Possible Error

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 12008

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., joym999 at a... wrote:
 
> They pass a witch [complaining that the apothecary shop is]
> selling dragon livers for 17 sickles an ounce  (Theyre mad!).
> But if 17 Sickles = 1 Galleon, why say that something cost 17 
> sickles?  Isnt that like saying that something cost 100 cents?

I don't think it's an error. I think it is a sign of how large an 
amount of money a Galleon is ($25 in my theory -- as I am old, the 
dollars in my theory are from some past year when money was worth more 
than it is, so some people have corrected me to $35). People would 
speak of 100 cents or 101 cents if they thought of a cent as a 
valuable amount of money that would pay for postage on one letter 
or half a can of Coke and they thought of a dollar as a huge amount
of money to be used when discussing rich people or the price of real 
estate.