[HPforGrownups] Re[2]: Muggle/Wizarding Money Exchange

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 49560

  Greetings!

> annemehr wrote:

aayc> I just had another thought, though! I areas of the
aayc> world where there are precious metals and gems to be
aayc> mined, they send the nifflers in. British wizards buy
aayc> some of this with wizard gold and sell *that* to
aayc> muggles, thus providing another source of Muggle
aayc> money!

aayc> I think this could work.

  Hmm... Malfoys? After all, their wealth comes from
somewhere, doesn't it? Though to imagine Lucius trading with
Muggles requires quite a stretch of imagination. Then
there's the wealth of Potters family...

  Still unlikely, though. In modern Muggle world movement of
precious metals and gems is strictly controlled and
monitored by governments, and any "source" of such wealth
would immediately attract Muggle attention. Attention of not
prime-ministers and presidents, but attention of law
enforcement agencies, taxation polices and other
institutions whose sole purpose is to strip us of as much
money as possible. :)

  The problem can be solved by introduction of a "third
party" - someone who is neither Wizard nor Muggle, and who
trades with them both, accepting money of both sides. Though
of course this theory directly contradicts the Occam's Razor
(which I am a great fan of).

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed,
great supporter of McGonagall/Crookshanks SHIP.

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