CHINESE COINS MAGIC
JOKER MAGIC
Every civilization, no matter how ancient, that engaged in commerce eventually settled on small discs of various metals and values to make trade and taxes easier. While the Greeks, Romans and Western cultures that followed them generally used round metal discs with an embossed design, Eastern cultures often punched a round or square opening through the center of the coin. As early as 700 B.C. the Japanese Wado Kaiho coin featured such an opening surrounded by a design.
The reason for punching a hole through the coin may have been simple economy of material or the utility of running a cord through the coins for transport. In any case, magicians eventually took advantage of the hole in the coin.
The earliest example of this I've found is a coin escape using several coins which penetrate off a length of cord.
An inventive magician named Henry Fetsch focused the attention of magicians on the holed coin with his 'Chinatown Quarter' effect where a coin with a center hole changed places with a US 25 cent piece. From that point on, magicians began referring to a holed coin, often of brass with faux oriental script surrounding the hole, as a 'Chinese Coin.'
Of course these magic prop Chinese coins only marginally resemble the Asian variety, the magicians using them making a rather naive presumption that their audiences will accept them as the real article. Still, the magic prop Chinese coin has a colorful and striking appearance when mixed with more common coins. Although it might be wiser to wonder just what the script design says, rather than assume it is unreadable because it isn't in English.
Recently Joker
Magic has released a number of Chinese coin effects. The Joker coins are 1-3/8 inches / 3.5 cm in diameter and 1/8 inch / 2 mm thick. They have a bright golden brass color with the faces enameled in various colors.
Among the Joker effects available are: 'Chinese Coin Bending' where a coin is magically bent. This effect uses a switch and is supplied with two examinable coins. The 'Joker Chinese Coin' where a cord is put through the hole of the coin and the coin penetrates off the cord. This is supplied with a gaffed and not examinable coin and an ordinary black cord.
A more elaborate and intriguing effect is the 'Chinese Coin Color Change' where black face coin changes to a red face coin then to a blue face coin. The coin is shown on both sides after each color change and can be handled by a spectator after that last color change. This set of coins is cleverly gaffed, but requires a good deal of finesse in handling until the final color changed takes place. It is supplied with the coin and necessary gimmicks. All the Joker coin tricks come with illustrated instructions explaining their working and basic handling.
Sleight of hand coin workers who don't object to a gimmick or two are by now no doubt getting the idea they could make something out of various combinations of these coins. It is not always easy to locate a number of gaffed, gimmicked and normal coins of matching design. Those interested in using Chinese style coins in a coin routine may well want to gather up a number of the Joker coins to use not only with the effects supplied but also as props in other effects.
有人把翻译贴出来的话奖励20积分
当然，如果用翻译软件弄出来的胡拼乱凑的东西，不加分
————BRUCELEE
