Gringotts vaults (was;various)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 43912

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "corinthum" <kkearney at s...> wrote:

> And Jodel wrote:
> > The vaults were almost certainly  assigned in the  order that 
> > the clients opened accounts. The Black family (or Sirius himself)
> > seem to have opened an account about the same time the owner of 
> > vault 713 did.

 
> Now me: (Corinthum)
> 
> I agree with those who think the near sequential numbers indicate 
> that the two accounts were opened at the same (or very nearly the 
> same) time. ....SNIP....
> 
> -Corinth

bboy_mn commnets:

Sorry, but I can't agree with the vault numbers being related to the
chronology of the accounts. Instead of looking at it as something as
abstract as an account, you need to look at it as something physical,
which it is; it's a vault. Just like safety deposit boxes, the one you
get is the next one available that meets your specifications. If
someone closes Safety Deposit Box 105 out of 500, and #105 meets your
specification, then it will be assigned to you. If the next available
box is #206 then that is the one the next person will get. So I see no
correlation between vault number and the time an account was opened. 

Also, keep in mind that there are different types of vaults just like
there are different types of safety deposit boxes. I see the Weasley
vault as being a general low security vault about the size of a
freezer compartment in a refrigerator, Harry's vault is a large 'lock
and key' vault about the size of a large walk-in closet, and Sirius
and the Philosopher's Stone vaults are special high security vaults
that are not as simple as a 'lock and key' vault. The high security
vaults can only be opened by a Gringott's goblin (or an extremely
skilled dark magic thief).

All that can be concluded from the proximity of vault 711 and vault
713 is that they are both Very High Security Vaults. The secondary
conclusion is that Sirius is either extremely rich or has something
very valuable that he needs to protect.

Of course, that's just my opinion.

bboy_mn