Percy's sickle <snipped>

[sugaranddixie1]

No: HPFGUIDX 150739


>Angie here:

>I thought there was some sort of tradition about finding a coin in food
>being good luck.  But then again, when I first read about Percy finding
>the sickle, for some reason, I thought of Judas and the 33 pieces of
>silver.



E.T. again-

      You're right, Angie.  Finding the coin is supposed to bring you 
good luck. Then again, Percy almost broke his tooth on it!   I believe, 
(and someone from the U.K. can please correct me if I'm mistaken),  
that it is traditionally a silver piece that's hidden.  So perhaps it 
was just tradition that dictated it was the silver piece that Percy 
found....  

But I'm curious as to why JKR gave the wizard denominations  the names 
she did.  I've googled the three names- Galleon, Sickle & Knut, but 
haven't been able to deduce anything of significance from what I've 
found. Stiil I can't help wondering why it was Percy who JKR had find 
the coin...

Your Judas association is interesting and sort of leads in the same 
direction.  Are you thinking that Percy will betray someone into the 
hands of LV?  A family member perhaps?  We've grown so attached to the 
rest of the Weasley's (including Harry as honorary member) that if he 
gave up one of them to LV it would be truly horrendous!  Or perhaps 
just the fact that he's basically estranged himself from his family and 
allied himself with the "official" ministry is in itself the ultimate 
betrayal and all that was being foretold?