A typical 52-card deck of playing cards contains 13 clubs. In addition, there are 13 spades, 13 hearts, and 13 diamonds.
Playing cards were widely used in Europe by the late 14th century. The four card suits in early European designs were represented by swords, batons, cups, and coins. The French started manufacturing card decks containing hearts, spades, clubs, and diamonds in the 1480s. The French cards were the most widely used cards in circulation in Europe by the 1590s.
A deck of cards used to contain somewhere between 48 and 56 cards. However, the bulk of card players settled on using a 52-card deck by the late 15th century.
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