Harry Potter Was So Rich, It's Knuts!

"At seven galleons, Harry paid approximately $175 for his wand. Considering the extraordinary power it gives wizards, this was lower than I expected, when things like Omnioculars, Brain Elixir, Metamorph Medals, and a potions book were more expensive . . . not to mention that Bagman was willing to give Fred and George five galleons for a fake one," says aubieismyhomie. Hmmm, interesting . . .

"At the World Cup, he spent $750 to buy he, Ron, and Hermione Omnioculars as Christmas presents (for about 10 years, mind)," says aubieismyhomie. "Not only that, but he gave Fred and George $25,000 of Triwizard Tournament winnings to start their joke shop because he didn't need it."

"In Chamber of Secrets, the Weasleys completely emptied their vault which consisted of one galleon and a pile of sickles, which could be equated from $50 to $75, and they had to buy everyone books, plus robes, a wand and cauldron for Ginny, etc. It didn't really hit me until now just how hard the 50 galleon fine for the Flying Ford Anglia hit the family.

"Also, it made it that more surprising to me that when they win the 700 galleon Daily Prophet Grand Prize, they spend the better part of $17,500 on a trip to Egypt (I suspect that a good chunk of it may have been spent getting out of debt, but they didn't tell any of the children). Finally, it meant Fred and George's 37 galleon bet with Bagman was over a thousand dollars on something of a longshot."

"Dobby makes a galleon/week, so about $25/week," says aubieismyhomie. "This was all that he wanted, as Dobby was offered ten times that by Dumbledore. He offered Dobby ten galleons/week with weekends off. This equates to $250/week, which is pretty good because the House Elves have essentially no living expenses that we saw."

Not bad, but we're pretty sure Hermione would have something to say about it. It doesn't sound like they are getting free health care, after all . . .

Based on this model, butterbeer would be about $3 a glass. Cheers to THAT.

According to the thread, the Ministry of Magic was willing to pay a whopping $2.5 million to capture Harry when he was labeled as Undesirable No. 1.