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Kacky Snorgle wrote:
Woohoo! Thanks for the update!
Mathematically, though, I’m not quite sure about the implementation of the “other (ahem) currency”. It seems like the zeroes and the NaNs ought to be the opposite way round….
Heehee Kacky Snorgle
I agree, it would be better suited the other way around. But I think the NaN side effect is funny, so I left it included anyway, for a bit of whimsy.
— November 5, 2006 @ 10:43 pm
Jacqui wrote:
Wow. The converter was great before, but now it’s better than fantastic! I’m so glad it’s got Australian dollars because now I can really use it.
— November 6, 2006 @ 2:26 am
NiGHTS fan wrote:
Well done !!! Very impressed at the sheer effort, commitment and devotion that goes into this site. I don’t think I’ve seen any of the contributors ever settle for second best and I just wanna let you all know it really is appreciated. This is just one more example of the wonderful work you do that keeps me coming back, time and time again !!!
— November 6, 2006 @ 2:36 pm
Bandersnatch wrote:
Leprechaun Gold. Heh.
— November 7, 2006 @ 12:50 am
Pat wrote:
Yay! Australian dollars :D
— November 7, 2006 @ 4:05 am
Elizabeth wrote:
Gold gold gold
Oh it is gone!
— November 7, 2006 @ 6:35 am
olivier wrote:
Knowing that Swiss Bankers are very close to Goblins (Iworked for one) I am curious to know the exchange rate for Swiss Francs…
— November 7, 2006 @ 11:58 am
TimS wrote:
I have trouble with the title graphics. The dark blue letters against the brown background is very difficult to read.
I’m red-green color-blind, that may well make a difference here.
TimS, thank you for letting us know! We *try* to check for color-blindness problems on new graphics, but these were created before it was common to do so. This is something we certainly want to keep in mind, to make the Lexicon easy to use for everyone. Please feel free to tell us if you run across anything else!
and NiGHTS fan, thank you, that is really gratifying to hear!
— November 7, 2006 @ 6:05 pm
John D. wrote:
waht timS says is true.. the blue letteres are really difficult to read against thea bakground
— November 8, 2006 @ 3:26 pm
Beth wrote:
I’ve tried clicking the link to the updated version, but it just keeps taking me back to the old version. I still see the exchange rate as 7.33 and I don’t see anything at all about leprechaun gold….how do you get to the new one??
Hi Beth, the old one has been replaced on our server with the new one, so it is probably your cache.
Try cleaning out your ‘temporary internet files’ folder and refreshing the page.
— November 8, 2006 @ 10:49 pm
Kaz wrote:
Wow!, Where I come from, that’s $12,000 that Harry handed over to Fred and George - that’s a deposit on a house!!!
— November 8, 2006 @ 11:50 pm
Nicole wrote:
Wow, I’ve always wondered about this. What parts of the books did you use to figure out the exchange rate?
— November 12, 2006 @ 12:46 am
William Givens wrote:
I am glad that the Currency Converter was updated. The once-a-day updating feature and the additional major currencies are very nice features. Adding the Russian ruble and the Chinese yuan would be good ideas as well, as those two countries are definitely important on the world stage. Just a suggestion…
Nicole, the exchange rate is based on an answer Jo gave in this interview Comic Relief chat where she said a Galleon is about 5 Pounds. All the other currencies are compared to this.
— November 12, 2006 @ 8:54 pm
Molly wrote:
Belinda, could I have the Indian rupee please !!!!
I love the converter! I use it all the time to make pricing on my roleplay site more realistic, and with a little bit of guestimating, I can produce reasonable prices that people won’t throw rocks at me for!
— November 25, 2006 @ 11:31 am
Marcus wrote:
Wow!!
I mean it was already fantastic that u have a wizard currency converter but this is just simply amazing now.
— December 2, 2006 @ 6:17 pm
Marcus wrote:
Oh the only thing that u might want to update now is the actual little summary because it still says $7.33 in US currency.
— December 2, 2006 @ 6:21 pm
Lori wrote:
This excites me muchly muchly. I’ve always wondered about the conversions here, and this is just so awesome!
— December 5, 2006 @ 3:59 pm
Josee wrote:
I know this converter is based on what Jo said, that 1 Galleon = 5 pounds, but I have some sort of trouble with the fact that when you enter the price of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages, which Jo also determined, the numbers aren’t right.
Josee,
You can read more about it on this page Wizard Money.
To answer your question simply, that price listed on the back of the schoolbooks (QA and FB) was not from Jo, it was from the publishers. And the Introduction in both books gives a figure (canon) that calculates to the same as the statement in the interview. That’s where we derive our canon source, not the back cover.
— December 13, 2006 @ 5:06 am
Whitney wrote:
Whoa, so cool! Very helpful for someone like me who had no idea how to convert it all before! Thanks for putting it out.
— January 7, 2007 @ 12:18 am
Aileencita wrote:
Wonderful tool. I’d love to read about the economic systems present in the Rowling world, too.
and Ben… Leprechaun gold is worth nothing. That’s why it says zero, or NaN, which means Not a Number.
— January 25, 2007 @ 9:06 am
Sujatha wrote:
Amazing…simply loved the converter. Especially since it features INR. I always thought the world underestimated the HP fans in India or even ignored the witches and wizards in this part of the world. Thanks a million Belinda
— February 5, 2007 @ 6:09 am
Ran S wrote:
i’m not sure if this is completely right…
i was looking at the back of my “fantastic beasts and where to find them” book and on the back it says quote on quote–> “$5.99 (14 sickles and 3 knuts)” and if i write 14 sickles and 3 knuts, than i get “$9.67″, just letting you know, but this is a great site, really good idea
Actually RanS, that’s not right. (See my answer to Josee’s comment further up the Pensieve.)
As you can read about here: Wizard Money, that is a mistake made by the American Publishers. If you read the Introduction of the book, there are figures that convert to one Galleon equals 5 BP and the equivalent US dollars at the time. Jo also said in an interview that a Galleon is roughly 5 Pounds. That is the canon we use for the Currency Converter.
— February 8, 2007 @ 10:14 pm
Holly wrote:
If 1 pound is 3sickles,11 knuts,where can I get wizarding money if i’m a muggle?and,wont it be hard to keep track of loose change?
— April 11, 2007 @ 4:56 am
Jabro wrote:
woohoo I’m rich !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— April 22, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Lizzie wrote:
Can you put in NZ as well?
— April 27, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
Lizzie wrote:
Just thinking that maybey those school books should be cheaper. They need 8 books in y1 and they cost about $10 each. Isn’t $80 alot for an 11 yar old?
WiCkEd!! Go MoNeY!! GaLlEoNs, SiCkLeS AnD KnUtS!!!
— June 12, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
FwooperLOL wrote:
How do antipodean Opaleyes see without
pupils? Telepathy? As Pansy Parkinson
would say, “Ooo!”
— June 14, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
FwooperLOL wrote:
For all you muggles out there who really
want to make cheap wizard money, try getting some thin nuts (the nut & bolt kind) and spray-painting them bronze & gold. It really works! If only it were real….
— June 14, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Rebekah wrote:
I’m glad i found the link here my daughter nearly got me to give her $80 dollars a week by saying she wanted 6 Galleons a week - the wonders of teenagers
Hi Aistyria!
That’s because CNN incorrectly uses the price from the back of the schoolbooks, FB and QA. You can read more about it here Wizard Money. As I pointed out earlier, that figure is a mistake by the publishers, and not canon.
P.S. We’ve tried to tell CNN but they’ve ignored us.
— June 24, 2007 @ 11:53 am
Amanda wrote:
This site is so great! Thank you for all you do for us Harry Potter fans. Don’t know what I ever did without you!
— June 29, 2007 @ 4:19 pm
John wrote:
This is great, the converter is very advanced, how did you do it?
— June 30, 2007 @ 8:51 am
Veronica wrote:
HI! Tis is great!!
I just wonderd if you can ad Swedish kr??
*swishes and flicks*
There we are, Veronica! Glad you asked.
John, it’s magic of course!
— July 10, 2007 @ 11:21 am
Annie wrote:
Wow! I love the updated version! I use is for projects in my Hogwarts summer school class and it worked out wonderfully for projects such as menus ! I love it! Thanks so much!!!
— July 13, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
Fiona wrote:
This is great!!!!!!!!!
— August 31, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
Jasmine wrote:
This is the best website
— September 3, 2007 @ 10:56 am
Helios Lightra wrote:
This is great! I was just about to see how the values converted, so came here to see if the Lexicon had anything. *Snorts* if the Noble Collection were to make the money the same way the goblins do (in case anyone reading this isn’t in the spirit, I know it’s not real), than they are over charging $18.82 US! hahaha….
this is cool. ill have to check here if i ever need to convert money
— December 4, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Daniel Young wrote:
Once last year my teacher told me to bring whay i’d done a she ment my paper and I asdintly braught my laptop
— January 4, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
Daniel Young wrote:
Great!
— January 4, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
silvia wrote:
I love it! It’s fantastic! But I must say, once you change the custom rate, it’s very easy to figure out how the currency converter works, if you know how many sickles to a galleon and how many knuts to a sickle!
Kacky Snorgle wrote:
Woohoo! Thanks for the update!
Mathematically, though, I’m not quite sure about the implementation of the “other (ahem) currency”. It seems like the zeroes and the NaNs ought to be the opposite way round….
— November 5, 2006 @ 9:07 pm
Belinda wrote:
Heehee Kacky Snorgle
I agree, it would be better suited the other way around. But I think the NaN side effect is funny, so I left it included anyway, for a bit of whimsy.
— November 5, 2006 @ 10:43 pm
Jacqui wrote:
Wow. The converter was great before, but now it’s better than fantastic! I’m so glad it’s got Australian dollars because now I can really use it.
— November 6, 2006 @ 2:26 am
NiGHTS fan wrote:
Well done !!! Very impressed at the sheer effort, commitment and devotion that goes into this site. I don’t think I’ve seen any of the contributors ever settle for second best and I just wanna let you all know it really is appreciated. This is just one more example of the wonderful work you do that keeps me coming back, time and time again !!!
— November 6, 2006 @ 2:36 pm
Bandersnatch wrote:
Leprechaun Gold. Heh.
— November 7, 2006 @ 12:50 am
Pat wrote:
Yay! Australian dollars
:D
— November 7, 2006 @ 4:05 am
Elizabeth wrote:
Gold gold gold
Oh it is gone!
— November 7, 2006 @ 6:35 am
olivier wrote:
Knowing that Swiss Bankers are very close to Goblins (Iworked for one) I am curious to know the exchange rate for Swiss Francs…
— November 7, 2006 @ 11:58 am
TimS wrote:
I have trouble with the title graphics. The dark blue letters against the brown background is very difficult to read.
I’m red-green color-blind, that may well make a difference here.
— November 7, 2006 @ 4:10 pm
Belinda wrote:
Good idea Olivier! I’ve added it.
TimS, thank you for letting us know! We *try* to check for color-blindness problems on new graphics, but these were created before it was common to do so. This is something we certainly want to keep in mind, to make the Lexicon easy to use for everyone. Please feel free to tell us if you run across anything else!
and NiGHTS fan, thank you, that is really gratifying to hear!
— November 7, 2006 @ 6:05 pm
John D. wrote:
waht timS says is true.. the blue letteres are really difficult to read against thea bakground
— November 8, 2006 @ 3:26 pm
Beth wrote:
I’ve tried clicking the link to the updated version, but it just keeps taking me back to the old version. I still see the exchange rate as 7.33 and I don’t see anything at all about leprechaun gold….how do you get to the new one??
— November 8, 2006 @ 10:40 pm
Belinda wrote:
Hi Beth, the old one has been replaced on our server with the new one, so it is probably your cache.
Try cleaning out your ‘temporary internet files’ folder and refreshing the page.
— November 8, 2006 @ 10:49 pm
Kaz wrote:
Wow!, Where I come from, that’s $12,000 that Harry handed over to Fred and George - that’s a deposit on a house!!!
— November 8, 2006 @ 11:50 pm
Nicole wrote:
Wow, I’ve always wondered about this. What parts of the books did you use to figure out the exchange rate?
— November 12, 2006 @ 12:46 am
William Givens wrote:
I am glad that the Currency Converter was updated. The once-a-day updating feature and the additional major currencies are very nice features. Adding the Russian ruble and the Chinese yuan would be good ideas as well, as those two countries are definitely important on the world stage. Just a suggestion…
— November 12, 2006 @ 8:16 pm
Belinda wrote:
*swishes wand*
There you have it, William!
Nicole, the exchange rate is based on an answer Jo gave in this interview Comic Relief chat where she said a Galleon is about 5 Pounds. All the other currencies are compared to this.
— November 12, 2006 @ 8:54 pm
Molly wrote:
Belinda, could I have the Indian rupee please !!!!
— November 23, 2006 @ 2:45 pm
Belinda wrote:
My pleasure Molly!
*swishes*
Enjoy!
— November 23, 2006 @ 3:28 pm
Haley wrote:
I love the converter! I use it all the time to make pricing on my roleplay site more realistic, and with a little bit of guestimating, I can produce reasonable prices that people won’t throw rocks at me for!
— November 25, 2006 @ 11:31 am
Marcus wrote:
Wow!!
I mean it was already fantastic that u have a wizard currency converter but this is just simply amazing now.
— December 2, 2006 @ 6:17 pm
Marcus wrote:
Oh the only thing that u might want to update now is the actual little summary because it still says $7.33 in US currency.
— December 2, 2006 @ 6:21 pm
Lori wrote:
This excites me muchly muchly. I’ve always wondered about the conversions here, and this is just so awesome!
— December 5, 2006 @ 3:59 pm
Josee wrote:
I know this converter is based on what Jo said, that 1 Galleon = 5 pounds, but I have some sort of trouble with the fact that when you enter the price of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages, which Jo also determined, the numbers aren’t right.
I’m just wondering which one is the right one…
— December 6, 2006 @ 9:43 am
DADS wrote:
Please, could I have the Brazilian real?
— December 12, 2006 @ 1:15 pm
Belinda wrote:
*swishes wand*
Happy to add that, DADS!
— December 13, 2006 @ 4:59 am
Belinda wrote:
Josee,
You can read more about it on this page Wizard Money.
To answer your question simply, that price listed on the back of the schoolbooks (QA and FB) was not from Jo, it was from the publishers. And the Introduction in both books gives a figure (canon) that calculates to the same as the statement in the interview. That’s where we derive our canon source, not the back cover.
— December 13, 2006 @ 5:06 am
Whitney wrote:
Whoa, so cool! Very helpful for someone like me who had no idea how to convert it all before! Thanks for putting it out.
— January 7, 2007 @ 12:18 am
Aileencita wrote:
Wonderful tool. I’d love to read about the economic systems present in the Rowling world, too.
— January 19, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
Ben wrote:
How much money equals 1 Leprachaun gold
— January 21, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
Aistyria wrote:
I like it’s cool but could you add the Mexican Peso, if it isn’t too much of a hastle, if it is then don’t.
— January 24, 2007 @ 9:40 pm
Belinda wrote:
*swishes and flicks*
No hassle at all, Aistyria!
and Ben… Leprechaun gold is worth nothing. That’s why it says zero, or NaN, which means Not a Number.
— January 25, 2007 @ 9:06 am
Sujatha wrote:
Amazing…simply loved the converter. Especially since it features INR. I always thought the world underestimated the HP fans in India or even ignored the witches and wizards in this part of the world. Thanks a million Belinda
— February 5, 2007 @ 6:09 am
Ran S wrote:
i’m not sure if this is completely right…
i was looking at the back of my “fantastic beasts and where to find them” book and on the back it says quote on quote–> “$5.99 (14 sickles and 3 knuts)” and if i write 14 sickles and 3 knuts, than i get “$9.67″, just letting you know, but this is a great site, really good idea
— February 8, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
Belinda wrote:
Actually RanS, that’s not right. (See my answer to Josee’s comment further up the Pensieve.)
As you can read about here: Wizard Money, that is a mistake made by the American Publishers. If you read the Introduction of the book, there are figures that convert to one Galleon equals 5 BP and the equivalent US dollars at the time. Jo also said in an interview that a Galleon is roughly 5 Pounds. That is the canon we use for the Currency Converter.
— February 8, 2007 @ 10:14 pm
Holly wrote:
If 1 pound is 3sickles,11 knuts,where can I get wizarding money if i’m a muggle?and,wont it be hard to keep track of loose change?
— April 11, 2007 @ 4:56 am
Jabro wrote:
woohoo I’m rich !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— April 22, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Lizzie wrote:
Can you put in NZ as well?
— April 27, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
Lizzie wrote:
Just thinking that maybey those school books should be cheaper. They need 8 books in y1 and they cost about $10 each. Isn’t $80 alot for an 11 yar old?
— April 27, 2007 @ 7:35 pm
Belinda wrote:
Sure Lizzie!
Glad you asked. I’ll add NZ ASAP!
— April 27, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
Phoenix182 wrote:
WiCkEd!! Go MoNeY!! GaLlEoNs, SiCkLeS AnD KnUtS!!!
— June 12, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
FwooperLOL wrote:
How do antipodean Opaleyes see without
pupils? Telepathy? As Pansy Parkinson
would say, “Ooo!”
— June 14, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
FwooperLOL wrote:
For all you muggles out there who really
want to make cheap wizard money, try getting some thin nuts (the nut & bolt kind) and spray-painting them bronze & gold. It really works! If only it were real….
— June 14, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Rebekah wrote:
I’m glad i found the link here my daughter nearly got me to give her $80 dollars a week by saying she wanted 6 Galleons a week - the wonders of teenagers
— June 18, 2007 @ 6:26 am
Aistyria wrote:
thanks for adding the Mexican Peso!
— June 21, 2007 @ 1:33 am
Aistyria wrote:
question, why are these conversions different from the ones on cnn?
You don’t have to answer just wondering.
— June 21, 2007 @ 1:39 am
Belinda wrote:
Hi Aistyria!
That’s because CNN incorrectly uses the price from the back of the schoolbooks, FB and QA. You can read more about it here Wizard Money. As I pointed out earlier, that figure is a mistake by the publishers, and not canon.
P.S. We’ve tried to tell CNN but they’ve ignored us.
— June 24, 2007 @ 11:53 am
Amanda wrote:
This site is so great! Thank you for all you do for us Harry Potter fans. Don’t know what I ever did without you!
— June 29, 2007 @ 4:19 pm
John wrote:
This is great, the converter is very advanced, how did you do it?
— June 30, 2007 @ 8:51 am
Veronica wrote:
HI! Tis is great!!
I just wonderd if you can ad Swedish kr??
— July 9, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
Belinda wrote:
*swishes and flicks*
There we are, Veronica! Glad you asked.
John, it’s magic of course!
— July 10, 2007 @ 11:21 am
Annie wrote:
Wow! I love the updated version! I use is for projects in my Hogwarts summer school class and it worked out wonderfully for projects such as menus ! I love it! Thanks so much!!!
— July 13, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
Fiona wrote:
This is great!!!!!!!!!
— August 31, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
Jasmine wrote:
This is the best website
— September 3, 2007 @ 10:56 am
Helios Lightra wrote:
This is great! I was just about to see how the values converted, so came here to see if the Lexicon had anything. *Snorts* if the Noble Collection were to make the money the same way the goblins do (in case anyone reading this isn’t in the spirit, I know it’s not real), than they are over charging $18.82 US! hahaha….
— October 18, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Bethmarieaus wrote:
FANTASTIC SITE =D
— November 22, 2007 @ 2:26 am
haley wrote:
this is cool. ill have to check here if i ever need to convert money
— December 4, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Daniel Young wrote:
Once last year my teacher told me to bring whay i’d done a she ment my paper and I asdintly braught my laptop
— January 4, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
Daniel Young wrote:
Great!
— January 4, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
silvia wrote:
I love it! It’s fantastic! But I must say, once you change the custom rate, it’s very easy to figure out how the currency converter works, if you know how many sickles to a galleon and how many knuts to a sickle!
— February 3, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
hermy wrote:
every thing in the wizard world is so expensive no wonder the weasleys are poor
— February 7, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
Ariel wrote:
I agree, hermy. It’s ridiculous.
— April 2, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
Evamondo wrote:
Wow, that is really cool!!!!
— June 25, 2008 @ 7:13 pm