@tofugolem while I agree with the sentiment, my inner tolkien fanboy keeps nagging about it: the calculations were made in 2011, with an interesting recalculation in 2012 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2012/04/23/how-much-is-a-dragon-worth-revisited/). This was before The Desolation of Smaug showed the absolutely ludicrous amounts of gold they decided to put in that movie (which if real might easily be more than ever mined)