[HPforGrownups] Re: FWIW: Potter's Cash (and vault size)

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 161984

steve/bboyminn:
> In that sense, he is thinking practically, he knows he
> needs access to his money, and doesn't feel he will be
> able to do that at Gringott's, so logically he has to
> take it out, but I don't think he is thinking practically
> in the sense of what is required to haul all that cash
> around and find an alternate SAFE place to put it.

Random:
Now, remember, this world has _magic_! there's no particular reason to
think all that cash, or a significant fraction of it [regardless of
how much space it fills normally] can't be kept on his person.

> Neri:
> I agree that Vault 713 is probably room size (I've always pictured it
> like that myself). However, it makes sense that the Potters' vault is
> more similar in size to the Weasleys' vault than to Vault 713.
> Remember, Vault 713 is a high-security vault, and probably belongs to
> Hogwarts, while the Potters' and Weasleys' vaults are both regular
> security. As to the Malfoys' vault – no available data. It may well be
> high-security and room-size like 713.

Random:
Anything about "the Potters' vault" is not in evidence. I think that,
in part, these factors why so many fanfiction authors envision the
vault that Harry has actually been to as a sort of trust fund rather
than being the whole of the Potter fortune.


> Neri:
> This is highly unlikely, especially with your estimation of 5/64 inch
> thick. Do you realize what would be the weight of the thousand
> Galleons sack

Random:
Again, magic. (I also like the idea that maybe there are coins,
perhaps in other metals (platinum?) that are multiples of a galleon...
but that's not in evidence of course)