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* In ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''', the local currency is meat. One adventure in Itznotyerzitz Mine in which you "feel pretty moxious for trading a bunch of worthless rocks for cold, hard meat", those rocks being various diamonds. There also exist "fat stacks of cash" and "pile of gold coins" items, which are [[Vendor Trash|utterly worthless]], only good for trading for a small amount of meat.

** In the same mine, it's possible to convert your "worthless" chunks of diamond into useful chunks of coal. Yay!

** There was a period when the [[Everything Is Better ~~With~~ Penguins|Penguin]] [[The Mafia|Mafia]] would accept stacks of cash in exchange for crates of Crimbo goodies, temporarily making them quite valuable.

** There was a period when the [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Penguin]] [[The Mafia|Mafia]] would accept stacks of cash in exchange for crates of Crimbo goodies, temporarily making them quite valuable.

* In the freeware game ''Vinnie's Tomb'', you encounter an Old Queer Snake living on a heap of garbage who has the key to the aforementioned tomb. Understandably, the player will try offering him various items in their inventory, including an enormous diamond you find in that same heap. Waving the diamond in front of him will prompt dialogue along these lines:

{{quote|Vinnie: Will you trade me the key for this diamond?

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