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MoneyMonopoly money is probably what makes the game so much fun. Contolling thousands of dollars of the colorful bills is pure joy. Through the years the money has had several changes; from design to color to copyright changes. There were even metal coins in the early De Luxe editions. Darrow used money from a dime store in his early games. By the time the white box games were produced he was having the money printed. These bills were fairly plain with the denomination printed only in the center. The colors on these bills is as follows: When Parker Brothers took over production in 1935 the same type of money was used. It's not known if the Darrow money from the sale was used, or if Parker Brothers produced their own from the start (like the Title Deeds). During the "Trade Mark" run the $100 and $500 bills switched colors to goldenrod for the $500s and salmon for the $100s. This was still Darrow type 2 money. These bills lasted into the "Patent Pending" run. During the "Patent Pending" run the money was re-designed to the design we know today. This money has "MONOPOLY" above the center denomination and "COPYRIGHT 1935 BY PARKER BROTHERS, Inc." below it. The colors on the bills carried over from the previous design: the next change occurred in 1938. The colors on the money changed to the familiar colors in use until August 2008: Many sets continued to use the old colors through the second World War. All of these bills continued to have the copyright information and the word "MONOPOLY" on them. ![]() 1952 saw the next big change. The colors remained the same, but the writing on the bills was removed. These bills remained in use for 32 years.
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