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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8341116, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1936 Cleveland Centennial</b></p><p><b>Great Lakes Exposition</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479074[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479075[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The medal is 1 3/16 inches across in size. It is a white metal with a silvery lustered finish. There is a place for a hole to be drilled but this one has not been drilled.</p><p>There is not a hook on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is <b>association piece AP19</b> in Kuethe&#039;s reference on magician&#039;s tokens. Used by <b>magician Jack Miller</b>.</p><p>It is classified there as a <i><b><span style="color: #808080">&quot;Hook Coin&quot;</span></b></i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>A hooked coin is exactly like the title suggests; a coin with a small hook welded into it.</p><p>The main use of this hook is to hide the coin on a piece of clothing and make it vanish. The magician can easily retrieve it to make it reappear.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]yqh8SFWq7SM[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that, I cannot find out much. It is not a high quality medal but I got it cheap enough to fill a hole in my collection to represent this exposition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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