Decks
Tarot de Besançon (Schaer, Mümliswil, 1784) 0
A Swiss Besançon tarot from 1784, cut by Bernard Schaer in Mümliswil, in the canton of Solothurn — the Two of Coins carries his name. It is the oldest Besançon here by a century, and the pack survives with its printed paper wrapper, which advertises it as coming from the source of good tarots. Like every Besançon it puts Juno at II and Jupiter at V in place of the Popess and the Pope, and keeps the Marseille order, where Justice is VIII and Strength is XI — the reverse of Rider-Waite-Smith. Scans from the Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Tarot de Marseille suisse (Gassmann, Geneva, c. 1860) 0
A Swiss-made Tarot de Marseille from the middle of the nineteenth century, printed by Gassmann, card-maker in Geneva, whose name appears on the Two of Coins. Swiss workshops of this period usually printed the Besançon pattern with Juno and Jupiter; this one keeps the Popess at II and the Pope at V, so it is a true Marseille made in Switzerland. It follows the Marseille order, where Justice is VIII and Strength is XI, the reverse of Rider-Waite-Smith. Scans from the Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.