[HPforGrownups] Questions: Dumbledore as student, other magic schools, Po...

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49503

Melissa: 


> 4) That's got me thinking, how do wizard children born to Muggle families 
> get any money to spend in Diagon Alley and at Hogsmeade?  Is there some 
> sort of Muggle/wizard currency-exchange service?  

Cassie (me): 
Yes. To Quote CoS:  

"...'Oh, you're changing muggle money. Molly, look!'  He (Mr. Weasley) 
pointed excitedly at the ten pound notes in Mr. Granger's hand. .." (chapter 
4, pg.57 if you have the american version) 


Melissa again: 

3) Where did Lily and James Potter get all of the money they left to Harry?  
Was James' family rich?  The Dursleys, though well-off, aren't amazingly 
rich, and most of their money probably comes from the business Vernon owns; 
did the Evanses leave Lily all or most of their money (we know they were 
proud of having a witch in the family), cutting out Petunia?  It seems likely 
to me, though, that if Petunia had been cut out of the will, she would have 
complained about it, loudly, repeatedly, and at great length ^^ so it's more 
probable that it was the Potters, not the Evanses, who were rich.

Me (Yes, I know I'm doing this out of order ^^; Sorry ^^;;) 

It is entirely possible that the Evans may have left more to Lily than to 
Petunia (after all, from what we've seen from Petunia, Lily seems to have 
been the 'favourite'). If it was on Lily's side where Harry got his fortune, 
well, perhaps it wasn't exactly a fortune in the muggle world but turned into 
one when exchanged to wizard money? Does it say how much each type of money 
is in each world anywhere? If it was on his father's side...Well, it seems we 
know very little about the Potters', but it's also entirely possible that he 
got his inheritance from that side. Or it could've been a mix from both.   

~Cassie~



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