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Message:: [QUOTE="CaptHenway, post: 8419766, member: 13813"]Not quite. This is how the magician's trick coin, which you used to see advertised in the back of comic books along with the "X-ray glasses" and the "amazing sea monkeys" was usually made: Half of the dime was ground off, not changing the diameter. Half of a cent was ground off, AND its diameter was trimmed down to match that of the dime. The two pieces were glued together with a thin steel sheet between the two pieces. A second cent was hollowed out, usually on the back, and a thin magnet glued to the bottom of the shell. The half dime, half cent piece was placed inside the shell with the cent side out. The steel plate held it to the magnet. The "magician" would show both sides of the "normal" cent and than, using sleight of hand and a lot of practice, pop the half dime/half cent piece out and show the dime side, palming the shell.[/QUOTE]