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--- coin:folding_coin [2017/03/02 05:22] – Added underwhelming citation for the Pomeroy reference. tylerwilson
+++ coin:folding_coin [2017/03/10 02:02] – Refined statement for Pomeroy claim. stephenminch
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 ======Folding Coin======
-This gimmicked coin, originally created for the effect of passing a coin into a bottle, is described in detail by Edwin Sachs in the second edition of //[[https://archive.org/stream/SleightOfHand/magic#page/n16/mode/1up|Sleight of Hand]]//, 1885, p. 27. Also described is the idea of a hollow cork made of metal and capable of concealing one or more folding coins. In the 1960s, John Pomeroy revived the idea and simplified its construction, using a hollow plastic cork from a champagne bottle; see a brief description of his performance in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/37906/Linking+Ring/117|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 45 No. 3, Mar. 1965, p. 117. Some years later Michael Ammar independently invented this idea and published it in 1980, in //The Command Performance//, Premier Issue, p. 28.
+This gimmicked coin, originally created for the effect of passing a coin into a bottle, is described in detail by Edwin Sachs in the second edition of //[[https://archive.org/stream/SleightOfHand/magic#page/n16/mode/1up|Sleight of Hand]]//, 1885, p. 27. Also described is the idea of a hollow cork made of metal and capable of concealing one or more folding coins. In the 1960s, John Pomeroy revived the idea and simplified its construction, using a hollow plastic cork from a champagne bottle. It is unknown if Pomeroy published the idea, but he told Stephen Minch of it in the 1970s. Michael Ammar independently invented the idea and published it in 1980, in //The Command Performance//, Premier Issue, p. 28.
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