[HPforGrownups] Re: Potter money

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 161985

Steve/bboyminn:
> When I said 'scene' I meant that scene in the books.
> Though I admit to using the movie coins as a physical
> model for my Galleon coins since it's all I have.
>
> If it helps anyone, 1 Cu. Ft. of gold coins is US$78,336.

That's only valid if we assume a specific size for a galleon and a
specific exchange rate which is manifestly inconsistent with that
size.

Cylindrical objects pack, ideally, at a volume ratio of
pi/[2*sqrt(3)], or about 90%.

0.9 cu. ft of gold coins of any size would be 16000 ounces, or, at
1991 prices, 3,300,000 pounds (US$5,760,000)

This also tells us that the galleon, being worth 5 pounds, if gold
rather than some other metal is its primary store of value, has to
contain approximately 12 grains of gold. If it's pure gold, that would
make it a fraction of the size of a dime.