Depending on your edition of the game, there are either eight, ten or twelve. Junior editions may have only six tokens. The current, classic edition has eight. The game was originally released in...
The 1935 version had four pawns made of colored wood and shaped like "Sorry" tokens. In 1936, Parker Brothers acquired the rights and released a new edition of Monopoly in 1937 with eight die-cast...
All the redesigns and special branding are intended to increase interest in Monopoly so Hasbro can sell more units. In other words, the changes, like new Monopoly game pieces, are simply done to...