"It's a solid place to leave your money, " adds collector Meakin.

FORBES: Style

With automatic payment deductions, you know you need to have that money available when the bill collector comes a knocking.

FORBES: Can Financial Procrastination Cause Heartburn?

Hently, a 1680 case that said an indebted merchant owed his debt to the person who had lent him the money, not to a debt collector who came around bearing a note.

WSJ: Paperwork Trail: The Lawyers Who Fight Foreclosures

"Acquiring seven-figure collector cars is purely a function of money, " said Mr. Weiner.

WSJ: Dan Neil on an Auction of Microcars Owned by Bruce Weiner

She coveted a house in Greece and borrowed money to buy it from an important New York collector, who had just given and sold much of his collection to the Getty.

ECONOMIST: The hypocrisies of the antiquities world

Anyone who has visited a weekend flea market has noticed the old coin and currency collector displays filled with past experiments in national fiat money.

FORBES: The Fiat Emperor Has No Clothes

That is a lot of money to work with--and to shield from the tax collector and others.

FORBES: Watch Your Assets

If you bring the money home, you could lose 40% of it to the tax collector.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Since the collector did not appear to be a man lavish with his own money, Wadsworth deduced that it was Mrs.

NEWYORKER: The Limner