Wheel No. 2

N 81

Introduced in 1907. Discontinued in 1943. Reissued at various times since then as a solitaire deck (early 1990s) and as part of the Bicycle Heritage Series (?).

Wheel No. 2 is one of the few revised designs that stayed almost exactly the same as its predecessor. The only difference between it and Wheel No. 1 is the winged wheel in the center of the card. In this revised version it is symmetrical, with four wings instead of three.

Wheel No. 2 is a relatively common back design in red and blue and can often be found in very good or better condition in those colors. It is extremely rare in green or brown; I only have one brown single and still no green one.  The green card above is photoshopped as a placeholder.