Hasbro has replaced fake money with real money in 80 Monopoly sets on sale in France.

Real Money Monopoly France 2020
Monopoly Game With Real Money
Real Money Monopoly France Game

The clever marketing stunt ties in with the 80th anniversary of Monopoly's first appearance in France in 1935.

69 sets have five 10 euro notes and five 20 euro notes (150 euro). 10 sets have five real 20 euro notes, two 50 euro notes and one 100 euro note (300 euro).

Real Money Monopoly France 2020

But it's the solitary set that includes a huge 20,580 euro (around £15,000) jackpot that everyone'e after. In it every fake money note is replaced by real money.

This French Monopoly Edition was published for the French market. It features sites in or around the City of Paris, France. Dollars are replaced by Francs or Euros, depending on date of publication and because of currency (Francs for pre-2002, Euros for 2002-). Collect $23,600. The French version of Monopoly turns 80 this year, and toymaker Hasbro is celebrating by slipping real money into 80 game boxes. One set will contain a full bank drawer of cash.

30,000 Monopoly sets go on sale today with the 80th birthday sticker on the front. It's among these that the special 80 will be found.

Monopoly Game With Real Money

Hasbro France's Florence Gaillard told 20 Minutes: 'We were looking for something special for this birthday and found out that the majority of French people playing dreamed of one day finding real money when they opened the box.'

Real Money Monopoly France Game

This seems like a good time to point you towards Christian Donlan's wonderful Monopoly-related feature, Inside Monopoly's secret war against the Third Reich.

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