Series 'M': Cards with makers' own aces from 1862-1900
After the Old Frizzle aces, from 1862 makers were able to design their own (the tax remained payable, on the wrappers).
The series goes up to 1900 purely to limit the size and scope of examples...
The rightmost column refers to types identified in The Standard English Pattern by Ken Lodge,
and /or in Michael Goodall's series of books on Minor british Playing card Makers of the 19th Century.
Alphabetical by Maker: Click on the links below...
| plainbacks reference number and maker | Date Estimate | Pack Type |
| M10 Bancks Bros late Hunt | 1862-1870 | HB1 |
| M2 Bancks Bros late Hunt | 1862-1880 | HB1.1 |
| M24 Bancks Bros | c 1870 | HBNS2 |
| M21 Bancks Bros late Hunt | c 1880 | HB6 |
| M51 Bancks Brothers | c 1880 | HB6 |
| M55 Bancks Brothers | 1862-1880 | HB1.1 |
| M56 Bancks Brothers | 1862-1870 | HB3.1 |
| M12 De La Rue | 1862-1865 | D4.1 |
| M48 De La Rue | 1862-1865 | D4.1 |
| M49 De La Rue | 1862-1865 | D4.1 |
| M3 De La Rue | 1865-1875 | D5 |
| M4 De La Rue | 1870- | D6 |
| M16 De La Rue | 1870- | D6 |
| M13 De La Rue | 1870- | D6 |
| M17 De La Rue | 1870- | D6 |
| M8 De La Rue | 1878-c1900 | D6 patience/ 'dexter' |
| M41 De La Rue "Fourth Quality" | 1865-1875 | D5.1 |
| M42 De La Rue "Fourth Quality" | 1865-1875 | D5.1 |
| M40 De La Rue "Dexter" | 1878-c1900 | D6 'dexter' |
| M47 De La Rue | 1900 | D6 |
| M60 James English | 1867-1870 | E1 ace 1.1 |
| M37 James English | 1873-1875 | E1 ace 2.1 |
| M57 James English | 1870-1873 | E1 ace 2 |
| M1 James English | 1875-1880 | E1a ace 2.1 |
| M23 James English | 1875-1880 | E1b ace 2.1 |
| M50 Goodall | 1863-1865 | GD3 ace 2 |
| M52 Goodall | 1863-1865 | GD3 ace 2 |
| M53 Goodall | 1863-1865 | GD3 ace 2 |
| M58 Goodall | 1865-1870 | GD3 ace 3 |
| M5 Goodall & Son | 1867-1870 | GD3e ace 4 |
| M15 Goodall | 1870-1880 | GD4 ace 4 |
| M20 Goodall Euchre | c 1871 | GD3 |
| M9 Goodall & Son 'Pasha' | 1900 | GDR4/ Lodge G6 |
| M30 Hunts Playing Card Manf. Co | c 1875 | JH1 ace 2.1 |
| M33 Hunts Playing Card Manf. Co | c 1875 | JH1 ace 2.1 |
| M34 Joseph Hunt | 1865-1873 | JH1 ace 1.1 |
| M32 Joseph Hunt | 1872-1875 | JH1 ace 2 |
| M19 Joseph Hunt | 1870-1875 | JH2 ace 1 |
| M31 Hunts Playing Card Manf. Co | 1880-1882 | JH3 ace 2.1 |
| M45 Joseph Hunt | c 1875 | JH1 ace 2.1 |
| M43 Mitchell | 1890 | |
| M44 Peerless | 1885-1890 | E2 |
| M6 Perry | c 1867 | CS1 |
| M29 Reynolds and sons | 1862-1865 | R1 |
| M59 Reynolds and sons | 1862-1865 | R1 |
| M27 Reynolds and sons | 1865-1880 | R2 |
| M26 Reynolds and sons | 1875-1885 | R2.1 |
| M25 Reynolds and sons | 1875-1885 | R2.1 |
| M28 Reynolds and sons | 1875-1885 | R2.1 |
| M39 Reynolds and sons | 1875-1885 | R2.1 |
| M22 Willis | c 1870 (back) | WL1 |
| M11 Willis | c 1871 (back) | WL1 |
| M38 Willis | 1867-1885 | WL1 |
| M14 Willis | 1883 | WL3 |
| M54 Willis | 1883 | WL3 |
| M18 Woolley | 1862-1880 | WY1 |
| M35 Woolley & Co | 1862-1880 | WY1 |
| M36 Woolley & Co | 1862-1880 | WY1 |
| M46 Woolley & Co | 1880-1892 | WY2b |
| M7 Woolley 'Gt Mogul' | 1878-1892 | WY2a |