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HDMAGIC New user 41 Posts |
Anyone ever purchase from the Treasury Department sheets of bills? I have been told that these are available. If so, how do you order them. Pm me.
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dduane Special user Bridgewater, MA 784 Posts |
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HDMAGIC New user 41 Posts |
Thanks dduane for the information.
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
That's where mis-made bills come from. People buy sheets of uncut bills and then instead of cutting them the normal way, they cut them through the middle of each bill leaving the middles on the ends and the corners in the center. Did that make any sense?
If you do cut your own, make sure to use a straight edge. You can also sell them for a lot cheaper than if purchased from a magic store to your magic club friends and get some (if not all) of your money back. They are perfect for bill switch effects using a th**b t*p since most of the public has never seen them (mis-made bills) before. Good luck. Mark. |
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Blindside785 Inner circle Olympia, WA 4541 Posts |
Expensive though.
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
Here is a link to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (the US Mint) where you can buy sheets directly from them. They are less expensive by getting them from the source. After all, your cutting out the "middleman."
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/store/section.cfm/69 You can order a full sheet (32 bills) of $1 bills for $50 (US). You can also get 1/2 or 1/4 sheets, and in all denominations. Since a magic store will sell one mis-made bill for $10, you can order a sheet for $50, sell 5 at the magic store price and the rest is total profit. Not bad! Mark. |
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MagicMan1957 Inner circle 1445 Posts |
Or buy the sheets yourself and cut them up for a cost per each one of about $2.75
Now borrow a $10 or $20 Bill and do the bill switch into the mismade bill. Offer them to either get their original bill back or keep the very cool mismade bill giving you a great profit. Many people keep the mismade bill and you just made a nice profit! |
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
That's a great suggestions MagicMan1957. I was also suggesting making them yourself but didn't even think of trading the mis-made bill for the borrowed regular bill. Great idea!
Mark. |
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Patrick Miller New user 90 Posts |
Hank Moorehouse has a routine where he used a torn bill. I just saw his lecture and it was a pretty good idea. I'm not sure but, you could probably get it from his lecture notes on line.
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tpax Elite user Columbia, Maryland 443 Posts |
The Bureau of Printing and Engraving sells sheets in their gift shop. They sell shredded money as well, might be a good prop for a restored dollar trick.
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airship Inner circle In my day, I have driven 1594 Posts |
I took a wad of shredded money and taped together a bunch of strips to make a $20 bill. It looks really funky. Took me days of spare time, but I think it was worth it.
'The central secret of conjuring is a manipulation of interest.' - Henry Hay
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts |
I bet you can find those sheets of money less on Ebay.
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
That's a cool looking bill Airship. Raises several questions in my mind.
Where did you get the shredded money? Any ideas on how you might use it? Mark. |
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airship Inner circle In my day, I have driven 1594 Posts |
I haven't really come up with anything yet. I'd like to re-do the bill a bit cleaner, then maybe pick up this $20 hand-crank tabletop paper shredder:
http://www.alltvstuff.com/jb11056.html Then I could do a funky shredded and restored bill. I could apologize for the fact that the 'spirit' that does the restoration is new, so the job is lousy. I could follow by actually restoring the taped bill. Of course, this trick would cost me $20 to do. Each time.
'The central secret of conjuring is a manipulation of interest.' - Henry Hay
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
Wonder if you could copy your own $20's? You could use them instead and not have be out a $20 each time.
In a parlor atmosphere where you have a little distance between you and the spectators, you could show a regular bill, even hand it out for inspection, switch it out and shred the copy. Then you could do a restore using the taped bill. Just make sure you don't actually spend the copied bill though! Mark. |
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magicmind Inner circle My fence has 20, 3218 Posts |
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On 2006-10-05 21:58, Blindside785 wrote: Unless you can come up with a routine with these, they make nice framed art |
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Bob Johnston Inner circle Philadelphia, PA 1251 Posts |
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On 2006-11-15 12:09, Dynamike wrote: "less" than what? Bob |
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kiteshark New user 8 Posts |
When figuring the cost of the mismade bills, don't forget that you can tape the left over pieces together and spend them. This brings the price of each mismade bill down to just under two bucks each!
Dave |
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Bob Johnston Inner circle Philadelphia, PA 1251 Posts |
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On 2007-06-07 19:45, kiteshark wrote: Doing this may present a moral dilemma for some of us. The person that ends up taking that taped bill to a bank, runs the risk of a bright teller refusing to cash it as the numbers do not match. So if you foist that bill on a small business person, there is a good chance that they will get burned. Bob |
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tpax Elite user Columbia, Maryland 443 Posts |
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On 2007-06-07 19:45, kiteshark wrote: Not a good idea. This would fall under altering currency. The few dollars you save by taping them together is not worth the risk. Save and use the scraps for other bill tricks that use pieces. |
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