The terrible Beagle Boys have been Scrooge's most frequent adversaries in the stories. Numerous times they have succeeded in 'organizing' some of his money (U$42 The Case of the Sticky Money), most of his money (U$58 The Giant Robot Robbers), and all of his money (U$21 The Money Well), but in FC0386 Only a Poor Old Man the Boys really hit pay dirt - on legal grounds to boot!!! In the end their lot was flooded with all of Scrooge's money, and it was only a stroke of genius on his part that meant that they were not able to keep the spoils.

FC0495 'The Case of the Horseradish'

Scrooge has battled numerous tough villains over the years. Many of which only participated in one story. Let Chisel McSue from FC0495 'The Case of the Horseradish' represent them all, because he came the closest to being successful. In fact, he actually had a legitimate claim on all of Scrooge's money! That is, if Scrooge was unable to fulfill the requirements of a binding contract that one of his forefathers had signed. But Scrooge managed to foil McSue by finally producing the crucial case of horseradish required, thus saving all of his money.

U$46 Lost Beneath the Sea

Barks made three opuses in which Scrooge lost money to the sea. In U$68 Hall of the Mermaid Queen he lost all of his money, in U$05 'Atlantis' he lost some of it, and in U$46 Lost Beneath the Sea he lost one coin - the Number One Dime! And perhaps that last incident was the worst for Scrooge; at least he pointed out that loss of it would make his whole financial empire crumble! But as soon as he recovered his single most valuable treasure, things immediately brightened up again - and in the end he was even given a whole pile of 'worthless' gold in exchange for scrap iron...

Scrooge's most dangerous opponent and only rival for the Number One Dime is Magica de Spell, who has no doubt that the dime is a luck-bringer. In reality, it is rather strange that nobody else is after the dime (it would be so much easier for the Beagle Boys to just get their hands on it and hold it for ransom, i.e. all of Scrooge's wealth), but Magica is the only 'taker'. Still, in every story with the evil witch Scrooge manages to get his precious dime back.

U$35 The Golden Nugget Boat

Scrooge was always interested in getting something for (almost) nothing. And gold was his favourite object! In U$22 The Golden River he was at the spot when tons of liquid gold were there for the taker, in U$35 The Golden Nugget Boat he found an enormous gold nugget, which he even managed to transport for free(!), and in WDCS268 Christmas Cheers he dug up a giant gold nugget from his quarry situated just outside Duckburg!

U$14 The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan

Several times Scrooge journeyed out in order to recover artifacts that he once lost. Examples: In U$09 The Lemming with the Locket he lost the crucial combination to his safe, in U$14 The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan he had lost a precious crown, and in WDCS172 'Christmas in the Deep' he lost a shipment of gold when the Cuspidoria was torpedoed during the war. In all three stories Scrooge managed to recover his belongings.

WDCS138 'Statues Galore'

Despite being seen as the ultimate miser Scrooge rarely avoids a good challenge no matter how much it costs. In WDCS138 'Statues Galore' he is pouring out money as if it was water just to beat an upstart Maharajah, and in the end Scrooge benevolently shows the by now poor(!) man that he did, in fact, only use money from his petty cash safe! No miser-y here! In U$15 The Second Richest Duck Scrooge had to use considerably less assets to beat another contender, as he triumphed over Flintheart Glomgold. This time a short piece of string did the trick...

U$41 The Status Seeker

In a few stories Scrooge longed to be part of Duckburg's posh inner circles. In U$44 Crown of the Mayas he longed to be an honoured member of the prestigious Archeologists' Club as a stepping-stone to mingle with the jet set, in U$30 Yoicks! The Fox! he tried to rub shoulders with the posh community by playing a snobbish upper-class hunter, and in U$41 The Status Seeker he attempted to be a part of the high society to which purpose he owned the unique Candy-striped Ruby to ensure his admittance. In all three stories he triumphed in the end.

U$37 Cave of Ali Baba

Through time Scrooge has been on several exciting treasure hunting expeditions, but not all of them have been successful in the end. Examples are U$07 'Cibola' (he left great wealth behind due to loss of memory), and U$10 The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone (he had to hand over the newfound gold maker in order to stay alive). But Scrooge triumphed in several others. Examples are U$37 Cave of Ali Baba (he found the vast treasures of Ali Baba), and U$55 McDuck of Arabia (he found the fabulously rich mines of the Queen of Sheba) ...

By far the most used valuable mineral in Barks' stories was gold. As far as one single gold item is concerned nothing comes even close to the one Scrooge became the happy owner of in this story. He simply scored a solid 'nugget' of the purest gold with a diameter of 500 miles (805 kilometers)!!! And the asking price was one that Scrooge really digged; a simple handful of dirt...

It would seem that Scrooge took pride in owning the largest gemstones in the world. At least, he was the owner of a giant diamond in U$70 The Doom Diamond, and a sack ful of lemon-sized diamonds in WDCS241 Rocks to Riches, but by far the largest gemstone he found in a cave in South America. It was a duck-sized emerald that he used to win a competition in Duckburg's Jewel Club!

U$33 Billions in the Hole

Scrooge's Money Bin has been battered or smashed several times, but in this story the result is beyond catastrophic; it gets shrunk to pocketsize meaning that Scrooge in reality has lost all of his money, because the coins have ended up being extremely tiny and not legal tender anymore! But the calamities come to an end when all is restored to normal. Scrooge can return to his normal life!