Mentzer,
Jerry: Magic
With a
Copper/Silver Coin ©1988 Jerry Mentzer Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 32 pages |
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Comments: Illustrated by Richard Bartram, Jr.. While a nice collection of C/S routines are here, there is not much original to this volume. There are two effects by Mentzer, eight are straight from Bobo's Modern Coin Magic, and two routines are from Horace Bennett's books. That said, the routines are good (especially Bennett's), and the book is inexpensive. Recommended if you don't have the other sources.
Contents:
1 Introduction
3 The Gimmicked Coin
4 A Simple Transposition: C/S plus English Penny. One is removed
from
the closed fist and the coins transpose
6 Follow the Penny: 2 C/S coins, 1 Half. Two Silver, One Copper
shown.
Copper is put in pocket, and the Copper turns to Silver, Copper is
found in the hand. This is repeated. Suggestion to end the trick
using
just the Half Dollar is made (no routine provided)
7 Copper and Silver Transposition Number One (from Bobo's): In the
spectator's hand, all can be examined at the end
10 The Bobo Switch (from Bobo's): a utility move
12 Number Two (from Bobo's): An alternate beginning for Number
One,
allows coins to be examined at start
13 Number Three (from Bobo's): Non-sleight version, similar to "A
Simple Transposition", above
14 Number Four (from Bobo's; J.G. Thompson Jr.): A nice
transposition
in the spectator's hand, ends clean
16 Presto Chango (from Bobo's; Thomas H. Bearden): Two Silver
shown,
hand closes, Two Copper are shown. Hand closes, Two Silver are
shown.
Hand Closes, One Copper, One Silver. Ends clean. (nice!)
18 Buddha's Coin (from Bobo's; Hen Fetsch): A C/S transposition
using
Buddha Papers
21 Coin Fantasy (from Bobo's; Jules Lenier): The routine that
comes
with many C/S products. Decent.
23 Transposition Two (from Horace Bennett's The Bennett Touch):
Nice,
detailed transposition on coin purse. Ends clean, and both sides
are
shown at the start.
27 Not So Relentless (Horace Bennett, "Horace Bennett's Fourth
Book"):
Three halves in one hand trade places with three English Pennies
in the
other. Well done.
32 Selected References: Kaufman's CoinMagic, David Roth, Bobo, and
Bennett.