Monopoly

 That long boring game you loved playing as a kid.  The game that could last for hours, sometimes days.  RT refers to the game as, "monotonous."

When Monopoly first came out, there were no tokens in the box.  You were encouraged to use buttons, pins, etc. from your home.   In 1935, Parker Brothers took over distribution and added tokens.  The original tokens were the battleship, boot, canon, thimble, top hat and iron.  Within the year they added the racecar, purse and rocking horse.  The original pieces were made of a mixture of lead and tin. During the war, they needed these metals so wooden pieces (like pawns in chess) were added to the game.  These pieces were painted different colors.  Some of the pieces were made of sawdust and paper.  Those didn't hold up very well (but they are a collector item).   After the war, pewter was used for the tokens.  They also added the wheelbarrow, horse and rider and the Scottish terrier.  The car remained and the canon was replaced with a howitzer.  Oh, and an airplane was introduced to the game.  Of course, by 1950, some of these pieces changed.  The current tokens available in the newer editions of Monopoly are the penguin, rubber ducky, dog, cat, battleship, top hat, racecar and thimble.

Whether you played the game as a kid or still play the game now you probably had a favorite token that you used when playing.  Was it the:

top hat

shoe/boot

iron

dog (Scottie)

racecar

rubber ducky

thimble

horse and rider

wheelbarrow

rocking horse

t-rex

hazel cat

money bag

My "go to" tokens were the shoe, iron, thimble and the dog.

What are your favorite Monopoly tokens?