Arizona Score Poker Playing Card Index Game

For over 500 years people used playing cards without indices in the corners. Then on February 9 1864 Cyrus W. Saladee was issued a United States Patent No. 41587 to print numbers suit symbols letters and miniature playing cards in the corner of a playing card. The patent was purchased by Samuel Hart and he put Saladee's name on the deck and Ace of Spades. The rare piece of history is known as the Saladee's Patent Deck.