The magician shows a copper coin – an old English penny – and covers it with a handkerchief, saying that it will change into a sovereign. The audience expects to see a gold sovereign coin, but on the removal of the handkerchief there is a statue of the Sovereign, King George VI. The statue is marked DEMON.
Penny to sovereign
Item Details
| Date | 1940s |
|---|---|
| Key Phrases | Apparatus, Marked DEMON, Transformations |
| Category | Magic |
| Ref no | N168 |