Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnder
I do remember that the first time they gave Luffy a bounty they decided on the number by adding up Kuro, Don Krieg, and Arlong's bounties.
Actually, I went back and checked wikipedia just to make sure. Luffy's first bounty WAS 30 million. And what you are saying is incorrect because if all those bounties are added up, then 20M + 17M + 16M = 53M.