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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. | ||
In | In [[The Trick Brain]], Fitzkee states that it is "a modern adaptation of a more complex transposition trick which Professor Hoffman called ''The Coins and the Two Brass Covers''." | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 07:36, 5 December 2009
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 Hoffman called The Coins and the Two Brass Covers."
References
- 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.