Italian playing cards

Italian playing cards are playing cards that have been made in Italy. They usually have four suits (hearts, coins, swords and cups) and the court cards usually have names like king, queen and knave (boy). The cards usually have a face (with a picture or design on it) and a back (without a design). The Italian cards are a bit different from the traditional playing cards (which usually have spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs) because they have different suits and different names for the court cards. They can still be used to play the same games as traditional playing cards though.