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 Click to view full-size. 1936 No. 5 Blue Box 3 to 8 Players There are 2 variations of this game - one with metal tokens and the other with wooden tokens and the smaller sized money. This is the version that immediately followed the No. 7 Black Box versions. It was initially designated as No. 5. By the beginning of 1937, all Blue Boxes were redesignated as a No. 6. The insert card saying it's a No. 5 is relatively rare. The metal tokens were made by t he Dowst Manufacturing Company. These early die cast tokens were manufactured with a Zinc alloy called Zamak. It is also referred to as Pot Metal or White Metal. The dark oxidation, which is very common with many of the early tokens(1935-1938), was a result of impurities in the manufacturing process. By the late 1930s these impurities were eliminated. Blue Box is a term used by collectors and was not a name used by Parker Brothers. |
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