Harry Potter money?

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 25746

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> I am amazed that I've seen nothing about this on the list. I heard 
on
> the radio morning news today, during my predawn drive to drop 
Michael
> off and justify my existence by earning some money, that the British
> government has released some coin, I missed the denomination, with 
Harry
> Potter on it (maybe not him specifically). You Brits, what's going 
on?

> 
> --Amanda, curious and wanting one

The coins are minted for the Isle of Man, one of the Channel islands, 
and they are legal tender there, although they are sold for much more 
than their face value.  There are three coins, one gold, one silver 
and one copper (or some alloy thereof). Harry Potter is on one side 
(He looks pretty good) and Queen Elizabeth II is on the other.  You 
can follow a link on Empire Online to a story about it.  I am sure 
that commercial coin dealers can obtain them for you.

Haggridd