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Dan Q wrote:Bimetallic coins lend themselves towards "pop out the middle of the coin" tricks (there have, of course, been coins with a manufacturing defect - like a certain run of Canadian "toonies", I hear - that could have this done simply by freezing/heating them just-right, but this shouldn't be possible with a properly-made bimetallic coin without destroying the coin). For all of you that are into coin bending (and can pull off a convincing finger palm), imagine how cool it'd be to pop out the middle of a "borrowed" pound coin, put it back, and then return the coin to your spectator for inspection (and then watch them try to replicate your feat for the rest of the night). Surely it's possible for somebody to manufacture/adapt the necessary gimmick for such a feat.

Dan Q wrote:I saw a post on the same topic, on Reddit shortly after I saw this thread. There, magicians from Canada, New Zealand and Australia bemoaned their "plastic money" - polymer banknotes which fold differently from the cotton ones we're used to and are harder to damage or destroy, which has a knock-on effect on all kind of tricks. And, of course, we're getting those, too, in 2016. Clearly there'll be a change in the way that a lot of magic featuring banknotes has to be done, too, over the coming years.

mark lewis wrote:I live in Canada and now have to adapt to the plastic money.

mark lewis wrote:I live in Canada and now have to adapt to the plastic money. Not only do I hate it for magic purposes I hate it for everything else. And so does the Canadian public. Nobody likes the bloody things. The main problem is that the notes stick together and it is very easy to pay someone $40 instead of $20. The bills can do perfect double lifts better than any magician.