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Close-up of Smaug, a brown scaly dragon with glowing amber eyes and a heap of gold coins beneath its jaw. White text box: "This is Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit. Smaug famously stole a mountain full of gold. So full that he sleeps buried under gold. We're talking literal tons and tons of gold by weight. Forbes ranks Smaug as the second wealthiest fictional character. He had been first, but the price of gold…

Smaug Has More Money Than Fourteen Americans

A Smaug from The Hobbit post notes the dragon's $51.4 billion hoard would rank only 15th among Americans, a jab at billionaires and living wages for fantasy-loving Xennials.

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Close-up of Smaug, a brown scaly dragon with glowing amber eyes and a heap of gold coins beneath its jaw. White text box: "This is Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit. Smaug famously stole a mountain full of gold. So full that he sleeps buried under gold. We're talking literal tons and tons of gold by weight. Forbes ranks Smaug as the second wealthiest fictional character. He had been first, but the price of gold…

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