Muggle Money Exchange Rate?

[Barb Fulton]

No: HPFGUIDX 126632



> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Chys Sage Lattes"
> <yami69hikari at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, so what is it, does anyone have any past discussion 
references
> > they could send me to tell me exactly what the exchange rate is
> > between Muggle and Wizarding money? Or do we know the knut to 
dollar
> > rate?
> > 
> > ...edited...

> > Chys
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> We don't actually know the Galleon to Dollar ratio. The best we 
have
> is JKR interview statement that 1 Galleon is /about/ 5 British 
Pounds.
> 
> But since that statement was made without a reference to when it 
was
> one to about five, we can't really accurately allow for the
> flucuations in currency rates.
 
snip

> One Galleon = Five Pounds = Seven Dollars and fifty cents.
> 
> The conversion between Pound and Dollar is 1.5, so £5 x 1.5 = $7.50

snip examples of what things cost 

> Steve/bboyminn

Barb now:

I thought I'd add a little more canon to the discussion...In the 
Forward to FBaWtFT, here is the following quote "Comic Relief U.K. 
has raised over 250 million dollarssince 1985 (that's also 174 
million pounds, or thirty-four million, eight hundred and seventy-
two Galleons, fourteen Sickles, and seven Knuts).

With my lacking-maths skills, using these numbers, I figured a 
Galleon to be worth about $7.35. If I calculated incorrectly, please 
correct me.

-Barb, delurking for a moment, now going back to hide in lurkdom