Movie money

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 21120

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cetoll-calafiore at y... wrote:
> Today my boyfriend sent me an e-mail with pictures of the money 
that 
> was made for the Harry Potter movie. There was a picture each of a 
> galleon, sickle, and a knut.

These pictures were emailed to me too, along with a blurb about some 
kind of exclusive first chance to see blah blah blah. The funny thing 
is, these same pictures appeared on the Harry Potter Galleries 
website three MONTHS ago! I don't know where they came from this time 
around, but I'm guessing that Warner Bros might be behind the 
mysterious emails, trying to scare up a little publicity, but all the 
while unaware that they're three months behind the rest of us. They 
are really cool pictures, though.

 But I have to say I was a little bothered 
> by the pictures. They were all round coins and i specifically 
remember 
> a scene in one of the books where Harry gives Ron muggle money and 
he 
> is taken by the round shape. 

That's what I thought at first too. But then one of my British 
friends pointed out that the coin Ron was referring to in that 
passage is in fact hexagonal (or is is septagonal?) and that 
indicates that Wizard money is almost certainly round. 

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon