VINTAGE PARKER MONOPOLY GAME DUAL PATENT CHICAGO SET 1940-41 BLACK BOX & BOARD 7 TOKENS
THIS GAME IS 100% COMPLETE
Info from a fellow collector...
[QUOTE] YOUR MONOPOLY SET IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A "DUAL PATENT CHICAGO" SET. MONOPOLY SETS ARE DATED BY THE CITIES LISTED ON THE BOX, THE COPYRIGHT AND NUMBER OF PATENTS. MONOPOLY HAD TWO PATENTS UNTIL MARCH 1941, WHEN THE EARLIER NUMBER PATENT EXPIRED. THEREAFTER ONLY ONE PATENT NUMBER WAS SEEN ON THE BOX. THE CHICAGO OFFICE DID NOT OPEN UNTIL CIRCA JUNE 1940. SO THAT MEANS YOUR SET WAS MADE BETWEEN JUNE 1940 AND MARCH 1941. DUAL PATENT CHICAGO SETS ARE VERY RARE, BECAUSE THEY WERE ONLY IN PRODUCTION FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS. [UNQUOTE]
Info from another fellow collector...
[QUOTE] BEAUTIFUL SET! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS MUCH MISINFORMATION ONLINE REGARDING THE HISTORY OF THESE GAMES. I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE HERE - YOUR GAME WAS MADE BETWEEN 1938 AND 1940. PARKER BROTHERS OPENED THEIR CHICAGO OFFICE IN 1938, NOT 1940. I'M NOT SURE WHY SO MANY COLLECTORS SEEM TO THINK 1940, BUT MANY DO! I'M ATTACHING A PICTURE OF A 1938 COPYRIGHTED PARKER BROTHERS GAME OF FLINCH WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS "1938" AND "CHICAGO" IN THE GAME INSTRUCTIONS. ALSO, THERE WERE NO DUAL PATENT GAMES AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1940 AS THAT'S WHEN THE ORIGINAL PATENT EXPIRED AND BY LAW THEY COULDN'T USE IT. ALL GAMES FROM JANUARY 1, 1940 ON USED THE 2,026,082 PATENT ONLY. HOPE THIS HELPS SOME, AND BEST OF LUCK WITH YOUR SALE! [UNQUOTE]
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