Rectangular paper fortune telling card printed with the number 18 above a symbol in a rectangle at the top, and a drawing of a woman in 19th century costume leaning against a fence at the bottom. The symbol consists of a circle with a line at the top of it with a triangular tip and slightly resembles a male gender symbol. One of a 19th century German set of 36 cards of 'Le Normand' type.
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