Dime and Penny

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.