Everyone who has ever played Monopoly has their favourite token, from the top hat to the motor car or the Scottie dog.

But some long-standing pieces could soon be made redundant and replaced with more up to date symbols.

The hat, the shoe or even, heaven forbid, the much-loved Scottie, could be replaced by a mobile phone, a winking face emoji or even a hashtag.

The makers of Monopoly, have put the board game tokens to a public vote in order to determine which symbols should be employed by players in its new editions.

The eight standard pieces used for decades are lined up against a choice of more than 50 new designs.