Once the war ended, the Dowst Manufacturing Company decided to focus on die-cast toys instead of making playing pieces for board games. So, Parker Brothers brought manufacturing in-house and started using pewter. Some versions of the game still use metal Monopoly pieces, while others used plastic. The classics included the dog, the thimble, the classic car, the cat, the battleship, the top hat, the wheelbarrow, and the boot. The game comes with Horse-Opoly instructions and Horse-Opoly rules. When the game begins, each player is given cash to buy horses and hay.

No more changes would be made until 2013 when the decision was made to retire the iron. Another vote was held, and the cat won out over the diamond ring, toy robot, helicopter, and guitar. It’s hard to determine the most popular of all Monopoly pieces because the game is played across the world by millions, although according to various surveys carried out the race car and the Scottie dog are two of the most popular. The Bottom Line In 2017 a special version of Monopoly named Token Madness was released. The key difference was that it included 16 tokens in total, with 8 classic pewter pieces and 8 modern gold ones.So far, we’ve discussed the tokens present in the US classic editions of Monopoly over the years. However, it’s worth mentioning that many of the hundreds of different Monopoly editions come with their own themed tokens. Whether you are a horse enthusiast or just looking for an entertaining way to spend time with family and friends, both Monopoly Horse Lovers Edition and Horse-Opoly are game-worthy. Players can buy, sell, and trade horses as they move around the board.

The Mario Kart Monopoly game, for example, has Mario Kart characters, Pokémon Monopoly unsurprisingly, has Pokémon as the playable tokens, including Pikachu and Charmander. Monopoly was created by Lizzy Magie in the early 1900s as a way to demonstrate, in game form, the greedy land grabbing that robber barons were doing in the Gilded Age. It was about as anticapitalist a game as they come — until a greedy capitalist of another sort came through and changed that. In the 1930s, Charles Darrow took credit for the idea of the game and put forth a story about using small items from around the home as playing pieces. He continued to get credit for Monopoly’s creation for more than half a century until people started to shed light on Magie’s true story in the 2010s. It’s worth noting that there’s some contention over the exact dates for when tokens were introduced, so I’ve used the best estimates. Early Monopoly Tokens Despite having been a popular board game for almost a century, some of the very first Monopoly tokens introduced have endured. Over time they’ve been added to as the roster has expanded, and some classics have been retired.

In 2015 Hasbro released a special 80 th Anniversary Edition of Monopoly. While other anniversary editions have been released, this one is notable as it used a mix of classic Monopoly pieces with some from outside the main line. The idea was to use one token to represent each decade. Later in 1935, the race car was added to the game to make seven Monopoly tokens, and shortly afterwards, the purse was added to make eight.

The die-cast metal battleship token is actually somewhat of a game piece celebrity. The piece was originally used by Parker Brothers in a game called Conflict. When that game failed, it was easy enough for the company to take the pieces and use them in Monopoly. Since then, it has also been used in the game Diplomacy as well. Often considered the most recognizable icon of the game, the top hat is one of the things you might expect a Gilded Age railroad titan to wear. The token was based on the hat the game’s lead character, Mr. Monopoly, would wear. Of course, when the game was introduced, he was known as Rich Uncle Pennybags, and many have speculated the character was based on J.P. Morgan. Both games make a great gift or a great game to play in the rain or snow when you can’t get out to play with your horses!The car also gained a driver in the 1940s, although he only lasted until 1950. In 1946 the cannon was replaced with the similar howitzer, while an airplane was also introduced – but only until 1950 again. The iron was another classic token that fell to the wayside. Perhaps saddest to see it go was Monopoly World Champion Bjorn Halvard Knappskog, who used the piece in his last championship match. The iron should have seen the writing on the wall: it was the second least popular piece in a 1998 vote. Both are fun. You can also find a used Monopoly for Horse Lovers Edition, but beware of missing parts or pieces. Across the various special editions of Monopoly, there are literally hundreds of different playing tokens to choose from. Game Type: Board Game, Children's Game, Dice Game, Educational Game, Family Game, Memory Game, Skill & Action Game, Tile Game

Of course, you can always buy a special edition set if you want some more unique tokens themed to your interests, or shop around for an older set if you want to relive some of the tokens of years gone by. Just be aware that a lot of older Monopoly sets aren’t actually worth as much as you might think they are.

Sack of Money (Retired)

The first new Monopoly board game pieces to be introduced were the wheelbarrow in the 1940s, along with the horse and rider and the Scottish terrier (one of my favorites).