“I mean, suppose I came in here with a ton of silver. Could I get a ton of Sickles made from it?” “For a fee, Mr. Potter-Evans-Verres.” The goblin watched him with glittering eyes. “For a certain fee. [...] “Give me a wild guess. I won’t hold Gringotts to it.” “A twentieth part of the metal would well pay for the coining.”
“I mean, suppose I came in here with a ton of silver. Could I get a ton of Sickles made from it?”
“For a fee, Mr. Potter-Evans-Verres.” The goblin watched him with glittering eyes. “For a certain fee. [...]
“Give me a wild guess. I won’t hold Gringotts to it.”
“A twentieth part of the metal would well pay for the coining.”
Also, IIRC McGonnagal was there, presumably she would have said something if Griphook was obviously lying or omitting something important, as suggested above. (Also, I got the impression goblins were really serious about money.)
Also, IIRC McGonnagal was there, presumably she would have said something if Griphook was obviously lying or omitting something important, as suggested above. (Also, I got the impression goblins were really serious about money.)