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If you need to justify or explain old and out of use items, would it be possible to refer to a recent Treasure Trove discovery of old coins? Originally buried by The Mob just outside Vegas - along with a few of their rivals? You could then lighten things if required by pretending to wipe a bit of one of those rivals off one of the coins. Or perhaps a more sinister line about a weird cult stashing the cash but bestowing strange properties on the coins first? (Having read all that I think I need to seek professional help!)

um.........have you taken your medication today? jk



I'm sure I could utilize some patter for whatever I choose.... I stopped in a coin shop yesterday to see the Barber half dollars.... they look interesting... sadly there is no rim left on most which makes it difficult to palm

I need to see the walking liberty's and the ben franklins first before I make a decision.

For whatever reason I guess I just hate using the old standard 64 kennedy's.

Also, I've been told that there are other coins (Australian and such) that are the same size as half dollars..... so I need to look at those as well.... perhaps I'll use them instead of English pennies.... it would be nice to work with different coins than every other american magician.

have you taken your medication today?

Yup - it's produced by an American specialist in these matters. By the name of Jack Daniels. Nice guy.

ahhh.... if that works for you...

I on the other hand much prefer Mr. Walker's products.... in fact, we're on a first name basis by now... I just call him John.

A couple of points to add:
!) I picked up 20 old english pennies for £0.50 on eBay, from the Coins/bulk section.
2) I have some Japanese Y500 coins - they are just about the same size as half dollars and the milling is much more pronounced.
3) One advantage of US half dollars is the shine. Although I tended to think of all silver looking much the same, a simple comparison of a half dollar with, say a UK £1 coin, will soon show you how much better the half dollar is at catching the light.

Just to complicate matters ...
I just dug out some pre-Euro 5DM silver coins from a previous life in Germany. About 1mm smaller than old english pennies. I'm playing with it as I write! Don't know how common they are, probably same argument about "unusualness" (sorry can't think of the proper word it's getting late). But if you like variety ..