A Sicilian tarot pack does not need to match the familiar 78-card arrangement to be complete. Tarocco Siciliano belongs to a local playing tradition with its own card designs, ranks and ways of counting.
Pagat’s account of Sicilian Tarocchi, informed by research and demonstrations from players, describes a traditional 63-card pack and modern packs sold with an additional ace of coins. Some local versions use that extra card differently. A count on the box and a count in a particular game’s instructions can therefore both be meaningful.
Study one version at a time
Start by naming the place or ruleset you are examining. The Mineo game is not automatically a substitute for every other Sicilian version. Make a small inventory of the suits, court cards, numbered trumps and unnumbered cards before trying to apply a familiar tarot sequence.
The shortened numeral sequence is especially worth noticing. If a number appears absent, consult the pack’s own structure before deciding that a previous owner lost a card. This is the same discipline a collector would use for any unfamiliar regional deck: establish what belongs there first.
For an image-study notebook, choose a single card and record what is visibly present—figure, object, gesture and printed designation. Put an interpretation in a separate column. That keeps your observations useful even if you later learn that the image’s role in play differs from your first assumption.
A deck is also a record of use
The additional ace provides a good research question: why would a card be included in a manufactured pack without having one fixed role in every local game? Pagat connects it to a historical tax-stamp requirement and later variation in play. The interesting story lies in that relationship between production and use.
When buying a reproduction, look for the edition’s contents and accompanying rules rather than a generic “tarot” label. Do not force the pack into a modern reading system and then call its differences errors. Its smaller format offers a chance to learn how varied tarot’s card-playing history actually is.