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Galleons to Real Currencies
1 Galleon = £5 (author-stated) × reference FX. Rates: ECB euro FX reference rates, 26 October 2026, rebased to USD — a dated snapshot, not a live quote.
| Galleons | USD | EUR | GBP | CAD | AUD | INR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6.67 | €5.96 | £5.00 | C$9.36 | A$9.50 | ₹635.62 |
| 5 | $33.37 | €29.82 | £25.00 | C$46.81 | A$47.51 | ₹3,178.10 |
| 100 | $667.40 | €596.32 | £500.00 | C$936.18 | A$950.17 | ₹63,561.90 |
| 200 | $1,334.80 | €1,192.64 | £1,000.00 | C$1,872.35 | A$1,900.34 | ₹127,123.81 |
| 300 | $2,002.20 | €1,788.96 | £1,500.00 | C$2,808.53 | A$2,850.51 | ₹190,685.71 |
| 500 | $3,337.00 | €2,981.59 | £2,500.00 | C$4,680.88 | A$4,750.85 | ₹317,809.52 |
| 1,000 | $6,674.00 | €5,963.19 | £5,000.00 | C$9,361.76 | A$9,501.71 | ₹635,619.05 |
Cross rates: Galleons × £5 → USD, then USD → target currency at the same snapshot. Author-stated anchor — see methodology below for the two primary sources.
What Things Actually Cost in the Books
Wizarding prices are scattered through the novels — shop signs, dialogue, receipts. These are the prices J.K. Rowling actually wrote, converted at 1 Galleon ≈ $6.67 (£5 anchor).
| Item | Wizarding price | ≈ USD | Source (book) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoop of beetle eyes | 5 Knuts | $0.07 | Philosopher's Stone (apothecary) |
| Hot butterbeer (Three Broomsticks) | ≈2 Sickles | $0.79 | Prisoner of Azkaban* |
| Scoop of Floo powder | 2 Sickles | $0.79 | Chamber of Secrets |
| Knight Bus ticket (Little Whinging → London) | 11 Sickles | $4.32 | Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Ounce of dragon liver | 16 Sickles | $6.28 | Philosopher's Stone |
| Unicorn horn (apothecary) | 21 Galleons | $140 | Philosopher's Stone |
| Omnioculars (Quidditch World Cup) | 10 Galleons | $67 | Goblet of Fire |
| Harry's wand | 7 Galleons | $47 | Philosopher's Stone |
| Apparition course (Ministry, Hogwarts) | 12 Galleons | $80 | Half-Blood Prince |
| Dobby's negotiated weekly wage | 1 Galleon | $6.67 | Goblet of Fire |
| Fine for the flying Ford Anglia | 50 Galleons | $334 | Chamber of Secrets |
| Triwizard Tournament prize | 1,000 Galleons | $6,674 | Goblet of Fire |
| Ministry bounty on Sirius Black | 10,000 Galleons | $66,740 | Prisoner of Azkaban |
*Butterbeer's price is not stated verbatim; ~2 Sickles is the widely cited figure consistent with scene context.
Where the $6.67 Figure Comes From
The author-stated anchor
J.K. Rowling stated in a 2001 Comic Relief chat that one Galleon is worth "about five pounds". The same figure is corroborated inside the books themselves: the Comic Relief foreword to Quidditch Through the Ages equates ~£174 million with "thirty-four million Galleons" (≈ £5.12 each). We convert that anchor to USD at the ECB reference rate (£1 ≈ $1.3348, 26 Oct 2026 — same snapshot as our Fantasy Exchange Calculator). That puts 1 Galleon ≈ $6.67 and 1 USD ≈ 0.1498 Galleons.
Why estimates vary
Purchasing-power analyses produce higher values — often $7–$25 per Galleon — because canon prices are inconsistent (a wand for life at $44 is suspiciously cheap; a newspaper for a cent or two is not). Wizarding prices were written for story, not economics. We show the author anchor because it is the only stated rate, and we flag the range rather than inventing a more "accurate" number.
The denominations are canon
Unlike the exchange rate, the denominations are explicit in the books: 1 Galleon = 17 Sickles = 493 Knuts (29 Knuts per Sickle). The awkward 17/29 ratios are presumably goblin-designed at Gringotts.
For cross-universe comparison, see our Fantasy Exchange Calculator (14 universes) and the Fantasy Currency Index 2026, which uses a different purchasing-power methodology.
Sources & References
- J.K. Rowling, Comic Relief live chat, 12 March 2001: asked for the approximate value of a Galleon, she answered "About five pounds, though the exchange rate varies!" — per the transcript archived at accio-quote.org, as documented by the Harry Potter Lexicon. The only exchange rate ever given for wizarding currency.
- Rowling, J.K. (2001). Comic Relief foreword ("Albus Dumbledore") in Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2001 charity editions: Comic Relief's then-total of ~£174 million is given as the equivalent of "thirty-four million Galleons" — implying ≈ £5.12 per Galleon, consistent with the interview figure.
- Rowling, J.K. (1997–2007). Canonical denominations and in-book prices cited in the table above: Philosopher's Stone (wand 7 G; unicorn horn 21 G; dragon liver 16 S/oz; beetle eyes 5 K/scoop), Chamber of Secrets (Floo powder 2 S/scoop; Ford Anglia fine 50 G), Prisoner of Azkaban (Knight Bus 11 S; Sirius bounty 10,000 G), Goblet of Fire (Omnioculars 10 G; Triwizard prize 1,000 G; Dobby 1 G/week), Half-Blood Prince (Apparition course 12 G).
- Reference FX. £1 ≈ $1.3348 — ECB euro foreign exchange reference rate, 26 October 2026 (via Frankfurter API, rebased to USD). Reference snapshot, not a live quote; shared with the Fantasy Exchange Calculator.
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