Harry Potter Article: What's the point of wizarding money?

1

posted by hunterkf5732

I recently found a strange contradiction in the concept of wizarding money.I'd like to know if my idea is true of if there is a counter-argument against it.

In pg.65 of HP and the Chamber of Secrets,we learn that Muggle money can be exchanged into wizarding money.

We also know that potentially valuable(in a Muggle point of view) objects such as chairs can be Conjured door magic(eg:Dumbledore does this in the courtroom in HP and The Order of the Phoenix).

So any wizard who knows basic Transfiguration can Conjure objects such as chairs,sell them to Muggles to obtain Muggle money and then exchange this money into Galleons,thus obtaining an infinite amount of wealth.

Doesn't this contradict the whole point of wizarding money?

Thanks in advance for any help.

hermionesparks likes this

ILUVKOWALSKI Woah. :o Well, I can only guess there's a law preventing wizards from doing this.

Flickerflame We know there are 5 things which can't be created through magic. Food is one of them. Wizards would therefore need money to buy food, and the other unnamed four. I do think that a magical currency, as opposed to using the pound, was just created to make them different.

Flickerflame I'd imagine that there are laws against overusing the conjuration idea, in case Muggles would get suspicious when someone turned up with far too many chairs too quickly, in less time than a normal person could ever make or buy as many. And a lot of pureblood wizards would struggle selling to Muggles anyway, because their lack of understanding of anything regarding the Muggle world is that strong. I could imagine some, like the Malfoys, refusing the idea because it'd mean interacting with Muggles.

3

Harry Potter

added by James13

2

Harry Potter

added by James13

1

Harry Potter

added by James13

2

HARRY POTTER

added by emzielouise

3

Harry Potter

added by Cittycat19

4

Avada Kerdavra u , my tiny chum!

posted by lilyWOAH

Bella rules!

FUUUUUUUU!
My friend just zei twilight is better than harry potter!
Here is our convo:
"So twihard of potter head ? We both know who's better" Me
"Yhea"
Potters
Twilight
I think not!
Oh yhea!?
Yhea! And to prove u are wrong... I challenge u to a dule!
Your on!
And also... whoever wins is the better non-fiction fan.
*after much explaining we step into dule positions*
u go first. Me
Ok! I turn into a werewolf!
Avada Kerdavra the werewolf.
*she runs off crying*

I think she's crazy. So your opinion. Hp of Twilight?

Harry Potter!

2

Lily and Sev Twisted- Part 2

posted by fanofh2o

Lily did not leave Severus's side until Madam Pomfrey zei she had to sleep and could use the bed volgende to him. When Snape woke up he looked around wondering what happened. He looked out the windo, the moon was about to set. Then he saw Lily, covered in blood. She was laying on her back, head faceing away from him. He tried to sit up but it hurt to bad. "Lily?" he wispered. And that seemed to wake her up. She was at his side so fast he didn't see her move. "What happened to you?" he asked pointing at the blood all over her. Lily looked down for half a second. "You don't remember do you?" she...