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John Mazza
Special user
664 Posts
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Posted: Feb 15, 2012 7:54pm
Is the older $10 bill that the "printing plate" shows on the clear plate still in circulation?
I had a whole fistful of Tens and they were all the modern design.
I am thinking on this trick that changing from a blank to a ten is boring and predictable.
I am thinking that changing from a single to a ten might be more magical.
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xl18
Loyal user
205 Posts
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Posted: Feb 15, 2012 8:21pm
The old tens are pretty hard to find now.
You could try a bank. I originally got one by going into a bank and asking if they had any of the old tens. They looked through a whole pile and eventually found one for me but that was a couple of years ago.
I've since then gotten a couple of others randomly as change at local stores and put them away for Midas Machine use.
Changing a one to a ten is a good idea but I'm not sure the illusion would work properly with a $1 bill instead of the blank paper.
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Richard Kaufman
Special user
990 Posts
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Posted: Feb 15, 2012 8:28pm
You need one of the old $10 bills for the illusion to work properly because that's the bill whose impression is on the printing plate!
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Killertweety
Inner circle
Belgium (-Europe)
1072 Posts
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Posted: Feb 16, 2012 10:55am
I've managed to print a duplicate of the old bills and adjust it's size so it resembles the real bill. Look it op on Google, adjust size in any Office program like Word and print in color. I once was offered an old 10 USD bill for the trick for 30 USD ... no thank you 
www.tenyo.be
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stereo
Inner circle
France - Paris
1273 Posts
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Posted: Feb 16, 2012 11:08am
I have buy one 10 old USD to my Midas machine on ebay france for 20euros... lol
My blog about Tenyo
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Inert
Elite user
Babbled incessantly for
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Posted: Feb 16, 2012 11:21am
Smooth, Killertweety, smooth! I do remember a Buddy going on extended vacation for passing them around a little too much thou. 
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John Mazza
Special user
664 Posts
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Posted: Feb 17, 2012 12:37am
I guess this trick is really dated.
In fact the idea of printing a bill from a device of Midas Machines size was amazing in the 1980's but in 2012 portable printers of that size are available.
I think I will be able to find a bill that matches the old style but the hard part will be finding a bill that is in good enough condition that it looks like it has just been printed.
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dragonash
Loyal user
the sticks
284 Posts
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Posted: Feb 25, 2012 9:25am
Normally coin shops carry random uncirculated currency from just about any year. For something that was common I wouldn't expect a premium of more than about $5.
Also check some backwater towns. I live in Louisiana and old style currency pops up frequently - even from that long ago.
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J M Talbot
Inner circle
1413 Posts
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Posted: Feb 25, 2012 9:42am
Good suggestions Dragonash. I recently spent a week in New Orleans... Loved it. Should have ventured out on the hunt for old 10's!
John
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John Mazza
Special user
664 Posts
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Posted: Feb 25, 2012 10:07am
I looked on the auction site and you can buy some for around $15, but they are heavily circulated and worn.
Finding one that it looks like it just came out of the mint will be the hard part.
AA
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Richard Kaufman
Special user
990 Posts
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Posted: Feb 25, 2012 10:32pm
It's not hard to find a new/old $10 bill if you look around on the internet for places which sell currency.
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Houdini103126
Veteran user
392 Posts
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Posted: Feb 26, 2012 12:09am
Agree.
They're out there.
MM is still a swell trick!
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