Royal Mint Releases Harry Potter-Themed Coins To Celebrate 25 Years Of The Series (AKA the UK commits trans genocide)

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[–]IMissPorn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Should have made them 1, 29 and 493p coins. Still cool though I guess.

[–]cumindisguise 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What exactly is the significance of those numbers?

[–]IMissPorn 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Those are the denominations of wizarding currency. There are 29 Knuts in a Sickle and 17 Sickles (or 493 Knuts) in a Galleon. It's generally considered a parody of Britain's system pre-decimilization (12 pence in a shilling, 20 shillings in pound).

[–]cumindisguise 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That’s pretty interesting.