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*** [[What an Idiot!|And never thought of just depositing it in a bank account]].
** In several other stories Scrooge comes upon some kind of incredibly valuable object (such as a giant jeweled Mayan calendar). As usual, the treasure is virtually always lost forever, even though [[Status Quo Is God|the status quo]] wouldn't have been changed in the slightest if Scrooge had kept it for his museum.
* In a ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'' story, the kid tries a different kind of monetary security as he arranges for a literal million dollar bank note. Sure enough, some crooks steal it, but find they can't break it since no one takes the item seriously and they chase away the crooks continually. Eventually, they give up in despair, mail the bank note back to Richie with a note saying "If there is a reward for this, please send it in nickels, dimes and quarters."
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Parodied in the MAD board game, which featured a [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/204608 $1,329,063 bill]. Granted, you could only get it if you landed on a certain square and your name was Alfred E. Neuman - but maybe it's for the best, as the object of said board game is to ''lose'' all your money.
* In 1st Edition [[Dungeons
** Exchange it for permanent credit. Or find a really, really good gemcutter. Or possibly trade it with a dragon, who might be able to make change.
** Gems of ludicrous value are most useful when incorporated into magical items.
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** To acquire a high score in the game, the player must, among other things, track down a couple hidden treasures with no purpose other than monetary value. Since Graham ends up with the Chest of Gold at the end of the game anyway, one can wonder what the point of those treasures were.
*** Museum pieces.
* In ''[[
** At least they return the favor during a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]. [[That One Boss|IF you didn't get killed during the fight...]]
* In the game ''[[Evil Genius]]'', one of the loot items you can steal is a million dollar bill (The game is set in the '60s). Since its too big to actually spend, it sits in your base, cheering up your minions.
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* In ''[[Borderlands]]'', the Vault is literally said to contain ''infinite'' wealth (along with advanced alien technology, fame, power, and ''[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|women]]''), so the Vault Keys serve as a Zillion-Dollar Bill. {{spoiler|And you can even sell them, although the fact that the Vault really contains [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] significantly devalues them by the time you do so.}}
* In ''[[Metal Gear|Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' the [[MacGuffin|Philosopher's Legacy]] is a microfilm containing bank information for $100 billion US, more than the real-world US budget at the time. {{spoiler|The Legacy is recovered and distributed between three world powers; most of it eventually falls into the hands of the Patriots}}.
* In the ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]!'' series, DNA/Cortexes serve as this. The Furon race literally depends on their own DNA for survival. They eat it, drink it, and trade it for money. And in DAH!3, your DNA collection can go up into the billions. Since Pox and Crypto are the ones responsible for collecting it, they are the wealthiest, most important people of their race. [[You Have Failed Me...|Until they screw it up]].
* In one of the stages in ''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]] [[On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness]]'' the main enemy is the incredibly wealthy. As such, the smallest denomination of money they drop is a twenty thousand dollar bill. They also rob an ATM of quite a large sum of money, which, given that Tycho ''interrupts the machine'' as it is giving an exact figure of the account they are attempting to rob, is more or less a drop in the bucket.
* The "zillion-chip piece" (poker chips are the universal currency) in ''[[Twilight Heroes]]'' only drops on April Fool's Day and sells for . . . 1 chip.
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