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Unfolding the $100 Bill Change

2006
Written by John Lovick
Work of Various
346 pages (Hardcover), published by Murphy's Magic Supplies, Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by John Lovick, Tony Dunn
Language: English
221 entries
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Jamy Ian Swiss Foreword
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John Lovick Introduction
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Part I - History and Theory
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John Lovick Chapter 1: A History of the Bill Change credit information
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John Lovick, Mike Kozlowski, Roger Klause, James Lewis, Michael Ammar, Bruce Cervon, Michael Weber, Jamy Ian Swiss, Gregory Wilson, Jay Sankey, Paul Gertner Chapter 2: Performance Issues and Answers comments on each question by several of the listed creators
  • Top Tip or Not to Tip?
  • "Bill Switch" or "Bill Change"?
  • What's the Best Way to Learn the Bill Switch?
  • Fast or Slow?
  • Do You Justify the Folding?
  • Is There a Magic Moment?
  • Can You Create Belief, or Do People Always Know You Merely Switch Bills?
  • Any Final Thoughts?
Also published here 9
Part II - Thumbtip Switch Handlings and Techniques
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John Lovick Chapter 3: Thumbtip Tips intro
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John Lovick Thumbtip Origins credit information
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John Lovick Thumbtip Varieties
  • Vinyl
  • Plastic
  • Latex
  • Metal
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John Lovick Thumbtip Size and Color
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Thumbtip Technique tips on angles and positions
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Concealing the Thumbtip when not on the thumb
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John Lovick Chapter 4: Standard Handlings intro
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Vladimir Vladimirov Vlado's Thumbtip Bill Change
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Mike Kozlowski The Hundred Dollar Bill Switch
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Roger Klause The $100.00 Bill Change
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John Lovick Chapter 5: Thumbtip Switch Variations intro
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Kevin King Money Morph faster
Related toAlso published here
  • The Ultimate Bill Switch (1995)
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David Harkey Oz In Your Fingers
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Jonathan Levit, Chris Rayman Crease is the Word
Also published here
  • Magical Moments (Jonathan Levit, 2001)
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Lonnie Chevrie Paper Dollar
Also published here
  • Wanted! DVD, 2004
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John Lovick Chapter 6: Utility Moves, Techniques, and Finesses
  • Miscellaneous Advice
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John Lovick, Gregory Wilson, James Lewis, Jamy Ian Swiss, Jay Sankey Prefolding the Bill
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John Lovick Stealing the Thumbtip intro, see following items
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Pockets stealing the thumb-tip
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Waistband stealing the thumb-tip
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John Lovick Film Canister stealing the thumb-tip
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Adam Rubin Film Canister in Shirt Band stealing the thumb-tip
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Michael Kaminskas Maker Cap Clip stealing the thumb-tip
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Eric Mead Paper Clip stealing the thumb-tip
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Gregory Wilson Vice Versa Steal stealing the thumb-tip
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Lonnie Chevrie Coin Purse stealing the thumb-tip
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John Lovick Turnaround and Turnover Moves intro, see following items
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Mike Kozlowski Both Sides Now showing both sides of bill, hiding thumb-tip
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David Harkey Turnaround #2 showing both sides of bill, hiding thumb-tip
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Vladimir Vladimirov Turnaround #3 showing both sides of bill, hiding thumb-tip
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T. S. Ralle Turnaround #4 showing both sides of bill, hiding thumb-tip
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John Lovick Turnaround #5 showing both sides of bill, hiding thumb-tip
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Scotty York Turnover showing both sides of bill, hiding thumb-tip
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John Lovick, Jay Sankey Display Subtleties hiding thumb-tip while displaying bill
  • Display Subtlety #1
  • Display Subtlety #2 (Jay Sankey)
  • Display Subtlety #3
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John Lovick Switching Actions intro
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Whit Haydn Switching Action #7
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John Carney Switching Action #8
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T. S. Ralle Switching Action #9
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John Lovick Switching Action #10
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John Lovick Switching Action #11
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Gerald Edmunson Switching Action #12
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John Lovick Securing the Thumbtip
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John Lovick The Handout
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John Lovick Ditching the Thumbtip intro
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Waistband ditching the thumb-tip
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Gregory Wilson Pit Stop ditching the thumb-tip
Related to 73
Part III - Tipless Switch Handlings and Techniques
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John Lovick Chapter 7: Tipless Handlings intro
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Mike Kozlowski The Tipless Hundred Dollar Bill Switch
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John Lovick Chapter 8: Tipless Switch Variations intro
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Jay Marshall The $5 Bill Switch
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John Lovick The 100th Dollar Bill Change no thumb tip
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Daniel Garcia Twisted
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John Lovick Chapter 9: Tipless Utility Moves, Techniques, and Finesses intro
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John Lovick Stealing the Extra Bill intro
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Pockets stealing the extra bill
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Wallet stealing the extra bill
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Lonnie Chevrie Coin Purse stealing the extra bill
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Marc DeSouza Marker Cap stealing the extra bill
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John Lovick Film Canister stealing the extra bill
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Coin Holders & Clips stealing the extra bill
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John Lovick Add-On Moves intro
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Jason Purdy Add-on #2 adding folded bill behind open bill
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John Carney Add-on #3 adding folded bill behind open bill
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Al Baker Add-on #4 adding folded bill behind open bill
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Sol Stone Add-on #5 adding folded bill behind open bill
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Johnny Paul Add-on #6 adding folded bill behind open bill
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Johnny Paul Add-on #7 adding folded bill behind open bill
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John Lovick Miscellaneous Items intro
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Ed Mishell Mishell's Move moving folded bill from left to right hand while openly snapping bill
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John Lovick Mishell's Move Variation
Inspired by 104
Daniel Garcia Tipless Display Subtlety #1 showing both hands empty
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Thom Peterson Tipless Display Subtlety #2 showing both hands empty
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R. Paul Wilson Tipless Display Subtlety #3 showing both hands empty
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Mark Mitton Tipless Display Subtlety #4 showing both hands empty
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Thom Peterson Tipless Display Subtlety #5 showing both hands empty
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Thom Peterson Tipless Switching Action
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John Lovick Tipless Turnaround and Turnover Moves
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Mike Kozlowski Tipless Both Sides Now display
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Jason Purdy Tipless Turnaround #2
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Danny Archer Tipless Turnaround #3
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John Lovick Tipless Turnaround #4
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T. S. Ralle Tipless Turnaround #5
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Jay Marshall Tipless Turnover #1
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H. Mark Kandel Tipless Turnover #2
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John Carney Tipless Turnover #3
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Jarle Leirpoll One-handed Turnover #1
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Ralf Gagel One-handed Turnover #2
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John Lovick One-handed Turnover #3
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John Lovick Cleaning Up intro
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The Handout clean-up after bill switch without thumb-tip
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Danny Archer Pocket Ditch #1 clean-up after bill switch without thumb-tip
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Thom Peterson Pocket Ditch #2 clean-up after bill switch without thumb-tip
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T. S. Ralle Pocket Ditch #3 clean-up after bill switch without thumb-tip
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Paul Chosse The Toss-out clean-up after bill switch without thumb-tip
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Paul Chosse Inspection clean-up after bill switch without thumb-tip
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Part IV - Miscellaneous Handlings, Methods, and Routines
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John Lovick Chapter 10: Palm-up Handlings intro
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Mark Mitton Surreptitious Switch palm-up handling
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Michael Ammar Bird's-Eye View Switch palm-up handling
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Jon Allen Cash in Hand palm-up handling
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David Regal Individually Wrapped Single palm-up handling
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John Lovick Chapter 11: Multiple Switch Methods and Routines intro
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Richard Sanders Richie's Double Bill Switch Fiver bill borrowed, becomes Ten, then Twenty, then Five
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Richard Sanders Three Fold Ten to Fifty to One to Ten dollar bill
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David Acer Around the World in 80 Dollars multiple currency changes
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Rod Chow The Full-Show Double Bill Change bill changes twice
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William Goldman The Chameleon Bill bill changes several times during folding
Also published here
  • lecture notes "3", 1995
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Gregory Wilson Foreign Affair bill changes several times during folding
Also published here
  • In Action! Vol. 3 (DVD, 2005)
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Gregory Wilson Take Five bill changes several times during folding
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Gregory Wilson Illegal Tender blank piece of paper changes gradually into bill during folding
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John Lovick Chapter 12: Miscellaneous Methods intro
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Self-Contained Bill Change
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David Gripenwaldt The Grip Change
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Rod Chow The Melt Change
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Rod Chow Instant Transmutation folded twice only
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Nourdine Le Petit Prince change in folded condition done one-handed and visual
Also published here
  • Imagik, July 1994
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Juan Pablo Ibañez The Fastest Bill Switch visible without folding
Also published here
  • Mystica, Vol. 2 No. 6
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Part V - Routines
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John Lovick Chapter 13: $1 to $100 Routine intro
  • First Option
  • Second Option
  • Third Option
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Richard Hatch Power of Suggestion
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Allan Zola Kronzek Hypnotizing Ben
Also published here
  • Destiny, Chance and Free Will (2000)
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Eric A. Maurin Trick Question
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Tim Trono Birthday Bill
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Roger Klause Billusion bill appears from purse frame, changes, vanishes again
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John Lovick Chapter 14: Mis-made Routines intro, credit information
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Michael Ammar, James Lewis On the Mis-made Bill
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Dan Garrett Torn and Quartered Mismade Bill, torn bill to mismade bill, then to normal torn bill restored with tape
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Marc DeSouza Picasso's Bill stick figure drawn on bill before making it turn into mis-made bill
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Andrew J. Pinard Autograph Collection borrowed bill signed by performer, turned into mis-made bill and back
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Gregory Wilson Signature Piece borrowed bill signed by performer, turned into mis-made bill and given to spectator
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Danny Archer Bill Mis-Made mis-made bill shown, turned into normal bill
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Lance DeLong The Mis-Made Frog bill folded into frog, when unfolded it is a mis-made bill
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David Gripenwaldt Side Note bill torn in half, restores mis-made but torn edges still match
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John Lovick Chapter 15: Impossible Location Routines intro
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Jim Sisti Transmutation signed bill changes to dollar bill, signed one found in purse
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Michael Kaminskas Magic Pills signed bill to metal tin
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Adam Rubin Back-Up Plan signed bill to film canister
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Gary Kurtz Cigar
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Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler The Postman Always Rings Twice bill in pen, creating two bills with same number, with finger tip
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Bill Malone Opening Act Bill in Lemon
Also published here
  • On the Loose!, Vol. 2 (DVD, 2002)
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John Lovick Chapter 16: Transposition Routines intro
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Roger Klause The Name is the Same two marked dollar bills transpose, using cigarette case in handling
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Chris "Doc" Dixon Cards & Cash bill transposes with a playing card
Also published here
  • Everything is Funnier with Monkeys, 1997
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Steve Silverman To Catch a Thief envelope and Fifty dollar bill are in himber wallet, borrowed signed bill changes into Fifty, Fifty is missing from wallet, signed bill in envelope
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David Harkey Changeling with spectator
Inspired by 230
John Lovick Things Change
Inspired byAlso published here
  • What's the Rumpus?, 2002
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John Lovick Chapter 17: Torn and Restored Routines intro
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Basic Torn and Restored Bill
Related to 235
David Oliver Oliver's Twist on the Tear
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Mark Hendrickson Two for Two two One dollar bills torn and restored into Two dollar bill
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Jay Sankey Crocodile Tear torn and restored bill using $100 Bill Switch
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John Lovick Chapter 18: Miscellaneous Routines intro
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Scotty York Change for a Twenty Twenty dollar bill changed into two Ten dollar bills
Also published here
  • Greater Magic Video Library Vol. 49, Bar Magic, 1994
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Jason Randal Any Bill Called For bill changes into named bill, index
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Jay Sankey Traveling Expenses four holed in dollar bill travel into one corner, using $100 bill switch
Also published here
  • Tricks of the Trade, 1992 notes
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Gaëtan Bloom Houdini and the Hudson River hole torn in borrowed bill and bill threaded onto rope, it penetrates the rope
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Jon Allen Internal Switch post-it message put on bill changes, bill switch
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Gregory Wilson Curious George selected card appears in thought bubble drawn on a bill, bill switch
Inspired by 249
Thom Peterson Exchange Rate bill changed into other currency plus some small change
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Richard Sanders Fast Forward bill borrowed and serial number recorded, bill transforms into old worn-out bill with notes on it, has same number
Also published here
  • Visi-Bill (video, 2002)
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Gregory Wilson, David Gripenwaldt Tax Bill bill changes into bill with holes, one of the missing pieces is changed into coin
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Marvyn Roy Tip for Tat borrowed Twenty vanishes, a One dollar bill changes into that Twenty
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Steve Mayhew Das Kapital routine with several consecutive bill changes with borrowed bills
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Jamy Ian Swiss Quadradical Currency combination routine with bill changes, torn and restored to mis-made bill, borrowed signed bill to wallet
Inspired by 258
Robert E. Neale Trust Me routine with change and fake explanation
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Gary Kurtz Counterfeit borrowed, initialed 20$ bill to obviously fake 100$ bill with same serial number and initials, changes into real bill in performer's wallet
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Gregory Wilson Front Money bill printed on only one side, changed into real bill
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Gregory Wilson Completely Legal Counterfeit white paper with small square of bill printed is changed into regular bill
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Eric A. Maurin Shred of Evidence corner torn off One dollar bill, changed into Five dollar bill and corner still fits
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Nathan Kranzo Blank corner torn off blank piece of paper, corner is seen to be part of a bill, rest changed into matching bill
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Nathan Kranzo Reality Check check for $10.25, corner torn off and changed into quarter in a flash, rest is changed into Ten dollar bill
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Max Maven Wrapper's Delight bill folded, it is then shown to be folded into origami braid
Inspired by
  • "Baffling Bill Braid" (Robert E. Neale, Folding Money Fooling, 1997)
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Jay Sankey Do Not Fold words on bill travel from one side to the other
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Gregory Wilson Up Front and Back Down words on bill travel from one side to the other
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David Acer Picturesque photo of performer holding a dollar bill is shown and put in Himber wallet, $20 bill changes into a $1 bill, bill on photograph has changed into $20
Inspired byAlso published here
  • This is a Circle, 2001 lecture notes
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Jon Allen Memento real bill and bill on polaroid transform into other bills
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Tony Chapek, Michael Weber, Michael Powers Reversal of Fortune topsy-turvy bill, then picture of George Washington has turned upside down on bill
Related toAlso published here
  • Linking Ring, Aug. 1985
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Part VI - Additional Ideas, Presentations, and Routines
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John Lovick Chapter 19: Miscellaneous Ideas intro
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John Lovick Giving Away Money
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Stevie Ray Christian One in a Million handing out a fake million-dollar bill
  • As an Encore
  • Upon Receiving a Tip
  • Special Occasions
  • Something Special for a Boss or Other Bigwig
  • For Children
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R. Paul Wilson, Jeff Ezell Gift Certificates, Coupons, Keno, Lotto, etc.
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Michael Weber Ma Bill bill to phone bill
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John Lovick Origami on combining bill changes with origami
Related to 290
Gregory Wilson Benjagami presentation for bill change
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Norm Barnhart George Washington's Special Talent presentation for bill change
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Gregory Wilson Faux Flaw presentation for mis-made bill
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Jim Artle Drinker's PSA presentation for mis-made bill
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Michael Weber Torn & Restored Misunderstanding
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Ron Bauer Drawn Instead of Quartered bill changes into bill with drawing on it
Also published here 293
Brian Campbell Picture Perfect photo of spectator appears on bill
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John Lovick Chapter 20: Bill Productions intro
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Gregory Wilson Money for Nothing invisible bill becomes real
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Rod Chow The World's Fastest Bill Appearance
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Ralf Gagel Flash Bill with flash paper
Inspired by 299
John Lovick Chapter 21: Bill Vanishes intro
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Paul Gertner Bill Vanish #1
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Michael Ammar Bill Vanish #2
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Roger Klause The Spider Vanish
Related to 306
Joe Givan Crumbling Cash bill changes into confetti
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John Lovick Chapter 22: Non-Bill Ideas and Routines intro
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Michel Huot Miscellaneous Non-Bill Ideas for the bill switch
  • True Romance
  • Company Merger
  • Getting the Customer
  • 52 on 1
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Kostya Kimlat Gigabyte Switch writing on piece of paper changes with bill switch, corporate presentation
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Jon Allen Oralgami paper with text is folded several times and unfolded again, text is longer than paper has surfaces
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Patrik Kuffs Boggled letters are jumbled on piece of paper, spectator makes up a word and that word appears after bill switch technique
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Michel Huot Crossed Words incorrectly filled out cross-word puzzle changes into correctly solved one, bill switch technique
Related to
  • Stephen Tucker idea in manuscript "Flash-Cash"
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David Gripenwaldt U.I.O. i.o.u. note torn and restored with digits in wrong order
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Thom Peterson Punch Change paper folded, spectators punch holes in it, when unfolded the holes make up a message
Inspired by
  • "Punchline" (Timothy Wenk, marketed)
Related to
  • "The Birthday Bill" (Diamond Jim Tyler, Pockets Full of Miracles)
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Liam Montier The Cardless Triumph card printed face-up and down on a paper, folded and unfolded, only selection remains face up
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Jay Sankey Unholy restoring torn holes on spiral notebook paper, bill switch
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Part VII - Appendices
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John Lovick Appendix A: Interesting Money Facts
  • Historical and Quotidian Information
  • Symbols and Phrases on Back of Dollar
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John Lovick Appendix B: U.S. Laws Regarding Currency
  • Defacing Currency
  • Reproducing Currency
  • Counterfeiting Currency
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John Lovick Appendix C: All Things Bill Change credit information
  • Billet Switches and Bill Tears
  • Bill Changes
  • Self-Contained Bill Changes
  • "Flash" Changes
  • Transposition Routines
  • Changing a Stack of Bills
  • Miscellaneous Books, Routines, Gimmicks, etc.
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Data entered by Denis Behr, September 2020.