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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1507578, member: 4703&quot;]Yup.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tricks that involve supposedly changing a dime to a cent, or vice versa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Examine the &quot;third side&quot; closely.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are two basic methods for creating magician&#039;s coins.&nbsp; One is to machine out one side of one of the coins, leaving only a thin rim, and inserting the other coin in that space after machining it to half-thickness.&nbsp; Those coins &quot;clank&quot; instead of &quot;ring&quot; when dropped on a hard surface, and have the original edge of the &quot;host&quot;, with a faintly discernible line just inside the edge on one side.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other method involves machining both coins to half-thickness and then gluing them together.&nbsp; The edge has a faintly discernible line in the middle.&nbsp; From your description of a half-smooth, half-reeded edge, I&#039;m ready to wager that this is the type of coin you have.&nbsp;&nbsp; Those coins may &quot;clank&quot; or &quot;ring&quot;, depending on the specific coin combination.&nbsp; In your case I would expect a &quot;clank&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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