Harry's Gold

[heather the buzzard]

No: HPFGUIDX 130655

Celebrating my release from moderated status, (cookies for all the elves 
will be sent out shortly), but I'm still pretty new around here, so 
apologies if this has been discussed before.

Where on earth did Harry's gold come from?

I mean, obviously from Lily and James, but where did THEY get it from?  
It's an awful lot.  We haven't seen how much is 'normal' for a wizarding 
family to have, we've only really had a look at the Weasley's fortunes 
and they're supposed to be poor.  But they make Harry out to be really, 
really rich -- maybe even as in Malfoy rich, 'old-money' rich.

We don't know much about James, but I haven't had the impression that 
he's 'old money'.  We don't even know for sure if he's pureblood! 

Lily and James were still very young.  What had they done to earn all 
that money?  I'd expect James inherited some from his parents (what did 
they die of, anyway?  and Lily's parents to, now you mention it).

I wonder if Lily's big secret has to do with all that money.  Maybe 
it'll turn out to be blood money of some sort and Harry feels too guilty 
to keep it.

Or, I wonder if there was a 'trust fund' set up when Harry was 
orphaned... grateful witches and wizards from all over Britain sent a 
few Galleons for the magnificent, unfortunate boy.  Add that in to the 
miracle of compound interest...

heather the buzzard