Thursday, January 21, 2016

Harry Potter and the Numismatist's Desire

Harry Potter was proud to say that he was a perfectly normal wizard, thank you very much. He was the last person you'd expect to be involved in anything numismatic, because he just didn't know about such things. 

 With profuse apologies to J.K. Rowling and her book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for this brief parody, Today I will focus on the admittedly few, but still impressive, coin-themed feats of Harry Potter.

 First and Foremost, the Isle of Man released a set of Harry Potter Crowns in 2001/2002, and enjoyed relative collector appeal:




These coins feature scenes from the first two Harry Potter Movies. I myself am a crown collector, so these hold great appeal for me, but the best part is yet to come...

All true HP fans are aware of the Gringotts monetary sytem:
"Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough"

And now I present to you...

The Money of the Wizarding World!
Gold Galleon
Silver Sickle
Bronze Knut

This wasn't how I personally pictured them, but the designs are nice either way.

Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. UnknownSeptember 25, 2016 at 7:19 AM



    The fact is that numismatics books are a basic requirement for all coin collectors as they offer all the essential data that an accumulator needs to excel in this kind of hobby.
    It's very important to acknowledge the basic principles of books on coin collecting to appropriately categorize the varieties of coins which are fit for compiling.
    For more: books on coin collecting

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)