He sees this as a status symbol. By having money he proves his worth or so he believes
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Yes, Scrooge seems to care about money and nothing else until he is visited by the three Spirits.
Yes and he cares about his money more than anything.
A miser is 'tight with money' and a hoarder of money. Another term of a miser is a Scrooge!
At that time in Victorian Britain coal was very expensive. Scrooge was against burning a lot of coal which in effect was burning money
Scrooge (and Marley, when alive) was a money-lender, charging high rates of interest. He started with very little. From a sign on his building it said Importer of fine goods and china. So he was an importer and then got into money loaning. He probably partnered with Marley as an importer loaning money was less risky and with higher returns.