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Number of versions: 23
Edition: May 25, 2007
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The French version of Monopoly (according to the
Waddington design, so with the logo of the "2 locomotives with the 2
houses") was launched already in 1937, viz. the Miro Company in
Parijs.
The above advertisement praise the game in L'ILLUSTRATION of December 17, 1938,
a.o. with the slogan "More than a game - a passion".
(Click on the picture for a larger image.)
The streets and stations of the
French edition are those of the capital city Paris. They are from Départ
on:
Boul. de Belleville - Rue
Lecourbe - Gare Montparnasse(/Chemin de fer de l'État) -
Rue de Vaugirard - Rue
de Courcelles - Avenue de la République -
En prison/Simple visite - Boul. de la Villette -
Avenue de Neilly - Rue
de Paradis - Gare de Lyon(/Chemin de fer P.L.M.) -
Avenue Mozart - Boulevard Saint-Michel
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Place Pigalle - Parc Gratuit - Avenue
Matignon - Boulevard Malesherbes -
Avenue Henri-Martin - Gare du Nord(/Chemin de fer du Nord) -
Faubourg Saint-Honoré - Place
de la Bourse
- Rue Lafayette - Allez en prison - Avenue
de Breteuil - Avenue Foch - Boulevard
des Capucines - Gare Saint- Lazare(/Chemin
de fer de l'État) - Avenue des Champs-Élysées and
the Rue de la Paix.
In the Waddingtons presentation of the game the Railway companies are mentioned
with the stations.
As the presentation of the gameboard changed into the Parker
Brothers design (i.e. with black locomotive, blue
treasure chest and gold ring on the Super Tax field) around 1961 that mention
disappeared.
 Edition:
"Mini Box" - black - with separate board
-
Nouvelle Édition
Populaire
Modèle déposé - Breveté S.G.D.G.
Patent applied for Nº 3796-36
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris - ±1937
Dimensions of the box: 25.5 x 25.5 cm
The game:
This is most probably one of the first French Monopoly sets produced in France.
I understand the mention "Modèle déposé - Breveté S.G.D.G."
(model registered - without State warranty) to be a kind of "patent
applied for", however without any registration number. I therefore have the
impression that the rider of the British pat.appl.for number is to make
it looks "authorized" without being so.
The "engines illustration" sticked on the lid of the black
box shows the £-sign through the middle O of Monopoly, which
indicates the English origine of the game. In addition this is confirmed by
the green "Waddingtons locomotive"
on the station spaces. Also the Caisse de Communauté spaces only show a
tiny circle with <-sign and the black rhomb on the Impot Supplementaire
(Super Tax) field.
Slanting over the lid is a blue green-white-blue
green
ribbon with the text Nouvelle ÉDITION POPULAIRE pour
quatre joueurs (New popular edition for 4
players). Left from
this it says "Edition
Française - MIRO COMPANY - PARIS".
The gameboard (with red back) is
folded twice to fit in the square box. This very soft
gameboard is made of a red
linen or synthetic base material on which the 4 parts of the board are
sticked on.The street names on the gameboard are
mentioned twice in order to be read from all sides. The gameboard's midfield
also tells us who the printer was: J.Minot. Imp. -
Paris.
In the thirties not all railways belonged to the State. That is why the
properties of the 4 stations state the various companies, viz.:
Gare Montparnasse - Chemin de fer de l'État
(State Railways)
Gare de Lyon - Chemin de fer P.L.M. (Paris-Lyon-Marseille
Railways)
Gare du Nord - Chemin de fer du Nord (North
Railways)
Gare Sait-Lazare - Chemin de fer de l'État (State
Railways)
The white-light blue
Chance and full orange Caisse de Communauté
cards have large rounded corners. The Monopoly banknotes contains the
text "pat.app.for no.3796-36" and are in the 7 denominations
(printed on colored paper): Fr
100
- 500 - 1.000 (white) - 2.000
- 5.000 - 10.000
and 50.000. Over Départ you receive
Fr 20.000.
The 4 tokens are flat ribbed ceramic squares in the colors light
brown - green
- light blue and light
pink. The green houses and
red
hotels are made of wood.
Both dice are yellow
(ivory?) with black pips.
The set was "fabriqué en France".
Edition: Standard - white box, without Réf. nr.
Modèle
déposé - Breveté S.G.D.G.
Patent applied for Nº 3796-36
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris
- 1945
Dimensions of the box: 25.5 x 51 cm
The game:
This edition is dated 1945 because at the end of the Rules it says "Dépot
légal: 4eme trimestre 1945". It may, however be a few years younger. It is
therefore highly likely that this standard edition
was issued by the Miro Company simultaneously with the more luxury brown
box and the slightly cheaper small box.
The gameboard of solid cardboard has a white back showing the same red
illustration of Rich Uncle Pennybag's predecessor and the "engines
illustration" as on the lid of the box. Again the board shows the name of
the printer: J.Minot. Imp. - Paris.
The word Monopoly is in open characters on top of the "engines
illustration" in the middle of the gameboard and parallel to the first
side. Also for the rest this issue is still according to the Waddingtons design, i.a. the
streets are of course those of Paris, however the board show
green locomotives
heading backwards. All railway companies are still mentioned at the stations.
The innerbox contains 2 white cardboard inserts with a red
tray inbetween. In this tray are again 6 small red
trays for the various attributes.
The banknotes are the same as of earlier editions. The 4 tokens
are red , round wooden discs (diam. 21
mm) with Monopoly print as well as the numbers 1 to 4. The green houses
and red
hotels are of wood as well.
Both dice are white.
 Edition:
Small, white box, without Réf.
Modèle
déposé - Breveté S.G.D.G.
Patent applied for Nº 3796-36
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris - 1948
Dimensions of the box: 25.8 x 25.8 cm
The game:
Only a date 1948 shown at the end of the Rules ("Dépot légal: 1er
trimestre 1948") is proof this set cannot be
older, although it contains the double folded game board of the "black box
1937", so without copyright date.
These very soft game boards are made of a red
linen or synthetic base material on which the 4 parts of the board are
glued.
The lid of this white box has the "engines
illustration" sticked on as well. It now shows mid under "Edition
Française - MIRO COMPANY - PARIS". And still the board shows:
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All streetnames twice. |
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The stations of different railway
companies. The property deeds of Gare Saint-Lazare and Gare de Lyon still
mention resp. État and P.L.M.. |
The innerbox has white sides and a white
cardboard insert, whereupon the "engines illustration" has
been printed in red. In this insert
are 4 holes into which trays with dark red
sides fit. Two of them have a partition. These trays are meant for the
attributes.
The light blue
Chance and beige Caisse de Communauté
cards show a wave line pattern on each side.
All 7 denominations of the Monopoly banknotes bear the text "pat.app.for no.3796-36"
and are printed on white paper with a recurring pattern of the word Monopoly on their back
side.
The 4 tokens are round wooden discs (diam. 21 mm) with a brown
Monopoly print as well as the numbers 1 to 4.
The green houses and red
hotels are made of dull wood.
Both dice are blue
with deep pips.
The price of this set amounted to US$ 30.- in
April 1998.
 Edition:
Monopoly - brown box (1), without Réf.
Modèle déposé - Breveté S.G.D.G.
Patent applied for Nº 3796-36
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris - ±1948
Dimensions of the box: 26.3 x 51.3 cm
The game:
This set is owned by Jean-François Diaz - Paris.
The "engines illustration" with red
border may not be present on the lid nor the board's back, however, it is
reduced to a small black logo in a double frame, like it is in the
innerbox of the preceding small box.
Under the "engines illustration" on the centrefield of the solid gameboard
it still says "patent applied for Nº
3796-36". The design of the board is according to Waddingtons, so with the green
locomotives on the station fields pointing backwards. The printer of this set, Michels
Fils. - Paris, is mentioned on the board.
The box and the board's back is covered with a brown
bubbled paper.
The innerbox has two cardboard inserts with a "banker's tray"
with 10 holes in between covered with dark
green bubbled paper.
The stations still are of different companies. The 5 tokens are
again round discs (diam. 21 mm),
however now made of black wood with a gold Monopoly print and the numbers 1 to
5. The
Chance cards are light blue and the
Caisse de Communauté
cards beige. They both have a wire pattern.
 Edition:
Monopoly - brown box (2), without Réf.
Modèle déposé - Breveté S.G.D.G.
Patent applied for Nº 3796-36
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris - ±1948
Dimensions of the box: 27.3 x 51.3 cm
The game:
This set is also owned by Jean-François Diaz - Paris.
This variant of the
" brown
box with gold stickers" is that much different from (1) that is
has to be considered as another version.
The interesting differences are:
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The "logo in a double frame"
on gold stickers is red.
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The "banker's tray" between the 2 brown
inserts is made of cardboard with "plaid
pattern".
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The printer of the game board is J.Minot. Imp. -
Paris again, so the same one as of the board of the white box from this
period.
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The banknotes have a pattern of the word Monopoly on the back
side.
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The property card of Gare de Lyon still shows P.L.M. and that of Gare
Saint-Lazare says État.
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The rent for
the unbuilt properties is still Frs.2.200 for all 3 yellow
streets.
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The green houses and red
hotels are made of dull wood.
The other attributes are exactly the same as those of version (1),
incl. the dark blue
and
red dice.
The price of this set amounted to € 22.65 in October 2000.
 Edition:
(English) "Mini
box"- red - with separate board
Trade mark - 711981
Property Trading Board Game
Publisher: John Waddington Ltd. - Great Britain -
±1953
Dimensions of the box:16.3 x 19.2 x 2.8 cm
of
the board: 49.3 x 49.3 cm
The game:
This set is owned by Jimmy Reus (Dutch Nat.Mon.Champion-2000)
- NL
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Outside America England was the first country to market Monopoly games in the
thirties as well. For the French market this game (with the streets of London)
was supplied with 2 sets of Rules, one of which in French of course.
This issue, however, is of later date, because at the end of the Rules it
says "1944. 9/53". With this issue the lid only says Trade Mark,
while the French Rules show both British Trade Mark and British
patent No. 453689. (See also chapter "GB-Classic games").
It is also striking that the 6 metal tokens-on-a-base are totally
different, namely sailing boat (golden) - tank-with-canon
- bulldozer - car
- motorbike-with-driver and electric
locomotive.
The profound colored banknotes show only "Monopoly" on top of
the figure in the ellipse, without any reference to a patent. Of course the
currency is pounds, because it finally is an English set.
The green houses
and red
hotels are made of wood.
One die is blue
with white pips, the other one is red.
Edition: Monopoly - plaid pattern (1), without Réf.
Modèle déposé. Breveté S.G.D.G.
Patent applied for Nº 3796-36
Publisher: Miro Company - 1958
Dimensions of the box: 27.5 x 51.4 cm
The game:
The unique "brown, white and black plaid pattern", first applied
for some parts
in the brown
box (2) in 1948 (see above), controls the whole design of this edition, owned
by Thomas O.Duncan - Arkadelphia - AR - USA.
Since the game board with a dark green
centre-field still shows
the "engines illustration"
(= two locomotives and two houses underneath the word Monopoly, with a £-symbol
through the mid O),
typical for the Waddingtons design, this issue must be from before 1961. This is
confirmed by a control sticker (51x63 mm) showing the number 758 H,
which most probably means "checked by employee H
in July 1958". The "engines illustration" is in red
on gold background label on the box, game board and the Rules folder. The
properties have their names still printed twice.
The box is made of very heavy cardboard, every part of it covered with the plaid
pattern paper. The innerbox has 11 holes for the attributes, a tiny
little square one
being specially prepared to hold the dice.
The light blue Chance- and light
yellow Caisse de Communauté cards have a wire pattern.
The 7 denominations of the Monopoly banknotes
("pat.app.for no.3796-36") are made of white paper: Fr 100
- 500 - 1.000 - 2.000
- 5.000 - 10.000
and 50.000.
The houses and hotels are of white plastic with resp.
a green and red
overhanging roof and "Made in France" on the bottom.
 There are 8 nice,
lead tokens with an average weight of 12.6 g: rowboat
- turtle - suitcase
- easy-chair - white chamber pot - shoe -
men's dress hat and a canteen.
These very particular
(only applied in France?) tokens have been applied in
other
editions of this era as well.
The standard Rules are in a solid cardboard folder covered with the plaid
pattern paper. The inside of this folder is lined with paper containing a
spriral motif consisting of different sized versions of
"Offrir un jeu Miro Company c'est donner de la joie" ( "Offering
a game from the Miro Company is giving pleasure".)
The dice are red with white pips.
A sticker on the lid shows that this set was bought in Paris in the shop
"Au nain bleu" ( "In the blue
dwarf") - 406, Rue St.Honoré.
Such a set was sold for $ 75.- on ebay
in March 2002.
 Edition:
Monopoly - brown box (3), without Réf.
Modèle déposé. Breveté S.G.D.G.
Patent applied for Nº 3796-36
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris - 1958
Dimensions of the box: 27.5 x 51.4 cm
The game:
It was James Hustler - UK, the owner, who provided me with the
information about this edition. This set matches the "plaid pattern
(1)" set a lot, reason why I also date it in about 1958.
In the top left corner of the lid, covered in brown
paper with a wood grain effect, is a gold sticker showing
the word Monopoly in a frame in brown characters
with the Waddingtons "engines illustration"
(two locomotives and two houses and the £-symbol
through the mid O) there under.
Of course the same "engines illustration" is in the centre of the game board,
however in black.
This means the set must be
from before 1961.
Other typical Waddingtons features of the game board
are:
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the green
locomotives on the station spaces pointing backwards. |
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the properties' titles appearing above and
reversed below. |
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the chevron-with-dot on the Caisse de
Communauté spaces, rather than the blue
treasure chest. |
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the property card of Gare de Lyon still shows P.L.M. and that of Gare
Saint-Lazare État. |
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the rent for
the unbuilt properties is still Frs.2.200 for all 3 yellow
streets. |
The box is made of very heavy cardboard, every part of it covered with the
brown
paper with a wood grain effect. The innerbox contains a banker's
tray that has 11 holes for the attributes, a tiny
little square one
being specially prepared to hold the dice and only one cardboard insert. If you
flip over this insert there is a little rack to store the property cards
in, however this may have been added by an owner at a later date.
The light blue Chance- and light
ellow Caisse de Communauté cards with rounded corners have a
wire pattern.
The 7 denominations of the Monopoly banknotes
("pat.app.for no.3796-36") are
printed on white paper: Fr 100
- 500 - 1.000 - 2.000
- 5.000 - 10.000
and 50.000.
The houses and hotels are of white plastic with resp.
a green and red
overhanging roof. However, these houses and hotels has nothing written on the
bottom.
There are those 8 nice,
lead tokens again: rowboat
- turtle - suitcase
- easy-chair - chamber pot - shoe -
men's dress hat and a canteen/wine
sack.
The Rules are in a cardboard folder in the same
brown
wood grain as the box. The inside of
this folder is lined with paper containing a spiral motif consisting of
different sized versions of
"Offrir un jeu Miro Company c'est donner de la joie" ( "Offering
a game from the Miro Company is giving pleasure".) At the bottom of the
last page there are the following "6146 Imp. Kapp. Vannes
(Seine)" and "Copyright by Miro Company, Paris 1937".
The large, plastic (or ivory?) dice are red with white pips.
These sets were "Fabriqué en France".
An original price tag on the bottom of the box tells this particular set was bought in the well-known Galeries Lafayette in
Paris at the price of (old) Fr
4250 (~ € 6.50 today).
 Edition:
Small box, without Réf.
"Copyright
© 1935,
1946, 1961 by
Parker Brothers Inc."
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker Bros./Miro Company - Paris - 1962
Dimensions of the box: 25.7 x 25.7 cm
The game:
This set is owned by J. Santo - Florida - USA.
These white boxes have been issued in a number of European countries
between 1961 and about 1982. That may have to do with the fact that they all
were manufactured in France.
On the lid they all still have the "engines illustration with 2 locomotives, 2 houses
and the £-sign with Oncle Riche's
precursor on top" in a red frame. There is no patent number mentioned under the illustration but
instead it says "Tous droits réservés - Marque et modèle
déposés". This also agrees with other countries' editions like those
of The Netherlands and Germany.
They are a kind of transition versions between the original Waddingtons editions with
the "engines illustration" and the Parker Brothers version with black
locomotives on the station spaces, the blue
treasure chest of the Caisse de Communauté and the gold ring of the Taxe de
Luxe spaces.
The game contains a small inspection paper on
which the numbers 7 and 1062 appear. This
doubtless means "checked by employee 7 in October 1962", because of
what the time of issue is fixed.
This edition still looks very much
like the small box of 1948, because:
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It shows the Waddingtons "engines
illustration" both on the lid as on the
board. |
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The names of the properties are
still mentioned 2 times in order to be well read from all directions. |
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The property card of Gare de Lyon still shows P.L.M. and that of Gare
Saint-Lazare État. |
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The rent for
the unbuilt properties is still Frs.2.200 for all 3 yellow
streets. |
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tokens are round blank
wooden discs (diam. 21 mm) with a Monopoly print as well as the numbers |
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The innerbox has a white
rim without text and an insert of white cardboard showing the
"engines illustration" in red.
This insert has 4 holes in which trays (with dark
red rim) fit. Two of them have a partition. |
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The green
houses and red hotels are of dull
wood.
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On the other hand it already has a number of
matches to the small white box with Ref. 011, viz. the clear features of
the Parker Brothers design:
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The locomotives on the station spaces are black and
point ahead. |
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chest on the Caisse
de Communauté spaces. |
| The Taxe de Luxe space shows a gold ring with
diamond. |
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The wheels of the car on Parc Gratuit are white
(instead of red). |
The Monopoly banknotes
("pat.app.for no.3796-36") are like with the other editions again in 7
denominations, printed in color on white paper: Fr 100
- 500 - 1.000 (wit) - 2.000
- 5.000 - 10.000
and 50.000.
Both dice are green with yellow
pips.
 Edition:
Standard, without Réf.
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris - 1964
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
This set has something special because the insert
with holes for the attributes is a piece of polystyrene foam that has 111
(?) raised houses and 8 more or less deep holes. In the centre is a Miro Company
tag.
The board's back is white and one half of it also has the "engines
illustration" printed. Both parts are joined by a red
linen tape. In the centre of the blue green
midfield of the game board is Monopoly in closed black characters parallel
to the first side. The property names are always twice on the spaces so they can be read all sided.
The property card of Gare de Lyon still shows P.L.M. and that of Gare
Saint-Lazare État.
The rent for the unbuilt properties is
still Frs.2.200 for all 3 yellow streets.
The only 5 tokens are black round
wooden discs (diam. 21 mm) with a
gold Monopoly print as well as the numbers 1 to 5. The light
blue
Chance and beige Caisse de
Communauté cards have a little bars pattern on both sides.
The 7 denominations of the Monopoly banknotes
("pat.app.for no.3796-36") are: Fr 100
- 500 - 1.000 - 2.000
- 5.000 - 10.000
and 50.000.
Both dice are white with black pips.
 Edition:
Monopoly - orange/brown
box (6), without Réf.
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker/Miro Company - Paris - 1964
Dimensions of the box: 28.5 x 51.3 cm
The game:
This is a set owned by Jimmy Reus - Lutjebroek - NL.
This set also shows many features of the transition version
( transition from
the Waddingtons design into the Parker Brothers design),
like the white box with polystyrene foam insert. However it is also very similar
to the brown
box (1)
of 1948. Features are:
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Heavy and solid box covered with bubbled orange/brown
paper,
the board's back as well. |
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Both on the upper left corner of the lid and one part of the
board's back
shows the Monopoly+enigines-illustration-in-a-frame in black,
i.e. Waddingtons design. |
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The copyright year underneath the word Monopoly in closed, black
characters says 1961, i.e. Parker Brothers design. |
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The innerbox contains 2 orange/brown cardboard
inserts and a dark green bubbled
paper covered "banker's tray" with 10 holes. |
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The property names are always twice on the spaces so they can be read allsided, i.e. Waddingtons design. |
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The property card of Gare de Lyon still shows P.L.M. and that of Gare
Saint-Lazare État, i.e. Waddingtons design. |
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The rent for the unbuilt properties is still Frs.2.200 for
all 3 yellow streets, i.e. Waddingtons
design. |
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The 6 tokens are black round
wooden discs (diam. 21 mm) with a
gold Monopoly print as well as the numbers 1 to 6.
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The light
blue
Chance and beige Caisse de
Communauté cards have a little bars pattern on both sides.
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The
Monopoly banknotes
("pat.app.for no.3796-36") are again in 7 denominations,
printed on white paper with a recurring pattern of Monopoly on the back: Fr 100
- 500 - 1.000 - 2.000
- 5.000 - 10.000
and 50.000. |
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The green houses
and red hotels are of glossy wood. |
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The Rules are not in a folder. |
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The beige
(or ivory?) dice have black pips. |
Edition:
Monopoly - brown
box (7), without Réf.
"Copyright 1935,
1946, 1961 by Parker
Brothers USA"
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker/Miro Company - Paris - 1964
Dimensions of the box: 28.5 x 51.3 cm
The game:
This is a set owned by Deborah Durham
- UK.
Although this issue resembles very much the
brown
box (3) from 1958 in such a way that I had the impression one of
them to be a composition of various editions I do believe this one must be
issued a few years later.
Identical parts in this set compared to the one of James Husler
of 1958 are f.e.:
1. The gold sticker Monopoly on the lid, a back side of the
board as well on the hard cover of the Rules.
2. The same 8 nice,
lead tokens: rowboat
- turtle - suitcase
- easy-chair - chamber pot - shoe -
men's dress hat and a canteen/wine
sack.
3. The same composed plastic houses and hotels.
4. The same banknotes.
The main difference is the design of the game board. There is no more "engines illustration" on the centre
field of the board, only Monopoly in closed black characters and 1961
as latest copyright year.
On the hand it appeared that all those parts are also in the brown
edition (4) of Jean-François Dias of 1965. And this edition also
has the gameboard with closed black characters, while the division of the
innerbox is different.
All this makes me believe this edition to be issued about 1964.
 Edition:
Small box, Réf. 011
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker Bros./Miro Company - Paris - 1965
Dimensions of the box: 25.7 x 25.7 cm
The game:
The lid of this white box still shows the "engines illustration"
with the £-sign
through the middle O. On top of this illustration is
Oncle Riche's "precursor" waving
with a bundle of banknotes of 1000. Under to the
right it says in a red
frame,
"Licence Parker Brothers USA". The
border of the lid shows the word Monopoly in a red
bar and the reference number 011 is on all sides. (Compare this issue with ref.
601 1011 from Germany and ref. 611 from Holland.)
The game board is of solid cardboard and it's back is red.
The word Monopoly on the board's midfield is parallel to side one and is in closed
characters. The stations are no longer property of P.L.M. or the State.
The plastic insert of the innerbox contains 5 holes for the cards,
banknotes and other attributes.
This edition is for just "two to four players", reason why there are
only 4 colored, plastic tokens. The
Monopoly banknotes
("pat.app.for no.3796-36") are again in 7 denominations,
printed on colored paper: Fr 100
- 500 - 1.000 (white) - 2.000
- 5.000 - 10.000
and 50.000.
The green
houses and red hotels are of plastic.
The game was manufactured in France.
 Edition: Monopoly - plaid pattern (2),
without
Réf.
"Copyright 1935,
1946, 1961 by Parker
Brothers USA"
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher:
Parker/Miro Company - Paris -1965
Dimensions of the box: 26.7 x 50.8 cm
The game:
The owner of this edition Barb Scott - Enon - Ohio - USA, provided
me with the necessary information for this description.
The exterior of the box, as well as the back of the game board
have the same brown, white and black plaid pattern
as the issue of 1958, but this edition is totally different for the rest. The
game board is according to the Parker Brothers design, because of the
features:
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No more "engines illustration" on the centre
field of the board, only Monopoly in closed black characters. |
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The locomotives on the station spaces are black and
point forward. |
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The blue treasure chest on the Caisse
de Communauté spaces. |
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The Taxe de Luxe space shows a gold ring with
diamond. |
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The wheels of the car on Parc Gratuit are white
(instead of red). |
Further more typical for this issue are:
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The stations are no longer property of P.L.M. or the State. |
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The gold sticker shows the word Monopoly in
black characters
in a frame. Under it Miro is printed as a logo, together with the
Parker Brothers swirl and the remark "jeux de société" between 2
black Parker Brothers locomotives. |
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The sturdy plastic insert of the
innerbox consists of 2 parts: a brown
part (the "banker's tray") with 7 slots for the banknotes and a dark
green one with 7 compartments for the other attributes. |
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The light
blue
Chance and light pink
Caisse de
Communauté cards show the recurring pattern of "engines and Oncle
Riche".
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The green
houses and red hotels are the
usual ones, made of plastic. |
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The 7 tokens are the silver
metal ones: thimble - hat - dog - iron - wheelbarrow - shoe and
rider-on-rearing-horse. |
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The banknotes are printed on white paper, the same as of the
other issues of this era. |
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The Rules do not have a folder. |
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The dice are red
with white pips. |
This edition was "Printed in France".
The price of this set amounted to $ 37.32 on ebay
in February 2002.
 Edition:
Monopoly - light
brown box (4), without Réf.
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker/Miro Company - Paris - 1965
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
On the game board of this special edition (owned by Jean-François Dias
- Paris) is the copyright year 1961.
However it is very likely that this set was issued in honour of the
30st anniversary, so in the year 1965. (In Holland a similar edition
was marketed and in America a brown
wooden box was issued in this year.)
Like in the Dutch set both the lid of the light
brown box and the back of the game board have a gold sticker showing
the word Monopoly in brown characters with
under it 2 brown Parker Brothers locomotives
and the Miro
logo inbetween.
On the board the black engines are heading forwards, which means
that the Waddingtons design is replaced by the Parker Brothers one.
Other features of the Parker Brothers design are:
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No more "engines illustration" on the centre
field of the board, only Monopoly in closed black characters. |
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The blue treasure chest on the
Caisse
de Communauté spaces. |
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The Taxe de Luxe space shows a gold ring with
diamond. |
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The wheels of the car on Parc Gratuit are white
(instead of red). |
Both parts of the gameboard are joined together by a black linen tape.
Furthermore this is a special edition because:
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The stations are no longer property of P.L.M. or the State. |
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The insert is of brown plastic and
that, except for 7 holes for the banknotes, also contains 8 well shaped holes
for the other attributes. |
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Whereas the Dutch edition has the round
black discs of the French Standard set as "special" tokens, this issue
has 6 of those nice,
lead tokens as from the "plaid pattern (1)" issue of 1958
(see the picture) with an average weight of 12.6 g: rowboat
- turtle - suitcase
- easy-chair - white chamber pot and a canteen. |
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The houses and hotels are of white plastic with resp.
a green and red
overhanging roof and "Made in France" on the bottom. |
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The Rules are in a cardboard folder of the same
brown
color as the back of the board. |
The banknotes show again the text "pat.app.for no.3796-36"
and are similar to those of earlier editions. The light
blue
Chance- and pink Caisse de
Communauté cards show the recurring pattern of "engines and Oncle
Riche".
 Edition: Monopoly -
orange/brown
box (5), without Réf.
"Marque et modèle déposés - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker/Miro Company - Paris - 1965
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
The owner, Tim Matthews - Kent - UK, remembers that 'this set
was brought
over from France in 1965 by a friend of the family because we had a french au-pair.'
This most probably means the set was bought in the year of issue, because:
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The game board is according to the Parker Brothers
design as it is being applied since 1961. |
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In the late 60's the manufacturer applied sturdy plastic
inserts for the innerbox, both in one piece as well in 2 parts. |
As the picture shows the plastic inserts in this box have
diffent colors: a cream-colored
one with holes for the attributes and a dark blue green
one as "banker's tray" for the 7 banknotes.
But what is so special of this issue is the fact that the box and the
board's back are covered with a brown
bubbled paper, like the issue from 20 years earlier, compare the brown box
(1) from 1948.
Other features of this issue are:
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The gold sticker shows the word Monopoly in brown
characters
in a frame. Under it Miro Company
is printed between 2 brown Parker Brothers locomotives. |
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The light
blue
Chance and light pink
Caisse de
Communauté cards have repeated logos of the Parker locomotive and Oncle
Riche across the back of the cards. |
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The green
houses and red hotels are the
usual ones, made of plastic. |
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The tokens are the simple plastic
pawns. |
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The banknotes are the same as of the
other issues of this era, i.a. printed on white paper, still with the
mention "pat.app.for no.3796-36". |
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The Rules do not have a folder. |
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There are 2 red
dice with white pips. |
This edition was "Printed in France".
 Edition: Standard,
Réf.
77314/000155 3 (1)
"Licence
Parker Brothers Inc. U.S.A."
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris
- ±1968
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
Like in other European countries Monopoly games became a new and more colorful
appearance around the end of the sixtees. The Waddingtons "engines
illustration" on the lid was replaced by the "gameboard in green
in blue square with red
Monopoly bar" with under that the logo of (for the first time real) Oncle
Riche in a red square inbetween 2 blue
Parker locomotives. In the red
square is the number 77314. However there is no "Parker swirl".
The backside of the solid board is red.
The word Monopoly on the board's midfield is in closed black characters
and is parallel to side one. The stations are no longer property of P.L.M. or the State.
The innerbox contains, except for the red
plastic insert with 7 holes for the banknotes, also a red
cardboard insert that shows not only the word Monopoly (in white characters) but
also the design of the tokens. The 6 tokens are colored plastic pawns. The light
blue
Chance- and pink Caisse de
Communauté cards show the recurring pattern of "engines and Oncle
Riche".
The green houses and red
hotels are plastic.
This game was "imprimé en France" and
was also sold in Belgium.
Edition: Standard,
Réf.
77314/000155 3 (2)
"Licence
Parker Brothers Inc. U.S.A."
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris
- ±1968
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
The only difference with the previous edition is it's cheaper finish with soft
game board. The back side of the board is white.
It is however rather strange that is has exactly the same ref. number.
 Edition:
Small box, Réf. 77314/ 001
"Licence
Parker Brothers Inc. U.S.A."
Publisher: Miro Company - Paris
- ±1968
Dimensions of the box: 25.7 x 25.7 cm
The game:
This small white box of course is very similar to the long standard one except
for the double folded gameboard.
The folds of this plasticized soft board have not been strengthened and
so they can easily tear.
Inside the innerbox with red border
is a white insert of very thin plastic, with 5 holes for the attributes.
Again the banknotes are provided with the text "pat.app.for no.3796-36"
and are the same as those of earlier issues.The light
blue
Chance- and pink Caisse de
Communauté cards show the recurring pattern of "engines and Oncle
Riche".
 Edition: Standard,
Réf. 560012, with MM
logo (1)
"Marque et modèle déposé - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker/Miro-Meccano S.A. - Paris - ±1968
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
Apparently the MIRO Company and Meccano merged at the end
of the sixtees, but the game is still packed in a white box with "engines
illustration", typical for the Waddingtons design.
 The differences with the "Standard edition without ref." of a few
years earlier are remarkable. Even now the game board's midfield show 1961 as
latest copyright date, however:
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The insert is of cream-colored
plastic and contains besides the
7 spaces for the banknotes also 6 deeper
holes. |
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The 6 tokens are colored
plastic pawns. |
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The light
blue
Chance- and pink Caisse de
Communauté
cards show the recurring pattern of "engines and Oncle
Riche". |
| The green
houses and red hotels are of
plastic and have
overhanging roofs without chimney. |
| Both dice are red
with white pips. |
A comparison with the similar white boxes from Germany and Holland gives next
interesting tabel:
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France Réf. 560012
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Germany ref. 512
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Holland ref. 612
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White box with engine-picture,
Monopoly on borders of lid
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White box with engine-picture,
no text on borders of lid
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White box with engine-picture,
no text on borders of lid
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£-sign in engine-picture
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£-sign in engine-picture
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ƒ-sign in engine-picture
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Publ.: Miro-Meccano S.A.,
"Printed in France"
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Publ.: Spielefabr.Franz Schmidt,
"Printed in France"
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Publ.: N.V.Smeets & Schippers,
"Printed in France"
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Streets of Paris
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General streets
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Streets of various cities
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Monopoly on the board,
without frame
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Monopoly on the board,
without frame
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Monopoly on the board,
without frame
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board has a red back
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board has a red back
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board has a red back
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inner box has a white border
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inner box has a red
border
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inner box has a red
border
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cream insert in 2 parts, 14 holes
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white insert in 2 parts, 14 holes
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white insert in 2 parts, 14 holes
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there are a few variants
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(so far) no variants known
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there are a few variants
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 Edition: Monopoly Deluxe, mahogany,
Réf. 560004
Publisher: Parker/Miro-Meccano S.A. - Paris - ±1972
Dimensions of the box: 26.0 x 50.8 cm
The game:
The mahogany colored lid shows the
gameboard in gold print inside the field of 2 squares as we know from the
European editions made in France since 1961. Also in gold print is the "2
engines with Oncle Riche" logo, but without currency mark. This logo
is on top of the horizontal bar with the word Monopoly large white characters. In the
lower right corner is the Miro-Meccano logo.
The fold of the board (with red
colored
back) is parallel to 2nd side.
The innerbox with red borders
contains 2 nice looking inserts lined with red
felt. One has 7 spaces for the banknotes, the other is destined for
property cards, houses, tokens and other equipment.
The Chance and Caisse de
Communauté cards resp. have a blue and pink
print of the "engines with Oncle Riche" pattern on the back.
The 7 banknotes
(Monopoly - pat.app.for No.3796-36) are in denominations of 100 to 50,000. There
is twice as much money as usual so that the game can be played by 9 persons.
The tokens are those 8 pewter figures hat - wheel-barrow - car - thimble
- shoe - horse - dog and iron.
The plastic houses and hotels have
overhanging roofs but no chimney.
Both dice
are red
with gold colored pips.
The Rules are in a strong cardboard folder of the same color as
the back of the gameboard.
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France |
Germany
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England
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Réf. 56004
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Art.Nr.601 1010
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without ref.nr.
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Logo on top of bar
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Logo under bar
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Logo on top of bar
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Miro-Meccano
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Brohm Spielwaren GmbH
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John Waddington Ltd.
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Parker engines on stations
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Parker engines on stations
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Waddingtons engines on stations
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no currency sign under logo
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no currency sign under logo
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£-sign under logo
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board has red
back
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board has red back
with gold Monopoly print
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board has red back
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Monopoly in black closed characters on centrefield
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Monopoly in black closed characters on centrefield
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Monopoly in black closed characters on centrefield
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2 plastic red felt-lined inserts,
without Carousel
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2 plastic red felt-lined inserts
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2 black inserts with Carousel
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"printed in France"
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"printed in France"
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"made in Great Britain"
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 Edition: Standard,
Réf. 560012, with Parker swirl logo (2)
Publisher: Parker/Miro-Meccano S.A. - Paris - 1982
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
There are but 3 differences between this edition issued about 14 years
after version (1), namely:
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The board's midfield shows 1982 as latest
copyright date. |
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The publisher uses a new logo, viz. his own
company name on top of the "Parker swirl". |
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On the centrefield of the game board is
the word Monopoly in open characters. |
The price of this set amounted to DM 19.-
(€
9.85) in October 1998.
 Edition: Small box,
Réf. 560003
"Copyright 1935,
1946, 1961, 1982 by Parker Brothers USA"
"Marque et modèle déposé - Tous droits réservés"
Publisher: Parker/General Mills S.A. - Pantin - 1982
Dimensions of the box: 25.7 x 25.7 cm
The game:
With the comming of the 1982 colorful new design the Miro Company obviously lost
the right to publish Monopoly. Although it is still what I call the
"patentless era" (only Trade mark) the Parker Brothers company took
over the control.
This new presentation
shows the dark blue streets and Départ on
top of the red bar with Monopoly in white
characters on the lid. The rim of the lid shows the red
bar on each side.
On the midfield of the blue green game
board is the word Monopoly in open characters, without a frame but
with Rich Uncle Pennybags out the mid O, parallel to the first side.
It's back is red. The printing on the
board's fields is no longer in duplicate.
The white innerbox contains a tray of soft white plastic with 5 holes for
all attributes. It's bottom is unprinted.
The 7 banknotes
(Monopoly - pat.app.for No.3796-36) are printed on colored paper in denominations of 100 to 50,000.
The 6 tokens are colored
plastic pawns. The light
blue
Chance- and pink Caisse de
Communauté cards show
the recurring pattern of "engines and Oncle
Riche". The green
houses and red hotels are of
plastic and have overhanging
roofs. The houses do have a chimney, the hotels haven't.
Both dice are red
with gold colored pips.
The set was manufactured in France.
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