"The new monster," from England Under the House of Hanover by Thomas Wright and illustrated by F. W. Fairholt, 1868.

Here's the snake with the gold, in From Whose Bourne by Robert Barr, 1893.

From Na Úsvitě Nové Doby by Josef Jakub Touzinsky, 1848.

From Blasts from The Ram's Horn, 1902.

There's a fine line between gold and tinsel.  From Thrilling Life Stories for the Masses, 1892.

Thrill to the wonderment of "the mysterious fourpence," from Puttyput's Protégée by Henry George Churchill, 1872.

From Rabbits and Dollars, the Book that Teaches Coined Rabbitology, 1920.

"Riches take wings" (which would explain a lot), from Successful Men of Today and What They Say of Success by Wilbur Fisk Crafts, 1905.

From Blasts from The Ram's Horn, 1902.

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From Blasts from The Ram's Horn, 1902.

From Blasts from The Ram's Horn, 1902.

Q: Do I look like I'm made of money?

"Counting up time—which is money," from Dicks' English Library of Standard Works, 1884.

An illustration from The Man in the Moon, February (1848).

"They each sat watching their money."  From The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat and illustrated by H. R. Millar, 1896.