Nine of Coins (Minchiate Card Deck)

This vertical print features nine circular motifs arranged on a pale background, enclosed within a dotted decorative border. Each medallion contains a black-ink line drawing of a different bird perched on a branch, standing, or foraging. The birds vary in species and posture, rendered in a simple, illustrative style typical of 19th-century cartomancy decks. The composition follows the structure of a 'Nine of Coins' card in the Minchiate game, replacing traditional geometric coins with avian iconography.

Minchiate is a 16th-century expansion of the standard Tarot deck unique to Florence, featuring 97 cards that incorporate astrological, elemental, and moral allegories; this 19th-century version reflects the continued cultural popularity of the game in Italian society during the Risorgimento period.