No Monopoly on Monopoly

BIT OF HISTORY What Distinguishes This Monopoly Board from Others? (No, It Doesn't Guarantee There Won't Be Upset Losers)

How Long Is This Post? About 3,000 words, 15 minutes

At first glance, my Monopoly board looks familiar. If you’re a Brit (or from a Commonwealth nation), it looks familiar at second glance, too. Americans? Look closer. Image: Annette Laing, 2022

Today is a Bit of History post, in which this historian raids her collection of old junque, er, antique collect…