Edition: Standard, Réf. 560002 
Publisher: Parker/Kenner Parker France - 1985
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
As in other countries (although 3 years later than in Holland and Germany!?)  with this edition a new presentation has been introduced. 
The lid of this box no longer shows the "engines illustration". Instead the presentation became much more colorful. On top of a red bar with MONOPOLY in white characters, is Départ with a part of the Boul. de Belleville, the Rue de la Paix (unbuild, with car) and the Avenue des Champs-Élysées with 1 house (with chimney, whereas the houses and hotels of the game don't have a chimney!). The rim of the cover shows the  red Monopoly bar 4 times.
The white innerbox contains a solid insert of  cream plastic with 13 holes for the banknotes and attributes. For the first time the bottom is printed as well, viz. with 3 poor black and white picures and a scanty description of the game.

On the midfield of the blue green gamebord is the word MONOPOLY in open characters, whitout frame but with Oncle Riche out of the O, parallel to the 1st side. It's back is red. The fold is parallel to the 2nd side of the board. The names are no longer double mentioned on the fields.
Although the Monopoly banknotes still have the texst  "pat.app.for no.3796-36" the colors of the 7 denominations are changed into:  Fr 100 (white) - 500 (pink) - 1.000 (yellow) - 2.000 (green) - 5.000 (blue) - 10.000 (white) and  50.000 (orange). Over Départ you receive Fr. 20,000 again.
The 8 metal tokens are the well known car, hat thimble, wheel-barrow, dog, boat, shoe and  iron.
The blue Chance- and pink Caisse de Communauté cards do have the repeating pattern of "engines with Uncle Riche" on the back. The green plastic houses and red hotels have overhanging roofs without chimney.
Both dice are red with gold pips.

Edition: Standard, Réf. 560002  7
Publisher: Parker/Kenner Parker France - 1985
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
The lid of this issue (of the same year!) is also colorful, but this time the red Monopoly-bar is on the top with under that the last part of the fourth side. The rim of the cover shows again the red Monopoly-bar on 4 sides.
The innerbox contains a solid insert of red plastic devided in a total of 13 holes for the banknotes and attributes. On the bottom of the box is a black and white picture of the gameboard with all attributes with 2 insets of smaller pictures.

The blue green gameboard shows the word MONOPOLY (with Oncle Riche) in closed characters in a frame sloping over the midfield. The tokens are 6 plastic pawns.
The green plastic houses do have a chimney, the red hotels don't. The Chance- and Caisse de Communauté cards, the banknotes and dice are all equal to those of the other edition of this year.

This set was manufactured in France, what is mentioned in two languages in a circle at the rim of the cover.

The price of this set amounted to Ffr 119,- (= US$ 20.-) in August 1991.

Edition: Monopoly 1935-1985, Réf. 561018
              Série limitée
              Edition du cinquantième anniversaire
Publisher: Parker Bros./General Mills Jeux et Jouets S.A. - 1985
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
Features of this version are:

The blue green gameboard shows the word MONOPOLY (with Oncle Riche) in open characters and without  frame parallel to the 1st side. On the bottom of the box is one large  black and white picture of Charles B. Darrow with piles of banknotes in front of him! Further all attributes are similar to those of the earlier editions.

Also this edition was still manufactured in France.

Edition: Tin "1935", 50-ème Anniversaire
Publisher: Parker Brothers - 1985
Dimensions of the tin: 8.4 x 27 x 27 cm   
The game:
In honour of the 50th anniversary in France of course "the tin" has been issued as well. The lid of this very special edition shows a.o. in relief "COMMEMORATIVE EDITION 1935". The flanks of the tin are illustrated with houses with Oncle Riche in action in front. 

On the bottom of the tin is a colored sticker with the text "MONOPOLY 1935 COMMEMORATIVE EDITION". Furthermore is says: " …. This unique edition replicates the original 1935 Parker Brothers board game from its allustrated classic cover design to its famous game components. The original cannon, car, purse, lantern and rocking horse tokens are reissued in a gold-tone finish just for this edition. As a special a locomotive is added to this set.  …". 

Also the instructions are very luxurious. They mention in short the history of the game and is ample illustrated with many versions of MONOPOLY sets.
Inside the tin is a blue, plastic tray for as well the banknotes as the houses/hotels, dice, tokens and title deed cards. The strong cardboard board is folded in four. Its back is black and the play-side is bluegreen.

Edition: Das/l' Original
Publisher: ASS - Leinfelden - 1986
Dimensions of the box: 26.5 x 50.2 cm
The game:
On the lid of this original, bilingual set (French and German) is this quotation from "Spiele anders als andere" by Sid Sackson of 1981 saying:

"This reproduction of the original document will doubtless recall memories to anybody who ever played MONOPOLY. Indeed the way from "Landlord's Game" to "Monopoly" goes by …. MONOPOLY! In the early twenties a game under this name was used already in many university cities on the east coast of America: there handmade game boards were used with mostly local names for the properties and a game was played already that a few years later conquered the world." (Read the book "The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle").

On the back of the box stands:

"On Januari 5th, 1904 a game was patented at the United States Patent Office under No. 748,626: THE LANDLORDS GAME, by Lizzie J.Magie:

To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LIZZIE J.Magie, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brentwood, in the county of Prince George and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game - Boards, of which the following is a specification.
My invention, which I have designated "The landlord's game," relates to gameboards, and more particularly to games of chance. The object of the game is to obtain as much wealth or money as possible, the player having the greatest amount of wealth at the end of the game after a certain predetermined number of circuits of the board have been made being the winner.

"Das/L'Original" contains the original version of this game with original board and instructions. However "Das/L'Original" also contains a modern version of this old economy game with instructions and board."

With this game people in Europe for the first time  got aquainted with the history of the "famous game"! Both the text and the sketches of the original patent were inserted in each of the instructions of the game showing clearly that Lizzie J.Magie already played MONOPOLY in 1904! (See also "Early Game History - 1903 to 1936").

The differences between the rules of the original and nowadays game are very interesting:

The colors of the spaces have the following meaning:

GREEN = estate
GREY = station
YELLOW = light and water franchises
LIGHT BLUE = tax for absolute necessities
DARK BLUE = luxuries
YELLOW with black rim = legacy
RED = No trespassing - Go to jail

The six spaces in the centre of the board are respectively for:

The 4 tokens are aggravation pawns. Of the black pawns are 22 pieces as drilling rigs. The money consists of simple notes with a value mention of 1 - 5 - 10 50 or 100.

Edition: Standard, Réf. 06951F892
Publisher: Parker/Kenner Parker France - 1992    
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
This is a set of the Irish works, so with on the lid the fourth side of the gameboard showing the collection of attributes on a green background. On the bottom of the box is the well-known colorpicture of the laughing family that is looking to each other rather then to the game!

The gameboard's back is red, like the insert of the innerbox. The back side of the Chance cards is printed with a red ?, while the Caisse de Communauté cards show the blue treasure chest. The banknotes are of class B, i.a. Monopoly money in white print on colored background. The 10 tokens are of heavy metal and "made in China". The green plastic houses do have a chimney, the red hotels don't.

The price of this set amounted to Ffr 159,- (= US$ 24.-) in November 1994.

Edition: Small box - Voyage, Réf. 06951F892
Publisher: Parker/Kenner Parker France - 1992    
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
An unusual large sized set for a "travel edition", but yet the lid says so!

Also this "small box"-edition comes from the Irish works having the fourth sideof the gameboard on the lid, showing also the collection of attributes, who however differs from the one on the Standard box! The collection of attributes is now grouped around a blue pawn while the background is blue as well.
The back side of the Chance cards is printed with a red ?, while the Caisse de Communauté cards show the blue treasure chest. 
The double folded gameboard now has a red back as well. The word MONOPOLY is again diagonal over the board and in the red bar!
The money and the houses and hotels are the same as of the Standard edition, however the 6 tokens are mere simple plastic pawns.

Edition: Monopoly - Edition Collectioneurs
Publisher: Franklin Mint - 1992
Dimensions of the table: 7.5 x 52.5 x 52.5 cm + pedestal
The game:
Without exaggeration this "authorized" issue can be called the game of the games. The board is made of distinguished mahogany stained hardwood with a green felt-lined sunken midfield. The printing is in gold. Underneath the playfield is a sliding drawer for the banker, also green felt-lined. The drawer has a knob provided with a brass MONOPLY game coin. On the other 3 sides of the set is a brass MONOPOLY plate!

The background of the streets is of the same mahogany color as the timber. Even the instructions and the "Real Estate Portfolio" are in this dignified color!
All 10 classic playing tokens are crafted in pewter and embellished with 22 carat gold, amongst them a purse and a hurrycane latern. 
The architecturally-designed houses and hotels are dycast and plated with silver and gold.
Also the banknotes have a luxury appearance and are special made for this Collector's Edition. The number of banknotes is twice as much as usual. However, there can but 4 players be seated around the table!
The red Chance and yellow Community Chest cards have all funny illustrations with Uncle Pennybags, as usual.
The wooden pedestal for this set contains another 4 drawers for the players to collect their money and property cards. Finally the set can be covered by a glass plate, to protect for dust.

The summer-1999-edition of the Franklin Mint catalogue shows that the French set is still available! Only this French catalogue also says that these sets are manufactured in Malaysia.

Prices are:

Edition: Monopoly Deluxe, Réf. 14167101
Publisher: Parker Bros./Tonka/Hasbro France S.A. - 1993
Dimensions of the box: 26.9 x 26.9 x 8.4 cm
The game:
This is indeed a very luxury and sound issue of the game.
On the lid is a picture that has great resemblance with the one of the standard issues with ref.number 06951, but still deviating: Besides the 3 "gold" tokens (boat, hat and car) the stack of banknotes with high values is striking. Furthermore some property cards, one house and one hotel are put on a part of the 4th side of the gameboard.

The sound gameboard has a back back and is folded twice. It is situated on a very practical insert of hard black plastic, in which besides the 7 holes for the banknotes, 2 for the hotels and houses also is one in which the banker's property cards can be placed upright. There are 11 "gold" tokens, amongst which the locomotive.

The Chance cards have a red back with  ? and the Caisse de Communauté cards a blue back with treasure chest.There are twice as many banknotes, as happen more often with special editions of Monopoly. 
The notes are of the new design, this means a.o. without any mention of copyright and with 3x a mention of the value. The green houses and red hotels are made of nice glossy wood.

One glance on the picture at the bottom of the box shows what is described above!

The set is "fabriqué en Irlande".

Edition: Monopoly - Edition Braille 
Publisher: Parker/Tonka - 1995
Dimensions of the box: 51,5 x 51,5 x 8 cm
The game:
Like in America and England France also has its own version for the blind and the partial-sighted. The standard edition Réf.06951F892 is used for this issue.

The game is in a plain white box that only shows the red Monopoly bar. The gameboard of this set is provided with a raised hard plastic surface, which is embossed with the braille letters and holes for the tokens, houses and hotels. Also the arrow at Départ, the treasure chest and ? are raised.
There are 2 plastic holders for the Chance and Caisse de Communauté cards to keep them together. Because of the rigid board the box became clumsy large. The red plastic "banker's tray" of the original box is now used for this set.

The banknotes are of class B, i.a. Monopoly money in white print on colored background. They are made identifiable by cutting of corners in various combinations!
The Chance and Caisse de Communauté cards are bi-lingual, viz. French en  Braille! There are two sets of property cards: 
1x excusively in braille and
1x the common cards in which the text is put in braille as well.
The 10 metal tokens as well as the green houses and red hotels are those of the standard edition of 1992.
The white dice are extra large and provided with black raised dots instead of hollow pips. They are exactly the same as those of the English edition for the blind.
The Rules are also executed in double: 1x in Braille and 1x in large print.

This edition is published by:

Association Valentin Hauy
Pour le bien des Aveugles
5 Rue Duroc
75343 PARIS

Edition: Gold box, Edition 60-ème Anniversaire, Réf.44020
              Edition Limitée
Publisher: Parker/Tonka/Hasbro France S.A. - 1995
Dimensions of the box: 11.5 x 29.8 x 29.8 cm
The game:
This anniversary edition is even more sophisticated than the 1985 tin!

The gold-colored box shows a nice illustration of a diamond on a green background, with on top the red Monopoly bar with Oncle Riche, not only on the lid but on all its flanks and those of the white innerbox as well. In a ribbon says "1935 Edition 60ème Anniversaire 1995".
The folded in four gameboard has a black back and a marble-colored play side. On the play side is  a sticker with a number of this "limited edition".

The content of the high innerbox consists of 2 levels, viz.:

1. A high insert of black plastic with 5 holes. Two of them contain a nice black holder for the Chance- and Caisse de Communauté cards, which have to be placed on the concerning spaces of the gameboard. A round whole is for Oncle Riche's black hat that is used to throw the (black) dice in this game! The remaining holes are for the cards, the green wooden houses and red hotels.
2. On top of the high insert is the socalled banker's tray that on it's turn fits in a cardboard holder.  Besides 7 holes for the banknotes this tray also contains a space for the property cards and 2 for the houses and hotels.

The pink Chance- and blue Caisse de Communauté cards are on the text side nicely illustrated with text related pictures of Oncle Riche on the same marble-colored background as of the gameboard!
Like this the text of the distinguished property deeds is printed on that beautiful background.
The 7 large sized banknotes (dimensions 62 x 120 mm) have been printed on white paper and illustrated with drawn pictures of (presumable) ancient Atlantic City buildings. The colors of these banknotes are resp.: Fr 100 (grey blue) - 500 (red) - 1.000 (brown) - 2.000 (green) - 5.000 (blue green) - 10.000 (orange) and 50.000 (purple).
The 8 tokens of heavy metal are bronze-colored. Seven of these tokens are reproductions of ancient models, viz.:  the bathtub - tramcar - candle - shoe - elephant - beaker and antique car, whereas the nice token of Oncle Riche is added as a special!
The  yellow paper printed Rules are also richly illustrated with pictures of Oncle Riche.
The bottom of the box shows a nice color picture showing most of what has been described.

This edition was manufactured in .... Great Britain.

Edition: Standard, Réf. 14535101
Publisher: Parker/Tonka/Hasbro France S.A.- 1996
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 40.3 x 5.3 cm
of the double folded board: 25.2 x 25.2 cm
The game:
This edition is a sample of the "new look" of the games who are manufactured in the Irish works! Striking are the new dimensions of the box. Hasbro told this is because of standardization of the sizes of all of their games. So herewith the long box we called standard so far disappears!
This new box contains a red plastic tray insert with newly shaped slots for the banknotes and title cards of the banker. 
The board is folded in four like in the so-called "small box". The back side is red and the play side is blue green. The set is manufactured in Ireland and so it has again a picture of a  laughing family at the back of the box. 
On the board are the nice Chance- and Caisse de Communauté cards of this game. The banknotes are of the new model, i.e. with a black MONOPOLY ribbon and Oncle Riche in the upper part of the circle and at the bottom, almost unvisible, the remark "1996 Tonka Corporation".
The 10 tokens are of pewter and likely no longer manufactured in China! The green, plastic houses do have a chimney, the red hotels don't!

The price of this set amounted to Ffr 150.- (= US$ 24.-) in May 1999.

Edition: Monopoly - Edition DELUXE, Réf. 14549101
Publisher: Parker Bros./Hasbro France S.A. - 1996
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 40.3 x 8.8 cm
of the double folded board: 25.2 x 25.2 cm
The game:
Again a great issue of "the famous party game". The box has the same length and width sizes as the one of the "standard" edition, in contrast to the American Deluxe edition, of which the box is still long!
Unfortunately both these boxes are rather vulnerable, but the content is well taken care of: In the box are, besides the solid game board (with dark blue back) a soft plastic insert with 4 trays for the houses and hotels, but in particular the never before used "Banker's Tray", a well shaped money-and cards-holder of solid blue plastic. You have to put the separate stickers on both this tray as well as the 2 separate card holders (for the Chance- and Caisse de Communauté  cards) yourself! The clear color picture at the bottom of the box gives a good total impression of the set.
This time the lid shows the third side of the game board, on which 2 of the 10 gold colored tokens are to be seen! The houses and hotels are made of nice glossy timber. The banknotes are the same as those of the "standard" edition.

The price of this set amounted to Ffr 249,- (= US$ 35.-) in June 2000.