Monopoly's tokens originated when the niece of game creator Charles Darrow suggested using charms from her charm bracelet for tokens.

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On Nancy's silver charm bracelet, there's a pair of baby shoes that a friend gave her when she became Noor's temporary mother.

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"She escaped Nazi-occupied Paris by Rolls Royce but had to sell all the charms on her charm bracelet" in order to make it to America.

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