Yes - the episode was called "Dough Ray Me", after the titular Dough Ray that could make money from the sound of bells. Scrooge McDuck, as you expect, actually realized how bad an idea this was (since inflation would kill the value of his swimming pool full of gold coins) and told them not to use it, but he was the only one not blinded by greed at the start of the episode.
Wha?!! ....
Did... Did Duck Tales just do an episode on Fractional Reserve Banking in a Fiat Monetary system?
Yes - the episode was called "Dough Ray Me", after the titular Dough Ray that could make money from the sound of bells. Scrooge McDuck, as you expect, actually realized how bad an idea this was (since inflation would kill the value of his swimming pool full of gold coins) and told them not to use it, but he was the only one not blinded by greed at the start of the episode.
Unfathomably based.