I have great childhood memories of the game Monopoly, and I think it's a real piece of Americana. But I have to wonder what the folks at the Museum of Finance on Wall Street were thinking when they decided to display this solid gold set in the current economic climate.

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An 18-karat solid gold Monopoly set covered with hundreds of precious gemstones is seen at the Museum of American Finance in New York October 15, 2010.