Synopsis:
Scrooge exchanges his coins for bills as they do not take up as much space. Then they are placed in a Beagle Boys-proof water tank. But is the money safe?

Comments:
Countless times the Beagle Boys have tried to get their hands on all of Scrooge's money, but this rarely happens. And never for a long period of time. Still, they are forever trying! Here are two examples - from early in their career and one from later:
In 1953 (FC0495 'The Money Bin Tank') Scrooge places all his money in a Beagle Boys-proof water tank. But, of course, the boys beg to differ, and - using a clever plan - they manage to kidnap Scrooge and roll off with him and his special 'piggy bank'.
In 1966 (U$63 House of Haunts) the actions are almost repetitive; Scrooge hides all his money in an old castle and out of the way of the Beagle Boys, but they use a clever scheme to find the hiding place. And, again, they manage to incapacitate Scrooge - this time by making him forget about his money...

Synopsis:
Scrooge is in danger of losing his entire fortune in a desperate dogsled race in Alaska...

Comments:
Many criminals have crossed Scrooge's path, but some of the worst and most difficult to deal with may be the sort of swindlers who seemingly have the law on their side. One, a money-lender appropriately named Soapy Slick, emerges in this story and produces an old IOU (informal promissory note to pay a debt (read: I Owe You)), which Scrooge signed in his youth in order to borrow a sum of money. In it he promised to pay 100% interest per month, compounded forever(!!!), which effectively means all that Scrooge owes today! Luckily, Scrooge is able to produce a receipt signed Paid in Full by Soapy...
In FC0495 'The Horseradish Case' Scrooge had a similar problem, which arose when his forefather, Seafoam McDuck, signed a contract without reading all of its small print. In it he promised to give all his possessions to Swindle McSue if he was not able to deliver a certain case of horseradish. Now, many years later, the ancestor, Chisel McSue, visits Scrooge and make a legal(!) claim on all his possessions...

Synopsis:
Donald is forced to act as a collector for Scrooge but the old miser lives to regret that...

Comments:
Scrooge's nephew, Donald, is probably the one person least likely to part Scrooge from his money. Nevertheless, this was exactly what he did in two stories! Not with criminal intent or for personal gain; as it is always the case with Donald things just happen around him!
In this story Donald comes through as a philanthropist giving away enormous sums of money! The explanation is that he takes the money from Scrooge's Money Bin thereby quickly emptying it! But for a good cause; he tries to help numerous people financially.
In FC0456 Somethin' Fishy Here a playful Donald manages to trick Scrooge into believing that money is now worthless. Hereafter fish is the currency. Scrooge quickly disposes of all his money and starts all over - as a fish collector...

Synopsis:
Scrooge's money falls down an almost bottomless pit and all seems lost. The nephews thinks of an idea that might recover the money. But not for free...

Comments:
Impressively, Barks wrote no less than 4 stories in which the Money Bin was the target for a landslide crucial to the plot. This one from 1952 is the first of them. In it the Bin stands on a vast, empty cavern, which can be accessed by a badger hole! Obviously, Scrooge had no professional geologists around when he built on the location...
In 1956 (U$13 Land Beneath the Ground) the Bin was situated on much more solid ground, but who could account for whole nations living underground and relaxing by making earthquakes? This time the Bin disappears below the surface with the money.
In 1964 (U$51 How Green was My Lettuce) gophers undermine the Bin and it almost tilts over (see more later).
In 1968 (U$68 Hall of the Mermaid Queen) Scrooge's money suddenly disappears through a vast, empty cavern which slopes into the ocean. Hmm, didn't Scrooge learn anything from his first experience???

Synopsis:
When a cyclone sucks up Scrooge's entire fortune from an open corn crib and distributes the money all over the country, the old miser is surprisingly calm...

Comments:
Cyclones are the yearly recurring scourge of large parts of the USA, and their powers are truly devastating. Barks' dramatic rendering of a cyclone sucking up all of Scrooge's money certainly bears the mark of plausibility, although the money would not be carried off to all parts of the country as stated...
The same year Barks made another story, in which Mother Nature took control over Scrooge's money. In WDCS135 'The Money Bin Freezes' Donald fills the Money Bin with water to prevent the Beagle Boys from digging their way in, but a drop in the temperature stops their plan cold! The whole money 'pool' freezes and blasts the walls out leaving it up to the omnipresent Beagle Boys to hack the money free using their ice picks!

Synopsis:
Using an atom subtracter that can shrink objects drastically, the Beagle Boys shrink the Money Bin. It becomes so small that an ant can carry it off...

Comments:
Throughout time Scrooge has had several run-ins with different animals whose actions have threatened to rob him of all his means. It started in 1952 in FC0386 Only a Poor Old Man, in which an army of special termites ate their way through his wooden dam causing all of his money to slide over to the Beagle Boys' neighbouring lot, and it ended in 1964 in U$51 How Green Was My Lettuce, in which an army of gophers undermined the Money Bin to such an extend that it was about to slide over to, yes, you've guessed it, the Beagle Boys' neighbouring lot...
In this story Scrooge is up against ordinary, tiny garden ants. The very real problem, however, is that Scrooge, Donald, and the Money Bin have been shrunk to sizes smaller than the ants, which makes it easy for the critters to carry off the Bin to their storage room as a trophy. Scrooge becomes an instant pauper beaten by some of nature's smallest beings...

U$40 Oddball Odyssey

Despite being a fantasillionaire (at least!), Scrooge seems to have the greatest possible reverence for the first coin he ever earned - the Number One Dime. It follows him wherever he goes and often seems to mean more to him than his other wealth. So when the Dime is lost - as it happened in U$46 Lost Beneath the Sea - Scrooge sets all sails in order to retrieve it no matter the costs.
In all the stories featuring the criminal witch Magica de Trick the Dime is in even greater peril. She stoops at nothing to steal it from Scrooge, but she never succeeds for long. Because Scrooge stops at nothing to keep it safe.

So, no doubt about it, the Dime must be Scrooge's dearest belonging worth more than his fortune. Wonder if he could ever place a price tag on it...