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Dan McLean Jr aka, Magic Roadie Special user Toronto, Canada 804 Posts |
Does anyone know of a Web site which lists the diameters of coins of various denominations & nationalities? This would be VERY useful to magicians ... especially for those who are new to coins!
Dan McLean Jr
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iamslow Inner circle Proffessional Slacker 2001 Posts |
What's up Dan?? It's me, Jon.. I don't believe there's a site, but the best was would be to visit a coin shop... was there a certain coin size you were looking for???maybe I could help..
jon
"Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face" Mike Tyson
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Bill Citino Special user Doylestown, PA 837 Posts |
Not sure of the exact sizes, but I do know that Half Dollar sized coins are about 2.8cm-3cm in diameter. Don't quote but I thought that's what I read somewhere. Hope this helps.
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Jgriff Regular user Milwaukee, WI 144 Posts |
Dan,
Try these websites: http://www.brent-krueger.com/sizechart.html http://www.oldmint.com/coinsizechart.htm http://www.air-tites.com/ATsizechart.htm
Jeremy Griffin
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Dan McLean Jr aka, Magic Roadie Special user Toronto, Canada 804 Posts |
Thanks, gentlemen! I spent last week with Dan Harlan, and was so impressed with his "Rising Dough" (ambitous coin) that I decided to make it my first coin effect. Since I'm starting from scratch, I want to know what my options are. So far, the standard half-dollar/English penny combo still seems to be my only option, but I'd LOVE to be able to convincingly use Canadian curency for one of the coins. What other combos can I use?
- I need a light/dark contrast - three of one, one of the other - very close in size - expanded S for the triplet, and it should also work with the single By the way, I've emailed my friend Roy Kueppers to see if he's making an expanded Canadian S. http://www.roykueppers.com/Legendary/index.htm Thanks in advance!
Dan McLean Jr
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mystre71 Inner circle martinsburg west virginia 1693 Posts |
Magic Roadie, Hi I've been doing Harlan's "Rising Dough" since it first appeared in "The Minotaur"
vol 6#2 june 1994. (I still need vols 1-4 anyone??) I use a walking liberty S. and Sterling's realistic Chinese Coin the old ones was just brss the new ones are black and brass very pretty. I have a differnt ending for the routine that makes it a bit stronger. If you're interested email or PM me for details Best Joe
Walk around coin box work check it out here https://www.magicalmystries.com/products
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martyk Loyal user 275 Posts |
Interest aroused: can one describe Rising Dough?
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Dan McLean Jr aka, Magic Roadie Special user Toronto, Canada 804 Posts |
Between your extended thumb & forefinger, you show a stack of four coins: a copper on the bottom, and three silver on top. You show each coin, and re-stack them. The copper is now 2nd from bottom. Display each coin again, re-stack again. Coin is 3rd from bottom. Finally, you hold two silver and the copper, give the third silver to the spectator, and their silver changes to the copper, while you end up with all three silver. It's beautiful!
Dan McLean Jr
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richgerb86 Loyal user Reading, Pa. 204 Posts |
Rising Dough is on one of his Premium Blend DVD's. I think it is vol.5
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HiveMind Veteran user 303 Posts |
Does anyone know WHICH canadian silver 1 oz coin is
the 38mm (same as morgan dollar)? I have been trying to find definite info on this and cannot. I also need to find another coin that is the same size and a different color... the only ones I can find are gold, and I don't have $400 to spend on a coin.
"Free will is an illusion." - B.F. Skinner
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James Harrison Special user Ontario, Canada 762 Posts |
I believe I saw a silver dollar on display at a mall with a colored Candian Maple leaf on it (Green and yellow on silver). It appeared to be the same size as a morgan, but it was in a glass display, so one can only imagine how much it would cost.
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HiveMind Veteran user 303 Posts |
Coins like those are going for around $50 american
dollars. There are a few different ones, and they are all relatively the same size but I can't find anything that says THIS COIN (and has a picture or some other way of positively IDing it from the others like it) is 38 mm (or close)
"Free will is an illusion." - B.F. Skinner
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dgcuff Regular user Canada 191 Posts |
I used to keep a coin size chart for common Canadian and American coins on my website, but hid it away. I decided that it could conceivably constitute exposure, as it details which coins are/were magnetic. (Yes, I'm a purist.)
If there's any interest, I can reinstate it on my site and post the URL here.
I formerly ran a site of links to help Canadian magicians, magicinfo.ca, but I retired it in 2022.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts |
Please do relink that page. Folks really do like to know how big Half Crowns, Florins, Thalers, Crowns, Dollars, Centavos etc are in diameter etc.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Dan McLean Jr aka, Magic Roadie Special user Toronto, Canada 804 Posts |
I've done a bit of research and have bought a pocketful of coins recently, and will be happy to contribute my data.
Dan McLean Jr
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Jamie Schoolcraft Regular user Palmdale, CA 136 Posts |
I have a book entitled: 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-Present 31st Edition, By Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler.
This book has photo's and descriptions of coins produced from all over the world, and the pictures are to scale, so you can just go through the catalog and match your coins to the ones in the book. There are several volumes to this book and they can probably be found online. Hope this helps! |
dgcuff Regular user Canada 191 Posts |
Here's the page I mentioned that has a chart with Canadian and American coin dimensions on it.
http://ca.geocities.com/dgcuff/currency.html
I formerly ran a site of links to help Canadian magicians, magicinfo.ca, but I retired it in 2022.
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