 According to Carl Barks' story "The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone" (Uncle Scrooge #10, 1955) Scrooge also owned the philosopher's stone at one point, but it was later confiscated by the International Money Council as it could devastate the economy because of its capability to turn base metals into gold.The Danish and Norwegian names for "the Money Bin" are "Pengetanken" and "Pengebingen", respectively, and these have become a regular word in these languages for a large amount of money or cash.Russell W. Belk mentions the Money Bin in "Material Values in the Comics