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Price$15.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJul 12, 2005

Spare Change

David Acer

(Based on 2 reviews)

Imagine this:

You remove a penny from your pocket and ask someone for a dime, in an effort to perform the famous “11 Cent Trick”. You drop the dime into your pocket, but suddenly, it travels back in time 10 seconds and reappears in your hand with the penny!

You pick up the penny and hold it at your fingertips, and instantly, it becomes the dime! The dime simultaneously becomes the penny, as the two coins transpose right before their eyes!

Finally, you close your left hand into a fist around the dime and offer to show them the famous “26 Cent Trick”. Upon opening your hand, the dime is seen to have changed into a quarter!

What People Are Saying:

Jim Sisti of The Magic Menu said “It’s the perfect trick to carry around with you for that ‘impromptu’ miracle!”.

David Regal called it “... one of the strongest, most visual coin effects that can be performed close-up. The coins do all the work... a utility item that will be embraced by the expert as well as the novice”.

Sol Stone said “A lovely routine. I’ll take one!”.

David Goodsell (M.U.M. Magazine) said “I like it! David Acer is one clever fellow.”


Comes with precision coins and photo-illustrated instruction booklet.

Reviews

James Wood

Aug 17, 2015

This trick is a bit like a Chop Cup but with coins. With the Chop Cup you perform a few sleight-of-hand deceptions involving a small ball. Then just when the spectator thinks she knows what’s going on you produce two large balls for an amazing climax. Spare Change has a similar plot: You do a few sleight-of-hand deceptions involving a dime and penny. Then just when the spectator things she knows what’s going on you produce a silver dollar for an amazing climax (the instructions suggest producing a quarter, but I produce a 1922 Liberty Head silver dollar for maximum effect). It’s true the two tricks aren’t exactly the same: The Chop Cup has two surprise productions (the two balls), whereas Spare Change has only one (the huge silver dollar). But for an apparently impromptu trick that you can carry in your pocket, Spare Change is just great. And I suspect it will work for walk-around too, although I haven’t tried it yet for that purpose. The price is a bargain for such a strong and practical effect.
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Thomas Sciacca

Aug 03, 2010

I couldn't count how many times I performed this effect in bars. It is everything the promo quotes say, and it's impact on spectators far transcends the simple props. I mean, such strong reactions with a penny,a dime, and final punchline-which could be a quarter, or something more outlandish. Get this, carry it, and you will ALWAYS be prepared to amaze! Excellent instructions, routine, and additional ideas-Camirand style, which never seems to disappoint.
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