On Sep 27, 2017, PhilJake wrote:
Hi spectators, did you know that quarters used to be called two bits. Well in the old days the Spanish Real de a Ocho or the Eight Royals Coin was commonly known as a piece of eight. It was worth 8 reales and was often split into 8 pieces or 8 bits each worth 1 reales to make change. So two bits is a quarter of a piece of eight and that's why we have quarters and why the slang name for them is two bits. Heck even cents are named after Spanish centavos. I was doing some research about the origin of two bits and I discovered that some of those old copper clad quarters, the ones with the eagle on the back, sometimes split in half. That's why the mint switched to the new state quarters. I have been practicing how to split them into two bits but I can only do it with the old style quarters. The new state quarters have a stronger copper nickel clad. Does anyone have one of those old quarters so we can see how well it is made?

On Sep 28, 2017, videoman wrote:
I remember buying a half dollar coin many years ago that looks to be kind of similar in construction.
It's purpose was to be used as a kicker to a karate coin routine where the second time you did it your finger went into the edge rather than through the face.
I'm sure I still have it in a drawer somewhere. Anyone else remember that gaff?

On Sep 27, 2017, Mb217 wrote:
Y'know, I thought Mr. Barnes left coins behind long ago...Guess not completely, and I'm so happy he didn't. This is a nice idea. I always wondered what would come from the Bent Coin and the Karate Coin, just what would be next?...And so this idea seems to be progressively it. And you know the great, Jay Sankey is somewhere shaking his head saying, "Now why didn't I think of that?" Very clever!

As a decent-at-best coin guy, I clearly see the benefits of this as real thinking and progress as to this magical genre of impossibilia. Simple enough moves make the magic happen in an absolutely impossible way. Believe me, the visual of the coin appearing to be split in two will be shocking to spectators, progressively more so than the popular bending of a coin. This is better, more amazing IMHO.

It's a trick that people will remember you by, done at the right time in a bar or at a fancy party, it will be amazingly remembered. And glad he thought to also do this in American quarters, could half dollars be far behind? I can already see that this will last you a lifetime, easy-to-do brilliant anyway you decide to present it, restore or not. Definitely will pack small and play BIG!

Lloyd continues to let some brilliant things out of his head that weren't quite here before he did it, or did it so much more amazing and better. Peeled Coin is another winner from this young man. What a wonderful impromptu trick to do anyplace, anytime, anywhere you go.

On Sep 27, 2017, MeetMagicMike wrote:
This is fun but I don't think it will be perceived as magic. It's a stunt like tearing a phone book in half or knocking the bottom out of a beer bottle.

On Sep 29, 2017, mh1001 wrote:
Unlike a coin bend, this kind of performance doesn't seem real. It can't. But if you can create an effect in which the coin can split slowly, in full view, the spectators will be much more convinced that it actually happened, even though it would remain less real than a coin bend. This is why, when I do coin bending, I use the optical bend. People can see it bend in "real time". With Peeled, they don't see the process, they don't see the coin melting and changing its shapes. They see the beginning and the end, not the process.

On Sep 29, 2017, tonsofquestions wrote:
In the trailer, the performer does just that - a slow split that's very similar to the "real time" bend, and uses the same concept. It works well, though is a bit more obvious for the split than the bend, especially if you know what you're looking for. But definitely still possible to see the process here.

On Sep 29, 2017, tonsofquestions wrote:

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On Sep 29, 2017, mh1001 wrote:
Unlike a coin bend, this kind of performance doesn't seem real. It can't. But if you can create an effect in which the coin can split slowly, in full view, the spectators will be much more convinced that it actually happened, even though it would remain less real than a coin bend. This is why, when I do coin bending, I use the optical bend. People can see it bend in "real time". With Peeled, they don't see the process, they don't see the coin melting and changing its shapes. They see the beginning and the end, not the process.

In the trailer, the performer does just that - a slow split that's very similar to the "real time" bend, and uses the same concept. It works well, though is a bit more obvious for the split than the bend, especially if you know what you're looking for. But definitely still possible to see the process here.

On Sep 29, 2017, mh1001 wrote:

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On Sep 29, 2017, tonsofquestions wrote:
In the trailer, the performer does just that - a slow split that's very similar to the "real time" bend, and uses the same concept. It works well, though is a bit more obvious for the split than the bend, especially if you know what you're looking for. But definitely still possible to see the process here.

No. That's not what I saw. And spectators won't see or feel anything like this anyway. It's nothing like a "real time" peel. They don't see the moment when the coin begins to split at its edge. And it uses cover (both hands!). The revelation is not super convincing, but even worse is the restoration. It's not due to Lloyd's performance, it's due to the nature of the gimmick.

On Oct 1, 2017, mh1001 wrote:
Even if the splitting looks like a real-time split, which isn't (and I don't need to watch it a 3rd time to understand that), the number 1 problem is the restoration. It's not real. This is more than enough to make the trick feels "unreal" to a spectator. Of course, some will believe, but some definitely won't.