Tokens are the playing pieces used in the Monopoly board game. They differ depending on the edition and the year of release of an edition. Standard editions, however different they are, usually use pewter tokens. In 1998, a new piece was voted on to be added to the existing 10 ( 11 in gold sets) The winner was a sack of money, which appeared in most standard editions until its retirement in 2007.
Materials & History
[1][2]"Monopoly" playing pieces, often referred to as tokens, date from 1935 when Parker Brothers bought the game rights. Prior to this, no playing pieces were supplied with the game. Players used familiar objects such as buttons and charms for tokens. Shortages of raw materials during the war years failed to disrupt "Monopoly" production, but components, including playing pieces, were replaced with lower quality alternatives. The originals being a cannon, thimble, top hat, iron, battleship, and boot. Later in 1935, the race car purse was added to the 7 token sets and then in about the middle of 1935, the purse was added to 8 token sets. In late 1935 and early 1936, the lantern and rocking horse were added to 10 token sets, these pieces are especially hard to find nowadays.
Early Pieces
The first pieces, from 1935 to about 1938, were made by the Dowst Manufacturing Company, makers of "Tootsietoys." These were die-casts from Zamak, a zinc alloy also known as white metal, monkey metal, pot metal, or die-cast zinc. Impurities in the manufacturing process caused some of them to oxidize and turn black. Later non-tarnishing tokens were made of lead and tin. These non-tarnishing playing pieces appeared in sets licensed by Parker Brothers throughout the world, although some prewar Canadian sets included generic turned wood pawns of various shapes.
War-time Playing Pieces
The metal was needed for the war effort, so wood pawns were used for most "Monopoly" pieces during that time. A few games had composite playing pieces made of compressed paper and sawdust. These playing pieces were fragile, and since not many were produced they became collector's items. In the United Kingdom, some sets used wood pawns from the game "64 Milestones" as tokens, but the majority were cardboard cut-outs slotted into black wooden bases.
Immediate Post-war Pieces
Dowst focused on die-cast toys after the war, so Parker Brothers produced its own pewter playing pieces based on the Dowst originals. In 1948, the United Kingdom sets used cardboard cut-outs in colored bases. In 1953, these were replaced by tokens cut from sheet metal, which were fitted with metal stands. These were the standard pieces until the 1960s when the pewter tokens replaced them. Some of these tokens from the 1940s being a car with driver ( counterpart to the race car ) howitzer ( counterpart to the cannon ), airplane, as well as the dog, horse, and rider, and wheelbarrow, but these tokens were officially added in the 1950s. Some of these can be seen in the photo above. A picture of the cannon can be seen at the top of the page.
Special Playing Pieces
While standard Hasbro Monopoly sets throughout the world contain the traditional pewter tokens, specially commissioned and commemorative sets have used a variety of materials for playing pieces. "Franklin Mint" sets have 22-karat gold plated playing pieces while the 75th Anniversary "Revolution" edition has plastic tokens depicting outlines of the original Dowst pieces. Sidney Mobell's £1.3 million "Monopoly" set has 18-karat solid yellow gold
In the 1940s the counterpart tokens ( the car with driver and howitzer) were made These pieces were similar to the race car and the cannon. The car with driver appeared in all sets in the 1940s but was removed in 1950 when the race car was added back. However, the token has a very interesting story, in 1935, 1937, and 1938 a few special sets were made with special tokens pictured further up. However, you may have noticed one was a car with a driver after 1938 these tokens were never seen again except for the car with a driver that survived and became a member of the monopoly family. Recently the piece along with the airplane has been getting more recognition as tokens. That being said, many still consider the howitzer and cannon the same though the cannon looks like it was from the civil war and the howitzer looks modern. Like it or not, however, the car with driver lost its counterpart battle, but the howitzer won its. Sets with the car with drivers are very easy to find if you are looking to acquire this shorter-lived piece.
Standard Edition
Current tokens: 8
The tokens are:
Scottish Terrier
Battleship 1935
race car mid-1935
Top Hat 1935
Penguin 2017
T-Rex 2017
Cat - (August 2013, the cat playing piece replaced the iron)
Rubber Ducky 2017
Recently Retired Pieces (May still be on store shelves)
Thimble (Retired March 2017)
Wheelbarrow 1940s 1950s-2017
Shoe (or Boot) 1935-2017
The great scale back (2007 retired pieces)
Horse & Rider 1940s 1950s-2007
Howitzer 1946-2007
sack of Money (1998-2007)
Iron (1935-2013)
Train (Only in Deluxe Editions) from the 1980s- 2007
other long ago retired tokens
cannon 1935-1946
car with driver 1940-1950
airplane 1946-1950
lantern late 1935-1950
Rocking Horse late 1935-1950
purse mid-1935-1950
80th Anniversary Edition
The tokens in this anniversary edition are made of brass.
Here are the tokens with their first appearance for each decade:
1930s: Lantern
1940s: Bathtub
1950s: Cannon with wheels
1960s: Horse & Rider
1970s: Pillar with a Racecar on top
1980s: Train
1990s: Sack of Money
2000s: Hazel the Cat
85th Anniversary Edition
The tokens in this anniversary edition are gold-colored.
Racecar (like in NASCAR)
Sunglasses
Yacht (Big Boat)
Bowtie
Jet (Passenger)
Helicopter
Wristwatch (Jewelry)
Top Hat
Monopoly: Electronic Banking Edition
Current Tokens: 6
They are:
A Space Shuttle
A Flat Screen TV
A Segway
A Baseball Cap
An Altoids Case
A Dog in a Handbag
Monopoly: Ultimate Banking Edition
There are 4 plastic tokens with their corresponding bank cards.
Red Car
Green Helicopter
Blue Boat
White Jet
Monopoly: Super Electronic Banking Edition
There are 4 plastic tokens with their corresponding bank cards (and reference cards).
Yellow Car - World Traveler
Blue Plane - Frequent Flyer
Gray/White Safe - Super Saver
Red Shopping Bag - Big Spender
.com Edition
A computer (Monitor and Tower)
A computer with the Internet
A computer monitor (Alone)
An e-mail (Hand holding envelope)
A mouse (The animal)
A 3D, pixelated 3D hand (Computer selector)
Monopoly Man on the computer
A bug (A virus)
And a surfboard (symbolizing surfing the net)
America's National Parks Edition
A camera, representing tourism
A hiking shoe, representing day walks and night walks
A mountain bicycle, representing cycling
A tent, representing camping
A canoe, representing canoe-paddling
A fishing reel, representing fishing
Monopoly: Cheaters Edition
A cat burglar
A getaway car
A business penguin
A dog burying his taxes
A top hat with money
A t-rex with a robot arm
Monopoly Builder
The 4 tokens in this edition has the affiliated colors and resources to build buildings. They are the construction workers for Mr. Monopoly to build on Monopoly Island.
T-Rex (with a jackhammer)
Hazel the Cat (with a lot of tools)
Rubber Ducky (with a hard hat)
Penguin (with a toolbox)
Pokemon Collector's Edition
The tokens (non-pewter) are of Generation I Pokemon, the first 151. They are:
1: Bulbasaur
4: Charmander
9: Blastoise
25: Pikachu
35: Clefairy
150: Mewtwo
Pokemon in Pewter token edition are also of Generation I Pokemon, the first 151. They are:
4: Charmander
25: Pikachu
52: Meowth
54: Psyduck
61: Poliwhirl
143: Snorlax
Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition
Cowboy Hat
Pretzel
Egyptian Head Mask
Tuk Tuk Wagon
Canadian Mountie
Kangaroo
London Black Cab
Chinese Dragon
Safari Hat
NASCAR Racecar
Boomerang
Windmill
Camel
Inca Mask
Sumo Wrestler
Matador
Inca Statue
Surfer
Russian Dolls
Baseball Glove
African Mask
Easter Island Head
Football
Koala
2017 Token Madness Edition
Potential New Tokens (in gold)
Penguin
CRT Television
Modern Racecar
Mr. Monopoly Emoji
Rubber Duck
Wristwatch
Wheel
Bunny Slippers
Classics (in pewter)
Scottish Terrier
Thimble
(Classic) Automobile
Cat
Battleship
Top Hat
Wheelbarrow
Shoe (or Boot)
Nintendo Collector's Edition
A Koopa Shell
An NES Controller
Mario's Hat
Donkey Kong's Barrel
Link's Iron Boots
Link's Hylian Shield
Phineas and Ferb Edition
6 tokens are in the game, as shown below:
Brave Collector's Edition
6 tokens:
Tiara
Quiver
Magic Tart
Bow & Arrows
Target
Sword
Futurama Collector's Edition
Bender's Head
What-If Machine
Hypnotoad
Brain Slug
Seymore
Planet Express Ship
Leela's Boot
My Disney Villains Collector's Edition
The tokens all relate to the headgear of the various villains:
Sephora Edition
Blow Dryer
Compact
Lipstick
Mascara
Mirror
Powder Brush
Sonic the Hedgehog Collector's Edition
Star Wars Episode I Edition
Light Side:
Queen Amidala
Qui-Gon Jinn
Anakin Skywalker
Jar-Jar Binks
Dark side:
Darth Sidious
Darth Maul
Sebulba
Battle Droid
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Edition
Star Trek: Continuum Edition
Vulcan Lyre
TOS Shuttlecraft
ST: V-era Phaser Pistol
TOS Communicator
TOS-era Command Chair
Klingon Blood Wine Goblet
Coca-Cola Collector's Edition
A bottle cap
A delivery truck
A Contour Glass
A fountain dispenser
A Coca-Cola Polar Bear
An Original Hutchinson Bottle
A Contour Bottle
A Coca-Cola Santa
Monopoly: Empire
(OLD)
The red Angry Bird.
A bottle of Coca-Cola.
An Xbox 360 controller.
A Happy Meal.
A pair of Beats by Dre.
A Chevrolet car. (Camaro)
(NEW)
A Paramount branded clapper board.
A Ducati motorcycle.
An Xbox 360 controller. (GOLD)
A pack of McDonald's fries.
A bottle of Coca-Cola. (GOLD)
A Chevrolet car. (GOLD) (Corvette C7)
Hello Kitty Collector's Edition
Kitty's bow
Three apples
Milk bottle
Lunchbox
Fishbowl
Teddy
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector's Edition
The Muppets
Miss Piggy
Kermit
Fozzie Bear
Animal
Gonzo
Swedish Chef
South Park Collector's Edition
South Park
Eric Cartman
Stan Marsh
Kyle Broflovski
Kenny McCormick
Butters Stotch
Chef
The Simpsons
Jebediah Springfield
Kang
Santa's Little Helper
Homer Simpson
Three-Eyed Fish
Bart Simpson
Shrek
Shrek
Princess Fiona
Pinocchio
Gingy
Puss in Boots
Donkey
SpongeBob SquarePants
Playable Characters
SpongeBob SquarePants
Patrick Star
Squidward Tentacles
Eugene Krabs
Sandy Cheeks
Gary the Snail
Optional Non-playable Character (Enemy)
Junior Edition (2014)
While original versions lacked tokens, the Junior Edition's release in 2014 contained some tokens.
Transformer: Collectors Edition
Optimus Prime
Bumblebee
Grimlock
Megatron
Soundwave
Ravage
Monopoly for Millennials
The tokens are gold.
Camera
Hashtag (Pound Sign)
Bicycle
Sunglasses
Laughing Emoji
Mr. Monopoly Emoji
Monopoly Space
The tokens are made of molded plastic (instead of die-cast metal).
Astronaut
Rover
Shuttle
Satellite
Each token has their own gameboard quadrant of different colors to build their colonies.
Monopoly: Socialism
The tokens are colored red.
Pocket Watch
Television
Typewriter
Telephone
Cellular Phone
Gramophone
Monopoly: House Divided
Blue Party
Donkey
Eagle
Peace Symbol
Red Party
Elephant
U.S. Flag
Tea Cup
Monopoly: Longest Game Ever
There are only 4 tokens.
Silver Rabbit
Golden Rabbit
Silver Turtle
Golden Turtle
Unlicensed Versions
Anti-Monopoly
Current Tokens: 6
Anti-Monopoly's tokens are abstract designs, such as a crescent moon. 3 are blue and 3 are green.
Catopoly
Mouse
Tin of Sardines
Can of Ocean Fish
Fish
Ball of Yarn
Bottle of Milk
This article is not finished. If you know a Monopoly game with different tokens, please write about it here.
Monopoly: La que se avecina
Monopoly's tokens are 2013 utilities and locations.
Race Car
Hat
Thimble
Shoe (Boot)
Cat
Dog
Ship
Wheelbarrow
Gallery
References
Sours: https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Tokens
What are the original Monopoly pieces, why is the thimble token being dropped, when are the vote winners announced and what versions are there?
THE world as we know is changing as Monopoly has announced it is ditching one of its iconic pieces.
Game players will soon wave goodbye to the thimble, which has been part of the board since it was launched in 1935 – but why is it being replaced and what will the new piece be?
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Why is the thimble being ditched from Monopoly?
The makers of Monopoly regularly change the line-up for new generations of game players.
Last month we told how all of the pieces were potentially facing the chop, with Monopoly chiefs asking the public to vote to save their favourites from the planned cull.
The vote saw the eight standard pieces vying for a place against 50 new designs, which include a rotary phone, a cowboy hat and a roller skate.
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Tragically it was the thimble that received the least votes, with makers of the game Hasbro announcing the news it is removing the playing piece.
The Monopoly Token Madness voting campaign attracted more than four million votes, yet not enough backed the thimble to keep it in future versions of the game.
It lost out to favourites such as the top hat, the mini motor car, the recently introduced cat (which was responsible for ejecting the iron in 2013) and the Scottie dog.
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When will the winner of the Monopoly vote be announced?
Only one of the current eight pieces will be chopped, the thimble, and the new winning replacement design will be announced on March 19.
And following this, the new Monopoly piece will arrive to a board game near you in August 2017.
In December we told how Monopoly chiefs set up a Christmas hotline to prevent board game bust-ups, after research found that over half of games end in acrimony.
The current eight Monopoly pieces
The Scottie dog
The top hat
The thimble (soon to be replaced by the voted-for piece)
The boot
The wheelbarrow
The cat
The racing car
The battleship
What were the original Monopoly pieces?
Since Monopoly was introduced in the 1930s, many of the playing pieces have come and gone.
Some have stuck around since its launch, and others have been ditched.
Monopoly enthusiasts will know that there used to be six items in the famous playing game’s line-up.
The original six were:
The top hat
The thimble
The iron (now retired)
The shoe
The battleship
The cannon (now retired)
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A few more options were added in 1935 and 1936:
The race car
The purse (now retired)
The rocking horse (now retired)
The lantern (now retired)
And a further collection were added in the 1950s and later:
Scottie dog
Wheelbarrow
Horse and rider (now retired)
Sack of money (now retired)
Cat (new in 2013)
What versions of Monopoly are there?
This isn’t the first time the public have been given their say on which piece will take them past GO.
In 2013, a vote meant that the iron was replaced by a cat, but there are many other editions available other than the classic board game.
There are many other cities other than London that are featured, such as Chicago edition, a New York-opoly and a New Zealand edition.
And then the sky is the limit for themed options that have hit shelves since its launch.
Some of the most creative include a Walking Dead Survival edition, a 007 James Bond Collector’s edition, a Beatles' Collector’s Edition and even a Sonic the Hedgehog Collector’s edition.
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How to always win at Monopoly?
You may think that Monopoly's a game of chance, and that there's no firm strategy to winning it.
But one woman who knows differently is 2015 UK Monopoly champion Natalie Fitzsimons, from Northern Ireland.
The 26-year-old was ranked sixth in the world when she beat her husband and three others to the UK and Ireland championship title.
First study the rule book, to find out how you've been playing the game wrong.
Then, here are Natalie's top tips:
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1. Borrow, borrow, borrow
We're not suggesting you do this in real life, but Natalie advises players to mortgage themselves to a hilt.
Stretching yourself financially to buy up streets and houses should allow you to make more money in the long run - in rent from other players.
Jessica says: "This always feels a little like cheating, but I never know why other people don't do it.
"As soon as you get a monopoly yourself, mortgage everything else and spend every penny on houses.
"A monopoly with three houses on each square is far more valuable with lots of low-rent single property squares. You can always 'un-mortgage' them later in the game."
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2. Cause a housing shortage
Never bother buying a hotel, houses are far more valuable - and limited.
This strategy is one Jessica shares with Imgur user Elpher, who says it's a little known fact that the Monopoly box only contains 32 houses and 12 hotels.
If you can afford to put four houses on each, that's only eight properties in total.
Elpher says: "The goal is to gain a second monopoly, and buy enough houses to create a housing shortage, effectively locking down the game for the other players."
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3. Go to jail - and stay there
Prison seems like the ultimate punishment, and most of us can't wait to get out of jail.
But towards the end, the best strategy is to stay in jail and rake in the cash - while not risking landing on anyone else's squares.
Natalie says: "In the early game you want to get out of jail as soon as possible.
"But once all the property squares have been bought sometimes the best thing is to wait patiently in jail.
"At the later stages of the game, it's better to be behind bars so you can still collect but don't land on expensive squares."
It may not seem the funnest way to win - but, according to Natalie, it is the most effective.
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4. NEVER buy Park Lane
For many, they're the most sought after squares on the board - but Natalie advises avoiding the purple properties.
They may have come with sky high rents, but they cost a fair bit to buy too.
And, for reasons we explained earlier, your mates aren't very likely to land on Park Lane.
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How can you turn it around when you're losing at Monopoly?
Going to jail can also be a good strategy if you're close to going bankrupt, and don't want to risk landing on anyone else's properties. Don't stay there forever though.
Another good, but sneaky, strategy is to form alliances and gang up on strong players.
Does your dad always win? Why don't you and one of your siblings make a pact to block his monopolies?
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What's the most landed on property in Monopoly?
This is the first question, if you're looking to rake in on rent.
According to the maths boffins, Trafalgar Square is the most landed on property on the cardboard London map - making it the most important one to buy.
They are working on the basis that the most occupied square is Jail - because of how easily Chance and Community Chest cards, as well as the dreaded Go To Jail square, send people to the clink, combined with the probability of landing there and being Just Visiting.
There are six different ways to roll a seven, 6 and 1, 1 and 6, 5 and 2, 2 and 5, 4 and 3, and 3 and 4 - making it the most likely roll.
Seven steps from Jail is the Community Chest, but another seven rolls will land you in red territory - and on Trafalgar Square.
The orange properties - on 6, 8 or 9 rolls - are also a smart buy. While the purple squares, despite having the highest rent, are unlikely to be landed on so often.
The lucky 5 properties:
Trafalgar Square (red)
Vine Street (orange)
Marlborough Street (orange)
Bow Street (orange)
Pall Mall (pink)
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The Evolution of Monopoly Playing Pieces Over the Years
Since the 1930s, the popular board game Monopoly has had its iconic metal playing pieces—the top hat, the car, the iron—that have stood the test of time. However, the first ever Monopoly game did not have those game pieces. Actually, it did not come with any.
The evolution of the playing tokens used in Monopoly over the years is an interesting story.
Early Monopoly
The first Parker Brothers Monopoly game was sold in 1935. In the original game, there were no player tokens. Players were told to use common household items, such as buttons, as markers. Before long, wooden tokens shaped like chess pawns were included in the game.
There was a 1936 edition of Monopoly that was selling on eBay in recent years that had rubber tokens—including a battleship, bear, car, dog, iron, shoe, and train. It is not clear if those tokens were officially produced or if it was a home-engineered project.
In 1937, the wooden chess pieces were replaced by metal tokens: the car, iron, lantern, purse, rocking horse, shoe, thimble, and top hat. Later that same year, the dog and battleship were added.
Parker Brothers temporarily returned to wooden playing pieces in 1942 due to war shortages of metal.
In the early 1950s, the lantern, purse, and rocking horse were removed from the game. They were replaced by the dog, horse and rider, and wheelbarrow. There were 10 tokens that included the battleship, boot, cannon, horse and rider, iron, racecar, dog, thimble, top hat, and wheelbarrow. These tokens would remain the same until the late 1990s.
The Rise of Special Editions
In 1991, the game company Hasbro acquired Parker Brothers and Monopoly. Until then, Parker Brothers only issued two versions at a time, a regular and deluxe.
Under Hasbro, a tidal wave of licensed Monopoly versions inundated the board game world. There are hundreds of special editions. With that came an explosion of new playing pieces such as the captain's chair on the Starship Enterprise in the "Star Trek" version, a Pikachu in the "Pokemon" version, or a horse's head in "The Godfather" version. Variations on the game include online versions as well as a card game.
Pieces Added and Removed
In 1998, the public was asked in a poll what their favorite playing pieces were. The most popular were the car at 18 percent and the dog at 16 percent. The least favorites were the wheelbarrow at 3 percent, followed by the thimble and the iron, both at 7 percent.
At the same time, Hasbro asked the public to vote on a new playing piece that would be added to the standard edition. The candidates were a "bag of money", a plane, and a piggy bank. The bag of money ended up winning with 51 percent of the vote. This brought the total number of pieces up to 11.
The cannon and horse and rider were both retired in 2000 with no new tokens taking their place. Another retirement came in 2007 with the bag of money that brought the total token count down to eight again.
From 2013 to 2017, there were more promotional campaigns and game piece decisions. The iron was replaced by a cat in 2013. In 2017, three more pieces were retired: the thimble, wheelbarrow, and shoe. They were replaced by a penguin, a Tyrannosaurus rex, and a rubber duck.
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