James' and Lily's gold

[Kishan]

No: HPFGUIDX 160861

>Eddie, who has often wondered why Harry thinks he has no Muggle
> money, only Wizarding money.  (I think this came up at the beginning
> of Prisoner of Azkaban, when Harry ran away from Privet Drive and
> was pondering what to do next.)  Harry could probably have gone to
> Gringott's and exchanged Wizarding money to Muggle.  Recall that
> Hermione's parents went to Gringotts and were exchanging Muggle to
> Wizarding money.

Kishan:
Yes, even I thought about that too. Why couldn't Harry just go and exchange some wizarding money for muggle money. And about the money in Gringotts, maybe we just have to assume that Lily and James have inherited it from the Potter family. It's quite possible because Rowling never mentioned that they were poor, so...