First Magicians Half

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First Magician's Half

Found a hollow half in a box today. My first. This weekend marked my 1 year CRH'ing anniversary and I don't have firsts all that often anymore. I've tried rattling it around in a cup and tried bouncing it off the counter top. Any other thoughts on how to open it? Maybe I just need to bounce it harder...

 

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[SilverFace]

Congrats on your first MH. I haven't gotten around to opening the last one I found either. I've heard others say that shaking it in a glass jar is a good way of opening them.

Good luck to both of us getting them open.

 

[ArkieBassMan]

Don't use glass. Use a thick plastic tumbler or something similar. Sometimes you have to shake HARD and you can actually break glass.

I have heard that freezing the coin can help. Never tried that myself.

Of the 10 or so I've found, there is one I cannot open. I assume its super-glued or something.

 

[Twitch]

I increased the 'ole velocity and got it to open. The inside of the reverse is made to look like a mexican coin. I'm very pleased with the find. The obverse is a very worn casino coin.

Thanks for the tips.

 

[ArkieBassMan]

All I have ever seen on the inside are British pennies and Mexican 20 centavo pieces. I assume they are the perfect size to fit inside the half to make the trick coin for the ol' "Scotch and Soda" trick.

 

[FormerTeller]

I've tried rattling it around in a cup and tried bouncing it off the counter top. Any other thoughts on how to open it? Maybe I just need to bounce it harder...

A good way to open magician's coins is to use a non-round bottle when you shake them. I use one of my wife's hexagonal shaped glass flower holders (didn't want to say 'vase'), and the angles in the glass make opening the coin much easier.

 

[50cent]

You need to put it in a faraday cage incase it's transmitting any GPS signals. If you get it open and find a GPS, put the GPS somewhere else.

 

[apush]

Those are fun and sell well on ebay. I have only found 4 in the last several years. Sold a 1964 trick coin for $39.00 (best I can recall) a few months back. A non-silver trick coin for around $20.
There are many ways to make a few extra $$$ CRH along with the general stacking (my preferred method).
apush

 

[bottlecap]

Crazy these things are found a little more often than I thought. I found one of the 1972 halves that comes apart with the British cent or whatever it is inside, then yesterday I found a double obverse nickel. I didn't realize this what somewhat common place. Congrats on your find!