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|name=Knut or Bronze-Knut
  
|name=Knut or Bronze-Knut
 
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The '''Knut '''(pronounced K'noot) or '''[[Bronze]]-Knut''' is the least valued coin in [[wizarding currency]]. There are 29 Knuts in one silver [[Sickle]], and there are 493 Knuts in one golden [[Galleon]]. A Knut is also approximately equal to one British Penny.
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The '''Knut '''(pronounced ca-nut<ref>[https://www.pottermore.com/features/harry-potter-names-and-words-we-got-wrong-for-years Article about pronunciation] at {{PM}}</ref>) or '''[[Bronze]]-Knut''' ([[File:KnutSymbol.gif|10px]]) is the least valued coin in [[wizarding currency]]. There are 29 Knuts in one silver [[Sickle]], and there are 493 Knuts in one golden [[Galleon]].<ref name="PS5">{{PS|B|6}}</ref> Witches and wizards are not averse to laborious calculations, as they can do them magically, so they do not find it inconvenient to pay for goods in Knuts, Sickles and Galleons.<ref>{{WW|measurements}}</ref>
   
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A Knut is also approximately equal to one British Penny.
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[[Fred and George Weasley]] gave their brother [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] a one knut discount on their merchandise at [[Weasley's Wizard Wheezes]], although this discount was applied to the entire purchase and not per-item.
  
   
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==History==
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The wizarding newspaper called the [[Daily Prophet]] costs one Knut when delivered by owl.
  
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In [[1991]], the [[Daily Prophet]] Wizarding newspaper cost [[Rubeus Hagrid]] five Knuts when it was delivered by owl.<ref name="PS5" />
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[[Harry Potter]]'s vault at [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]] had mounds of Knuts on his first visit on [[31 July]] [[1991]].<ref name="PS5"/>
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[[Beetle Eye]]s cost 5 Knuts a scoop in [[Diagon Alley]].<ref name="PS5"/>
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Harry's first purchase from the Hogwarts [[Honeydukes Express]] cost eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts.<ref>{{PS|B|6}}</ref>
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[[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley]] bet [[Ludovic Bagman]] thirty-seven Galleons, fifteen Sickles, and three Knuts that [[Ireland]] would win, but [[Viktor Krum]] would catch the [[Golden Snitch]] at the [[1994 Quidditch World Cup]].<ref>{{GOF|B|7}}</ref>
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Individuals would toss Knuts and other coins in the [[British Ministry of Magic]]'s [[Fountain of Magical Brethren]] which would be donated to [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]].<ref>{{OOTP|B|7}}</ref>
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[[Hermione Granger]] paid one Knut to the ''Daily Prophet'' delivery owl for delivering the paper to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref>{{OOTP|B|12}}</ref>
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Hermione bought a new quill at [[Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop]] which cost fifteen Sickles and two Knuts.<ref>{{OOTP|B|16}}</ref>
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[[Albus Dumbledore]] used the expression "It’s like losing a Knut and finding a Galleon" when convincing [[Cornelius Fudge]] he should arrest him instead of Harry for [[Dumbledore's Army]].<ref>{{OOTP|B|27}}</ref>
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[[Fred and George Weasley]] gave their brother [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] a one-Knut discount on their merchandise at [[Weasley's Wizard Wheezes]], although this discount was applied to the entire purchase and not per-item.<ref>{{HBP|B|6}}</ref>
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When discussing the [[Deathly Hallows]], [[Ronald Weasley]] notes that [[invisibility cloak]]s are "not exactly ten a Knut".<ref>{{DH|B|21}}</ref>
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In his forward to {{FB|R}}, Dumbledore notes that since [[1985]] [[Comic Relief]] has raised 174 million pounds or thirty-four million, eight-hundred and seventy-two Galleons, fourteen Sickles, and seven Knuts.<ref>{{FB|R}} - Forward</ref>
   
 
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==Exchange Rates==
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| style="text-align: center"|'''1 Knut'''
  
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| style="text-align: center"|0.29
  
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| style="text-align: center"|5.00
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| style="text-align: center"|'''US Dollar'''
  
| style="text-align: center"|'''US Dollar'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.20
  
| style="text-align: center"|0.20
 
| style="text-align: center"|0.59
  
| style="text-align: center"|0.59
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| style="text-align: center"|10.07
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| style="text-align: center"|6.14
 
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Euro'''
  
| style="text-align: center"|'''Euro'''
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| style="text-align: center"|11.32
  
| style="text-align: center"|11.32
 
|-
  
|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Russian Rouble'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Russian Ruble'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.52
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| style="text-align: center" |0.52
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| style="text-align: center"|2.62
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| style="text-align: center" |2.62
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| style="text-align: center"|5.24
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| style="text-align: center" |5.24
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| style="text-align: center"|15.20
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| style="text-align: center" |15.20
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| style="text-align: center"|258.34
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| style="text-align: center" |258.34
 
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|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Romanian Lei'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Romanian Lei'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.05
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| style="text-align: center" |0.05
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| style="text-align: center"|0.24
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| style="text-align: center" |0.24
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| style="text-align: center"|0.49
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| style="text-align: center" |0.49
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| style="text-align: center"|1.42
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| style="text-align: center" |1.42
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| style="text-align: center"|24.15
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| style="text-align: center" |24.15
 
|-
  
|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Bulgarian Lev'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Bulgarian Lev'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.03
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| style="text-align: center" |0.03
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| style="text-align: center"|0.15
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| style="text-align: center" |0.15
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| style="text-align: center"|0.29
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| style="text-align: center" |0.29
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| style="text-align: center"|0.85
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| style="text-align: center" |0.85
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| style="text-align: center"|14.45
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| style="text-align: center" |14.45
 
|-
  
|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Japanese Yen'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Japanese Yen'''
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| style="text-align: center"|2.36
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| style="text-align: center" |2.36
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| style="text-align: center"|11.82
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| style="text-align: center" |11.82
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| style="text-align: center"|23.64
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| style="text-align: center" |23.64
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| style="text-align: center"|68.55
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| style="text-align: center" |68.55
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| style="text-align: center"|1165.33
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| style="text-align: center" |1165.33
 
|-
  
|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Canadian Dollar'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Canadian Dollar'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.02
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| style="text-align: center" |0.02
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| style="text-align: center"|0.11
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| style="text-align: center" |0.11
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| style="text-align: center"|0.22
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| style="text-align: center" |0.22
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| style="text-align: center"|0.63
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| style="text-align: center" |0.63
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| style="text-align: center"|10.69
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| style="text-align: center" |10.69
 
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|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Swiss Franc'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Swiss Franc'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.02
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| style="text-align: center" |0.02
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| style="text-align: center"|0.12
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| style="text-align: center" |0.12
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| style="text-align: center"|0.29
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| style="text-align: center" |0.29
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| style="text-align: center"|0.63
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| style="text-align: center" |0.63
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| style="text-align: center"|12.11
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| style="text-align: center" |12.11
 
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Indonesian Rupiah'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Indonesian Rupiah'''
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| style="text-align: center"|192.33
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| style="text-align: center" |192.33
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| style="text-align: center"|961.63
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| style="text-align: center" |961.63
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| style="text-align: center"|1923.27
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| style="text-align: center" |1923.27
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| style="text-align: center"|5577.47
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| style="text-align: center" |5577.47
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| style="text-align: center"|94817.00
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| style="text-align: center" |94817.00
 
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|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Indian Rupee'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Indian Rupee'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.84
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| style="text-align: center" |0.84
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| style="text-align: center"|4.20
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| style="text-align: center" |4.20
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| style="text-align: center"|8.41
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| style="text-align: center" |8.41
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| style="text-align: center"|24.39
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| style="text-align: center" |24.39
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| style="text-align: center"|414.57
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| style="text-align: center" |414.57
 
|-
  
|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Brazilian Real'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Brazilian Real'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.04
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| style="text-align: center" |0.04
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| style="text-align: center"|0.20
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| style="text-align: center" |0.20
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| style="text-align: center"|0.40
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| style="text-align: center" |0.40
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| style="text-align: center"|1.17
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| style="text-align: center" |1.17
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| style="text-align: center"|19.87
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| style="text-align: center" |19.87
 
|-
  
|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Mexican Peso'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Mexican Peso'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.23
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| style="text-align: center" |0.23
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| style="text-align: center"|1.13
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| style="text-align: center" |1.13
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| style="text-align: center"|2.26
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| style="text-align: center" |2.26
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| style="text-align: center"|6.57
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| style="text-align: center" |6.57
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| style="text-align: center"|111.64
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| style="text-align: center" |111.64
 
|-
  
|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''New Zealand Dollar'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''New Zealand Dollar'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.03
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| style="text-align: center" |0.03
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| style="text-align: center"|0.15
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| style="text-align: center" |0.15
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| style="text-align: center"|0.29
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| style="text-align: center" |0.29
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| style="text-align: center"|0.84
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| style="text-align: center" |0.84
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| style="text-align: center"|14.32
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| style="text-align: center" |14.32
 
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Swedish Krona'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Swedish Krona'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.14
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| style="text-align: center" |0.14
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| style="text-align: center"|0.70
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| style="text-align: center" |0.70
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| style="text-align: center"|1.41
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| style="text-align: center" |1.41
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| style="text-align: center"|4.08
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| style="text-align: center" |4.08
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| style="text-align: center"|69.43
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| style="text-align: center" |69.43
 
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|-
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Argentinian Peso'''
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Argentinian Peso'''
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| style="text-align: center"|0.03
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| style="text-align: center" |0.03
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| style="text-align: center"|0.15
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| style="text-align: center" |0.15
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| style="text-align: center"|0.30
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| style="text-align: center" |0.30
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| style="text-align: center"|0.87
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| style="text-align: center" |0.87
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| style="text-align: center"|14.79
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| style="text-align: center" |14.79
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| style="text-align: center" |'''Danish Kroner'''
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| style="text-align: center" |0.09
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| style="text-align: center" |0.45
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| style="text-align: center" |0.91
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| style="text-align: center" |2.64
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| style="text-align: center" |45.44
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|'''Polish Zloty'''
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|0.04
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|0.20
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|0.40
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|1.16
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|19.72
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
  
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*{{COS}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
  
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*{{COS|F}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
  
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*{{POA}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
  
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*{{POA|F}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
  
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*{{GOF}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
  
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*{{GOF|F}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
  
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*{{OOTP}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
  
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*{{OOTP|F}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''
  
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*{{HBP}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
  
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*{{HBP|F}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
  
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*{{DH}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
  
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*{{HPPU}}
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*''[[Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book]]''
  
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*{{PM}}
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*''[[Pottermore]]''
  
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*{{TCG}}
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*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
  
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*{{FBC}}
   
 
==See also==
  
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[de:Knut]]
 
[[es:Knut]]
  
[[es:Knut]]
 
[[fr:Noise]]
  
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[[pl:Knut]]
  
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Revision as of 22:29, 2 November 2019

The Knut (pronounced ca-nut[1]) or Bronze-Knut (KnutSymbol) is the least valued coin in wizarding currency. There are 29 Knuts in one silver Sickle, and there are 493 Knuts in one golden Galleon.[2] Witches and wizards are not averse to laborious calculations, as they can do them magically, so they do not find it inconvenient to pay for goods in Knuts, Sickles and Galleons.[3]

A Knut is also approximately equal to one British Penny.

History

In 1991, the Daily Prophet Wizarding newspaper cost Rubeus Hagrid five Knuts when it was delivered by owl.[2]

Harry Potter's vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank had mounds of Knuts on his first visit on 31 July 1991.[2]

Beetle Eyes cost 5 Knuts a scoop in Diagon Alley.[2]

Harry's first purchase from the Hogwarts Honeydukes Express cost eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts.[4]

Fred and George Weasley bet Ludovic Bagman thirty-seven Galleons, fifteen Sickles, and three Knuts that Ireland would win, but Viktor Krum would catch the Golden Snitch at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.[5]

Individuals would toss Knuts and other coins in the British Ministry of Magic's Fountain of Magical Brethren which would be donated to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.[6]

Hermione Granger paid one Knut to the Daily Prophet delivery owl for delivering the paper to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[7]

Hermione bought a new quill at Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop which cost fifteen Sickles and two Knuts.[8]

Albus Dumbledore used the expression "It’s like losing a Knut and finding a Galleon" when convincing Cornelius Fudge he should arrest him instead of Harry for Dumbledore's Army.[9]

Fred and George Weasley gave their brother Ron a one-Knut discount on their merchandise at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, although this discount was applied to the entire purchase and not per-item.[10]

When discussing the Deathly Hallows, Ronald Weasley notes that invisibility cloaks are "not exactly ten a Knut".[11]

In his forward to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Dumbledore notes that since 1985 Comic Relief has raised 174 million pounds or thirty-four million, eight-hundred and seventy-two Galleons, fourteen Sickles, and seven Knuts.[12]

Exchange Rates

1 Knut 5 Knuts 10 Knuts 29 Knuts 493 Knuts
UK Pound 0.01 0.05 0.10 0.29 4.97
US Dollar 0.02 0.10 0.20 0.59 6.14
Euro 0.01 0.07 0.15 0.43 7.38
Chinese Yuan 0.15 0.77 1.54 4.48 76.09
Australian Dollar 0.02 0.11 0.23 0.67 11.32
Russian Ruble 0.52 2.62 5.24 15.20 258.34
Romanian Lei 0.05 0.24 0.49 1.42 24.15
Bulgarian Lev 0.03 0.15 0.29 0.85 14.45
Japanese Yen 2.36 11.82 23.64 68.55 1165.33
Canadian Dollar 0.02 0.11 0.22 0.63 10.69
Swiss Franc 0.02 0.12 0.29 0.63 12.11
Indonesian Rupiah 192.33 961.63 1923.27 5577.47 94817.00
Indian Rupee 0.84 4.20 8.41 24.39 414.57
Brazilian Real 0.04 0.20 0.40 1.17 19.87
Mexican Peso 0.23 1.13 2.26 6.57 111.64
New Zealand Dollar 0.03 0.15 0.29 0.84 14.32
Swedish Krona 0.14 0.70 1.41 4.08 69.43
Argentinian Peso 0.03 0.15 0.30 0.87 14.79
Danish Kroner 0.09 0.45 0.91 2.64 45.44
Polish Zloty 0.04 0.20 0.40 1.16 19.72

Appearances

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Article about pronunciation at Pottermore
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
  3. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Measurements" at Wizarding World
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7 (The Ministry of Magic)
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12 (Professor Umbridge)
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 16 (In The Hog's Head)
  9. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
  10. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)
  11. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 21 (The Tale of the Three Brothers)
  12. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Forward
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