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How many playing pieces were in the original Monopoly game?

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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 metal game pieces.

1937

Iron
Race car
Top hat
Shoe
Thimble
Lantern (retired early 1950s)
Purse (retired early 1950s)
Rocking horse(retired early 1950s)

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