gringotts vaults (was: British Money/ Wizarding Money)

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 8800

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Flying Ford Anglia" <neilward at d...> 
wrote:

> Wizard money:

> 
> I also asked the other chatters how large they thought a Gringott's 
> vault was.  Guesses ranged from the size of a wall safe to the size 
> of a small room, but there was some agreement that the vaults were 
> probably as large as they need to be, expanding or contracting 
> according to the contents.
>
> Does Harry have the foggiest idea what amount of money is in his 
> vault?  When he has withdrawn money, he seems to just scoop handfuls 
> of coins into a bag, which suggests that there is so much money in 
> the vault he doesn't have to bother about the amount he is taking.  
> Don't the goblin bankers have to monitor deposits and withdrawals by 
> their customers and issue statements, or is all that done magically?
> 
> Neil

Maybe the vaults are like safety deposit boxes.  In that case you can 
put whatever you want inside - jewelry, money, documents, etc. That 
would explain why they have to go to their vault instead of 
withdrawing money at a counter like we would at an ordinary muggle 
bank, and why no special account was made of what/how much Harry took 
out.  Also it gels with the way the stone was stored in a Gringotts 
vault, and maybe even Crookshanks being able to get to Black's money, 
if he had the key or code or whatever to the vault and a note or 
something?