace of Spades on a green background as their insignia. ^[10]

In World War II the soldiers of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the American101st Airborne Division were marked with the spades symbol painted on the sides of their helmet. In this capacity, it was used to represent good luck, due to its fortunate connotations in card playing. All four card suits were used for easy of identification of regiments within the airborne division following the confusion of a large scale combat airborne operation. Battalions within the regiments were denoted with tic marks or dots, marked from top clockwise: headquarters at the twelve o'clock position, 1st Battalion at the three o'clock, etc.

Some 20 years later, a folk legend about the ace of spades being used by American Soldiers during the Vietnam War was popularized. Supposedly, U.S. troops believed that Vietnamese traditions held the symbolism of the spade to mean death and ill-fortune and in a bid to frighten and demoralize Viet Cong soldiers, it was common practice to mockingly leave an ace of spades on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and even to litter the forested grounds and fields with the card.^{[citation needed]} This custom was said to be so effective that the United States Playing Card Company was asked by Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment to supply crates of that single card in bulk. The plain white tuck cases were marked 'Bicycle Secret Weapon', and the cards were deliberately scattered in villages and in the jungle during raids.^[11][12] The ace of spades, while not a symbol of superstitious fear to the Viet Cong forces, did help the morale of American soldiers. It was not unheard of for U.S. soldiers and Marines to stick this card in their helmet band as a sort of anti-peace sign.^{[citation needed]}

More recently, in 2003 a deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards was issued to U.S. soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom, each card had the picture of a wanted Iraqi official on it. Saddam Hussein got the nickname 'Ace of Spades', as that card bore his image.

Idioms[edit]

Various idioms involving the ace of spades include, 'black as the ace of spades,' which may refer either to completely black;totally without light or colour, color, race, (lack of) morality, or (lack of) cleanliness in a person.^[13][a][14]There is the French expression fagoté comme l'as de pique—that is, '(badly) dressed like the ace of spades.'^[15]

In Unicode[edit]

• U+1F0A1🂡PLAYING CARD ACE OF SPADES is part of the playing cards in Unicode

See[edit]

• Richard Harding, hanged in London for forgery of the duty stamp on the ace of spades and knowingly selling playing cards with the same in 1805.

Notes[edit]

1. ^For an example of the card referring to race, see Aaron McGruder, Public Enemy #2: An All-New Boondocks Collection (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005), front cover.

References[edit]

1. ^'Spadille' in Merriam-WebsterArchived 2015-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^Death Cards - Psychological OperationsArchived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^'The Tarot Death Card'. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
4. ^Knuckle, White, A Brief History of Playing Cards, retrieved November 22, 2013
5. ^Hughes, E (2004). The English Stamp Duties, 1664-1764. 56, no.222 (April 1941). English Historical Review. p. 245.
6. ^ ^abSchott, Ben (2004). 'Card Tax & The Ace of Spades'. Schott's Sporting, Gaming & Idling Miscellany. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 62. ISBN0-7475-6924-X.
7. ^'Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards'. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
8. ^'Patent Images'. patimg2.uspto.gov.
9. ^'12th (Eastern) Division'. The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
10. ^'25th Infantry Division (India)'. www.longlongtrail.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
11. ^Ace of Spades or Secret Weapon Death Playing Cards at Newt's Playing CardsArchived December 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
12. ^'Our History'. Bicycle Playing Cards. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
13. ^Gandhi, Lakshmi, 'Is It Racist To 'Call a Spade a Spade'?', Codeswitch, National Public Radio, September 23, 2013 (retrieved June 14, 2014).
14. ^'Black as the Ace of spades'. www.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
15. ^'As', Cassell's New French Dictionary (5th ed., 1951).

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Why does the Ace of Spades often have the manufacturer’s logo on it?

In Texas Holdem poker, the suits have the same value as each other. So a straight flush 45678 of hearts has exactly the same ranking as the same hand in spades. In many card games though, the spades are the highest ranking suit. And therefore the Ace of spades is the highest ranking card out of the 52 standard ones in the deck. While this does not hold in Texas Holdem poker games, this is true in Bridge for example, one of the most popular card games in the English speaking world. It’s use in popular culture – songs, and the Second World War when soldiers put the card in the side of their helmets to indicate good luck – just carried on that perception. It’s the highest value card in many games, so you are lucky if you have been dealt it in the casino.
But the Ace of spades isn’t important for just that reason. It’s also the card that has traditionally carried the manufacturer’s logo on it. The reason for this goes back to the time of the reign of James 1^st of England (who was also James 6^th of Scotland) in the early 17^th century. He introduced a new tax on playing cards, and decided that the Ace of spades should carry a logo showing the maker of the pack. This was proof that the tax had been paid. So it was lucky for both soldiers in the 20^th century, and kings in the 17^th!