Signed Charles Manson Monopoly Bill
$500
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Monopoly Bill Signed by Charles Manson, San Quentin, CA, Parker Brothers, [1980s?]
Charles Manson (1939 – 2016), ringleader of the notorious Manson Family responsible for the Tate-LaBianca killings in August 1969, had a fondness for the classic Parker Brothers board game Monopoly. Although the game is a popular pastime in the United States prison system, for Manson it appears to have been a statement.
According to the New York Times’ reporting from his 1979 parole hearing, “he sent members of the board $200 in Monopoly money and a letter accusing them of being ‘liars.'” In 1987, Manson donated a signed $5 Monopoly bill along with other items to a charity auction from his cell in San Quentin.
It is most common to see signed Charles Manson million dollar Monopoly brand checks his personal (and legally inaccessible) bank account, most often dated to August 1969 and made out to members of the Manson Family or “ATWA”, his acronym for Air, Trees, Water, and Animals.
Manson, whose more than 60 year history of incarceration started at the age of 13, famously denied the validity of the courts and President Richard Nixon at his trial. Here he appears to be mocking the signatures on United States currency by endorsing with his own value. Signed Charles Manson items as well as his signature are easily identified by the ever present swastika.
Small game piece, slight bend to top right corner.
