Money in one of its features provides a natural transition 
to number because the money hoard or collection has much in 
common with the crowd. Moreover, the psychological patterns 
of the crowd and those associated with accumulations of 
wealth are very close. Elias Canetti stresses that the dynamic 
which is basic to crowds is the urge to rapid and unlimited 
growth. The same power dynamic is characteristic of large 
concentrations of wealth or treasure. In fact, the modern unit 
of treasure in popular use is the million . It is a unit acceptable 
to any type of currency. Always associated with the million  is 
the idea that it can be reached by a rapid speculative scramble. 
In the same way, Canetti explains how the ambition to see 
numbers mounting up was typical of Hitler’s speeches.

     Not only do crowds of people and piles of money strive 
toward increase, but they also breed uneasiness about the