The coin chime debuted in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. for the NES in 1985, playing every time Mario collected a coin, and it has barely changed in four decades of sequels. Speedrunners, Let's Play creators and meme editors carried it far beyond gaming, turning it into the internet's universal shorthand for earning, winning or getting paid. Its staying power comes from simplicity: two bright notes that need no translation, instantly understood across languages and generations of players.