Rectangular paper fortune telling card printed with the number 9 above two symbols in a rectangle at the top, and a drawing of two birds in a plant growing on the top of a fence. The upper symbol resembles a stylised Z and the lower symbol consists of a circle with a line radiating from the edge of its side, ending in an arrowhead shape. The lower symbol resembles a male gender symbol, with an arrow pointing left. One of a 19th century German set of 36 cards, of 'Le Normand' type.
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