Card types 909 808 and tally-ho

[gambit9]

I've used the bicycle 808 what is the difference in 909 and what do they mean. What is the tally-Ho made of and propaganda and sentinels. What is the difference with 808 and riderback? Can someone break it down for me?

 

[Rneogy]

Ok.

Big company = USPCC
Prints all different kinds of cards for example:
Bicycle
Tally Ho
Arrco (used to)
Streamlines
etc...

There are many out there... Now I know that the 808 is just the regular Bicycle cards... riderback/standard.
I know 809 is Mandolin...

 

[gambit9]

Linoid finish is that the same as 909?
Or does the 909 have anything to do with the card stock or finish

 

[mehar]

808 and 909 just tell the type of cards they are.. I think..

 

[eostresh]

Rider back refers to the back design and 808 is the stock and finish. This a poker 808 is also a bike rider back. I'm sure most of it is just marketing these days. Over the last 120 years or so the United States Playing Card Company has been buying up just about every other card company in North America. So way back in the day their may have been more of a difference in stock and finishes but these days it is getting harder and harder to tell.

Currently USPCC has two different presses(last I heard) and four different quality control standards. As for stocks available? I'm really not sure but I doubt it is more than a handful. You can feel a sleight difference in Bike, Bee, and Tally Ho brands when you compare them head to head but it might take a while to appreciate it.

I have yet to try out the 909 or the 809s so I really don't know if they are much different that the 808 stock and finish?

 

[saborfang17]

Rider back refers to the back design and 808 is the stock and finish. This a poker 808 is also a bike rider back. I'm sure most of it is just marketing these days. Over the last 120 years or so the United States Playing Card Company has been buying up just about every other card company in North America. So way back in the day their may have been more of a difference in stock and finishes but these days it is getting harder and harder to tell.

Currently USPCC has two different presses(last I heard) and four different quality control standards. As for stocks available? I'm really not sure but I doubt it is more than a handful. You can feel a sleight difference in Bike, Bee, and Tally Ho brands when you compare them head to head but it might take a while to appreciate it.

I have yet to try out the 909 or the 809s so I really don't know if they are much different that the 808 stock and finish?

They're just numbers now, mainly. The 909's are supposedly Centurions, Sentinels, and Propagandas. Propagandas and Centurions are the same, with a slight finish difference in regards to Sentinels.

And there are differences in bee decks. They feel softer, smoother in the long run, and when you dribble them, it's a lot smoother. So.. softer, smoother versus the somewhat stiffer and rough-edged Tallys and Bikes.