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 Jun 8 2007, 11:25 AM
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lmao! iknow! well, i was trying to figure it out. Reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, there is a price sticker on the back. it says 3.99, or 14 sickles 3 knuts, so i was sitting there tyring to figure it out. (ok, 27 knuts to a sickle, so if a sickle was a dollar it'd be like 100 knuts, but its 27 knuts, so minus one galleon, and then you'd divide by 3.99...) lol.
Well, there used to be this website that had a money converter, and for a short time it converted money into knuts sickles & galleons, but they don't have that anymore, so i never got a chance to look at it =[
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Jun 8 2007, 10:30 PM
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When in need of HP info, don't forget to check the Lexicon . They have a HP currency conversion tool. 
1 galleon = $9.92(USD)
100 knuts = $2.01(USD)
Pleione
This post has been edited by Pleione: Jun 8 2007, 10:32 PM
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Jun 9 2007, 07:57 AM
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QUOTE(Puzzlepiece @ Jun 9 2007, 08:43 AM) [snapback]1247535[/snapback]
How does it logically make sense that a gold coin the size of a hub-cap is only worth 9.92?
I don't think it is really the size of a hub-cap. I think Mr. Roberts is exaggerating. Besides, if he isn't, it could be foreign wizard money, I don’t think they're the same for each country. I find $9.92 is a reasonable amount.
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Jun 9 2007, 06:20 PM
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Just trying out the HP Lexicon conversion tool for Muggle British pounds and this is what I got:
1 knut = a penny
1 sickle = 29p
1 galleon = a fiver or £5
You can also convert wizard money to Leprechaun gold as well:
Guess what you get! 
A big fat zero! 
So £1000 galleons which was Harry's Triwizard Tournament winnings, nee Fred and George would be £5000 0r $9220.
This post has been edited by moony_lupin: Jun 9 2007, 06:23 PM
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