Dedicated to the Collecting and History of Monopoly
Two patents featured on box – US 1,509,312 – The Landlords Game & US 2,026,082 – Darrow’s Monopoly. Combined with the offices of ‘Salem, Mass., New York, London’ – We can be certain that this edition was produced in 1936.
Canadian patent 1936 – 362,124. USA properties. Parker Brothers Style.
The gameboard and box are copyrighted 1961. However, Albert Veldhuis has this set dated as closer to 1965
Advertised as a Monopoly game that you’ll actually Finish. Monopoly Speed takes no longer than 10 minutes to play a complete round.
There are two phases – buying and trading. The timer advises with phase the game is currently in.
During buying phase, all players move at once. During the trading phase, deals can be done, and Chance and Community Chest cards can be played.
Monopoly Speed is also unique for having two Go spaces.
The winner is the player with the highest value of assets after 10 minutes.
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This is the first time I am aware of this special edition, sadly I do not have any information about…