User blog comment:Rhilowe/The Chest in the troll cave/@comment-3981209-20130310093731


 * Spoilers ahead*

In the book, it says that most of Bilbo's share is given to Lake-Town to help them rebuild after Smaug destroys it. Bilbo only takes a small chest with him from Erebor. On his way back to the Shire with Gandalf, they return to where they hid the trolls' gold and share it. Bilbo has to spend most of it to buy back all the stuff that had already been sold from Bag End though