I watched the video where this trick fooled Penn and Teller. I honestly thought I knew how the
trick was being done as I watched it. Because Penn and Teller were fooled, I thought my simple idea
must be wrong or they would have guessed it. So, I bought the trick. Now I see that I was not wrong.
I completely nailed it. I think it is a clever idea. I think the video is clear and easy to
understand. The routine can be fun once you master the technique. The ad says that you can use a
borrowed coin. For me, I say it has to be a half dollar or something similar in size. Not many
people have a large coin like that so I wouldn’t borrow one. I don’t think I could use a dime,
penny, or nickel. In summary it’s a really cool idea and fun presentation. I just don’t thinks
it’s worth the price being charged for it.
Gregory Wilson has a very similar trick to this in, I believe it’s Magic for dummies or some other such book. The trick is called Flip Wilson, and I’ve seen him do it with a quarter.
I was doing this around camp yesterday with borrowed quarters (US), and aside from one state quarter that had a large simple back design, it wasn't hard to feel out heads vs tails after just a bit of feeling them out.
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