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Can't speak for the 10p/2p one, but the £1/1p I had from emagictricks was undetectable by specs. Yes, if you manipulated a certain way there was an almost perceptible feel to the secret, but if you didn't know it was a gimmick you'd be extremely hard-pushed to discover it.

My kids seem to have a knack for discovering anything out of the ordinary and they were stumped with this, even after handling it for a while.

It is best used with a second 50p to increase the mystery and as a diversion. making it vanish in plain sight is probably not the way to go as you're cutting down the possible theories that the spec's brain will come up with

The routine I used with the £1/1p works even better with the £2/50p and is as follows:

Seated at a table, select two specs to help, borrow the £2 and 50p from them if possible. Either borrow a clean hanky or provide your own and get the specs to position themselves one on your left and one on your right. Get the specs to each put a finger on the corner of the hanky to keep it tight and firmly held down, whist they’re doing this switch the borrowed coins for the Extraction versions. Place the coins on the hanky in the appropriate position; tell the specs that the idea is for you to push the 50p through the hanky without making a hole, well, not a very big one. Show hands to be empty, slowly and magically place hand over the coins, use whatever mystic noises and hand motions you prefer but vanish the 50p, raise hand, show it to be empty, take the £2 and spin it on the hanky to prove the 50p has gone. As the specs will still be pinning the corners of the hanky down, there’s little chance that they’ll grab the coin and you can put it in your pocket easily enough and get the borrowed one in the hand ready to give it back or just to display it for examination at the end. Now reveal the 50p in whichever way you like, from under the table is good, throw 50p onto the hanky and ask the specs to check it over, while they’re doing that throw the £2 out to be examined.

A variation on this is when you can use a glass topped table. Once the hanky is in place and held down, put your other hand and the 50p under there with the coin firm against the underside of the glass. After the 50p has gone and you’ve removed the £2 tell the specs that it’s now a race, whoever can grab the 50p first will keep it. You might get a moan if it’s borrowed but talk your way out of that! Ask the specs to lift their hands off the hanky, count down 3, 2, 1 and whip the hanky away. They will both see the coin and go to grab it but will be surprised to find it under the glass. Your line is now along the lines of, ’Ooops, I must have pushed a bit too hard but as I got there first, I get to keep the coin’ Of course, being a decent sort of person, you give the coin back anyway. There’s plenty of room and cover for switching if you’ve borrowed the coins but it also works well if you produce your coins and do it with that.

tell the specs that it’s now a race, whoever can grab the 50p

I like that idea


As a quick trick it works well in something like a matchbox although not many people have matches these days. put them in, give it a shake and only one comes out and they will be sure it's hidden in the box somewhere. while they look you can do a switch.

I usually make the coin disappear under a glass, that’s my favourite way of doing it. I like the idea of discovering the vanished coin, what’s the best way to pull that off? I also really like the idea of exchanging the gimmick for a genuine coin (doing a switch). I guess I could do the vanish, then promptly go to put it in my pocket, then when they say: “Hang on, let me have a look at the coin”, I could do a quick swap in my pocket and pull out a real coin. Is that the best way to do the exchange, or is there a better way?

The fact is, I don’t feel confident at all handing out my 2p/10p version for inspection, so I’m looking forward to getting my 50p/£2 one, maybe then I could do the 2p/10p version, rush into the 50p/£2 version (just to “prove I can do it again with different coins”), then hand the gimmick £2 coin out if requested. But yea, I do want a solution to using the 2p/10p one, so any advice on exchanging coins and ditching would be greatly appreciated.

Mine arrived this morning and works brilliantly, very deceptive.

As a final testament: I whipped this out on Friday night and got a girls number after making a 50p penetrate her hands. Now the real challenge, persuading her to sleep with me without giving away the secret lolololol.

I whipped this out on Friday night and got a girls number

If only it was that easy

Oh, see?

Just look what you all made me do, now; I managed to resist the charms of this thread when it first appeared...and it finally sank away from the 'Recent Posts' search, and stopped taunting me...

...But, no...we just couldn't let it lie now, could we?

So, then - who's going to help me explain my latest bout of CUPS to my Bank Manager, hmm? (Or, worse still, my wife )

Tell them both it's a valuable investment which will repay the outlay many times over, reaping adulation and rich rewards beyond the dreams of avarice. Let's face it if you're going to tell fibs, make it a good 'un!

I have to admit, I usually take this with me when I go out - just in case I get the chance to baffle a few peeps with it.

Mine lives permanently in my pocket

I still get the screaming tom tits in case I spend it by mistake!

I found the best way around was this was when I take my £1/1p out with me I would also take my 10p/2p...less chance of making a mistake that way!

Mandrake wrote:I still get the screaming tom tits in case I spend it by mistake!

I keep it in the little plastic packet it came in

might be a bit of a stupid question but...... what actual effects can you do with coin unique ?

ellis