Help us get to over 8,767 articles in 2025.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Nickels To Dimes

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Nickels to Dimes is an effect invented by Walter Gibson in 1926 and manufactured by Carl Brema and Sons. Its a variant of the Cap and Pence.

Ad in The Sphinx, Vol. 25, No. 9 (November 1926)

A brass box is placed over a stack of nickels and they instantly turn into a stack of dimes.

Brema made several models and Viking Mfg. currently owns the manufacturing rights to all Brema items. [1][2]

Variations

  • Nickels to mini nickels (e.g. they shrink).

References

  1. The Conjurors' Magazine, Vol. 2, no. 3, May 1946, page 10.
  2. Viking Magic FAQ