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Galleon or Gold-Galleon
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Wizarding currency


Most of Wizardkind

Galleon or Gold-Galleon (ʛ)[1] is the most valued coin of the wizarding currency. One Galleon is equal to 17 Sickles or 493 Knuts. Galleons are made of gold. They are roughly the size of hubcaps[2]



Early history

By the mid-thirteenth century, Galleons were already in circulation in wizarding Britain.[3]

The Galleon symbol.

In the 1260s, the Galleon had much more value than today: one Galleon at the time was equivalent to more than six-thousand six-hundred seventy-seven Galleons today.[3]

Recent history

By the 20th century, the Galleon valued much less than it did in the thirteenth century.[3] In 2001, one Galleon was equivalent to five Muggle pounds ($7.34[4]).[5]

Fake Galleons







A Galleon from Pottermore.
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See also

Notes and references

  1. Pottermore
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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