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--- coin:coin_shell_with_half_rim_removed [2017/06/28 16:57] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ coin:coin_shell_with_half_rim_removed [2023/03/18 19:39] (current) – stephenminch
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-====== Coin Shell with Half Rim Removed ======
+====== Coin Shell with Half Rim Removed---Slippery Sam Gimmick ======
-While commonly attributed to Steve Dusheck, Edward Bagshawe published the idea in "Transmutation Extraordinary", //[[http://askalexander.org/display/18031/The+Le+Walke+Mysteries/31|The Le Walke Mysteries]]//, 1927, p. 31.
+This gimmicked shell coin, with half its rim removed, was conceived by Jochen Zmeck of Germany to perform a very clean transposition between a gold coin and a silver one; see "Gold und Silber" in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/35746/Magie+:+Vol+48+Issue+2/7|Magie]]//, Vol. 48 No. 2, Feb. 1968, p. 367.
+In the U.S., Steve Dusheck reinvented this form of shell and, in 1974, Eddie Gibson of the U.K. marketed it under Dusheck's name, as "Slippery Sam", a copper-silver transposition that echos Zmeck's "Gold und Silber"; see //[[https://askalexander.org/display/37060/Genii/40|Genii]]//, Vol. 38 No. 11, Nov. 1974, p. 492.
+An early relative of this gaffed coin was conceived by George Le Walke. This was described by Edward Bagshawe in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/18031/The+Le+Walke+Mysteries/31|The Le Walke Mysteries]]//, 1921, p. 31. Le Walke's gimmicked coin consisted of a coin shell with half of its rim removed and a second full side of a thinned-down matching coin attached to make a hollow coin, open at one edge. This coin could be displayed on both sides while concealing another coin inside it.
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