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Turk Inner circle Portland, OR 3546 Posts |
Hello, All.
I was given a very nice quickie puzzle/effect a couple of year ago. It is a puzzle made up of the parts of two dollar bills cut in certain ways and then glued together (front to back) in such a way so that when the "heads" side of the bill is uppermost, all five pieces are necessarily required to re-assemble the bill, but, when the pieces are turned over ("tails-side" uppermost), only four pieces are required to re-assemble the bill--and the "head portion" piece of the bill is not needed. Conversely, if the bill pieces are first re-assembled showing the "tails side" up, only four bill pieces are required. But then, if those four pieces are turned over ("heads-side" up), then there is a square hole in the center of the bill that can only be filled in using a 5th piece of bill (i.e., the "George Washington's head" piece). I have seen templates for this for phony giant size $1,000,000.00 "bills" but I have not been able to find a template for regular size bills (i.e., genuine US dollar bills). I suppose that I could use my existing puzzle "bill" pieces as a template but I'd prefer to use a template of the cut-out pieces if such was readily available. Does anyone know of a source for any such template? Thanks for any information n this regard. And, if you deem it more appropriate to privately convey any such information, please send me a PM. Mike P.S. Does anyone know of the name of this puzzle and when it first appeared in print? I half-way surmise that this puzzle might not have first appeared in any magic book but may have first appeared in a topological puzzle book...and then some clever magician-person saw its potential and adapted it to dollar bills.
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Aaron Moring Regular user Chicago 165 Posts |
I know that Lewis Carroll had used it in some of his puzzles, so it dates at least back that far. Anybody else?
Aaron |
Turk Inner circle Portland, OR 3546 Posts |
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On 2011-10-24 17:36, Aaron Moring wrote: Aaron, Are you indicating the "Alice in Wonderland" Lewis Carrol? If so, WOW!
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Neznarf Inner circle NY then AZ now 1840 Posts |
Staples has a laser cutter that can cut a sheet of bills to make them mismade. (so I hear)
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dlhoyt Regular user 176 Posts |
The bill you describe is called the "Paradox Bill". The basis for the effect is discussed in the chapters on "Geometrical Vanishes" in Martin Gardner's book: Mathematics Magic and Mystery, published in 1956. The application of this principle to the dollar bill was made by Jerry Somerdin, but I don't know the date. I remember seeing one of his bills around 30 years ago. Search for Paradox Bill in some of the larger brick and mortar magic shops; you may still be able to find one. Here's a link: http://www.fantasmamagic.com/shopping/pr......rod=2156
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