From The Sketch, 1900.

"The golden idol," from Truth Christmas Number, 1894.

"Your hands can't earn the money you need."  From Ambition magazine, 1915.

Here's a stack of British coins reaching to the pole star, from English Illustrated, 1897.

"Half a man.  Half a salary."  From Sunset Magazine, 1905.

From Die Muskete, 1915.

Here's St. Profitius, from Die Leuchtrakete, 1932.

I want my money, from Die Muskete, 1909.

An antlered money bag takes a bullet but crosses the U.S. border.  From Jugend, 1907.

You've heard that the money you touch is dirty, but here's why: money is squeezed out of people.  From Jugend, 1909.

From 1910.

Here's a dollar bill that fell asleep for five years and grew a long beard.  The artist was worried that "$1" wasn't enough to identify the bill, so he added a "Dollar Bill" banner.  From The Saturday Evening Post, 1920.

From Johnnykin and the Goblins, written and illustrated by Charles Leland, 1877.