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MichaelKent Special user 560 Posts 
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Funny story:
I mistakenly left a stack of English pennies out on the coffee table this afternoon. My father in law, an avid numismatist, asked about the coins and before I could react, had picked them up and was looking at them. This is about the point that I realized I had left a shell on one of them --. He casually looked at each coin, front and back, asking more about the pre-decimalization English pennies. He put them down, having NOT NOTICED the shell!! This is obviously a testament to the amazing quality of the shell. I'm not being paid, so I won't advertise here (PM me if you want to know). Just thought I'd share my little scare with you! MK |
BrianMillerMagic Inner circle CT 2050 Posts
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He looked at the coin with the shell on it front and back and still didn't notice? Either he's blind or that's one heckuva shell. A good magician buddy of mine once dropped a shell in a low lit, crowded, noisy place. It went straight down to the floor, but somehow disappeared after it hit the floor. We searched for nearly an hour and could not find it anywhere. The thought of someone finding that is unnerving - best dang souveneir ever!
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Sleightly_Done New user Danville, KY 77 Posts
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On 2006-12-24 16:34, MichaelKent wrote: This took the old "don't run if you're not being chased" to a whole new level. It doesn't surprise me at all though. My English Penny and African Dime ] sets are both very "tight". I would guess any coin ] made without the "edge grip" (knurl, broaching, or whatever you want to call it) can be made with much closer tollerances (provided your coin gaffer of choice actually wants to leverage that advantage). That's why I think it pays to buy from one of the "big guys". Just that little difference can be huge sometimes. |
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MichaelKent Special user 560 Posts
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Exactly!
The interesting thing is that it was an expanded shell - it's not "tight" at all - just very close-fitting. |
patrick flanagan Inner circle lisle, illinois 1043 Posts
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This happened to me, also. I let my audience management slip for a second, and the spec picked up the coins on the mat. One had a shell on it. She looked at the coins for a while and casually put them down, not noticing the shell. Made me nervous as hell, but everything turned out fine.
Patrick |
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caubeck Elite user 412 Posts
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Once someone said to me, after a trick, "hey, that coin's smaller than the other one!" and grabbed it from the table. He actually found the innocent coin suspicious because it didn't seem as big as the one with the [ ! I secretly removed the [ and told the spec they were actually both the same size, that it was just a trick of the light. "Oops, my mistake" he said.
Euro shells really are a little thick, but it helps to have a spectator to match. |
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Ryan:Ruple New user Mandeville, LA 39 Posts
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Hey,
Wow, that must be some shell. My Johnson shell would easily be detected in that kind of a "predictament", I guess you could say. That's why I think I should really move on to Schoolcraft. --Ryan |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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It is also possible that he knew that you were into magic and he showed impeccable manners in not revealing his discovery.
John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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MichaelKent Special user 560 Posts
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It is possible, John. But it's my guess he wouldn't have known what a shell was and therefore wouldn't have ignored it -- especially being a numismatist.
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Posted: Dec 24, 2006 09:34 pm 