Catalogue information

LastDodo number
566397
Area
Board games
Title
Senator Bankspel
General name
Manufacturer / publisher
Kind of game
Collection / set
Number in collection
Year
1960
Number of players
2-6
Author / designer
Language
Dimensions
34,5 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm
Details

In 1960 the Senator Bank game was launched by the company Mignot en de Block NV, a cigar manufacturer from Eindhoven. Senator is a brand name of cigars. The game could be bought in cigar shops. In addition to a game board and five pawns, the game contains a die, 22 property deeds, game rules (in the lid), 4 conversion tables, one series of imitation banknotes and four series of emergency money. Together with a "banker" the game can therefore be played by 2-6 people. The emergency notes could be replaced by bank notes, one of which was included as a guarantee certificate in each box of Senator cigars. The game board contains 29 squares divided over 11 countries. Only the notes listed on the conversion table have been added to the game. The banknotes of Yugoslavia (No. 28), Greece (No. 22, 23, 24), The Netherlands 2.5 (No. 29) and Switzerland 1000 (No. 49) are not included in the game and are therefore not considered emergency ticket present. Course of the game: By throwing a dice, the squares are run through. The corresponding title deed can be purchased on a space. If you come across an opponent's title deed, you have to pay rent. Payment is made with banknotes of the country to which the box belongs or with other money that can be calculated by means of the conversion table. When the money is finished, the player stops. Whoever has the longest money is the winner. Immediately after the introduction of the game, De Nederlandse Bank took action. The game was banned due to the copyrights to the images of the Dutch banknotes. Mignot continued for some time with the foreign banknotes bearing the word "Guarantee" on the front of the banknotes. The back of these notes also features an explanation for a Senator Patience game. A total of five different games have been mentioned. Mignot only had the game on sale for three months. However, many notes had already been added to the boxes of cigars during this period. To support the sale of the bank game, there was a poster showing all banknotes in full size and a change tray for the counter showing some notes. A total of six series can be distinguished. A seventh variant with a blank back is not an official series, but notes that have been cut from the poster. Background data from Hendrik Siepel. For a detailed overview of the different tickets and series see also http://members.home.nl/henderik.siepel/page4.html The copy shown in the photos is missing the game board, title deeds and pawns. The listed catalog value is a guide price and applies to a complete copy with the standard supplied 4 series of emergency notes (4 x 43) and one series of unnumbered bank notes (43). If numbered banknotes from the cigarette boxes are also present, the target price can probably be 1.50 euros each.

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