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'''Dime and Penny''' is a classic pocket trick in which both coins are covered (sometimes a spectator's hand) and when uncovered, the dime has vanished. [[File:DimePenny.jpg|right|thumb]] | |||
Conceived by [[Thomas Nelson Downs]] around 1909 while working out the effect of passing coins through a borrowed handkerchief. The first gimmick was made to his specifications around 1917. | Conceived by [[Thomas Nelson Downs]] around 1909 while working out the effect of passing coins through a borrowed handkerchief. The first gimmick was made to his specifications around 1917. | ||
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In [[The Trick Brain]], Fitzkee states that it is "a modern adaptation of a more complex transposition trick which Professor Hoffmann called ''The Eight Coins and the Two Brass Covers''", page 165 in [[More Magic]]. | In [[The Trick Brain]], Fitzkee states that it is "a modern adaptation of a more complex transposition trick which Professor Hoffmann called ''The Eight Coins and the Two Brass Covers''", page 165 in [[More Magic]]. | ||
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* Blackstone's Penny and Dime Trick in La Vellma's Vaudeville Budget (1921) | |||
* The Dime and Penny by [[J. P. Ornson]] in Sphinx, Vol. 20, No 12, Feb 1922. | * The Dime and Penny by [[J. P. Ornson]] in Sphinx, Vol. 20, No 12, Feb 1922. | ||
* Dime and Penny and Card by Alphrose in Sphinx, Vol. 22, No. 4, June 1923. | * Dime and Penny and Card by Alphrose in Sphinx, Vol. 22, No. 4, June 1923. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:47, 18 March 2015
Dime and Penny is a classic pocket trick in which both coins are covered (sometimes a spectator's hand) and when uncovered, the dime has vanished.
Conceived by Thomas Nelson Downs around 1909 while working out the effect of passing coins through a borrowed handkerchief. The first gimmick was made to his specifications around 1917.
In The Trick Brain, Fitzkee states that it is "a modern adaptation of a more complex transposition trick which Professor Hoffmann called The Eight Coins and the Two Brass Covers", page 165 in More Magic.
References
- Blackstone's Penny and Dime Trick in La Vellma's Vaudeville Budget (1921)
- The Dime and Penny by J. P. Ornson in Sphinx, Vol. 20, No 12, Feb 1922.
- Dime and Penny and Card by Alphrose in Sphinx, Vol. 22, No. 4, June 1923.
- The Dime and Penny Trick by Mystic Eugene in Sphinx Vol. 22, No 11, Jan 1924.
- See also: Scotch and Soda.