Counting Tricks

52 entries in Bill / Counting Tricks

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
George Starke	Hornswoggled - The Smash Finish	different ending	Related to Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944) Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1945)	Apr. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 11)	111	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
Bert Allerton	Bamboozle	story presentation with bills	Variations The Bargain (with Apologies to Bert Allerton) (Roy Johnson, 1970) Bamboozled (Karl Fulves, 1989) Hornswoggled Revisited (Harry Riser, 1996)	1947	Stars of Magic (Vol. 3 No. 2)	43	Bill / Counting Tricks
Robert Brinkman	Stage Size Six Bill Repeat			1948	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)	34	Bill / Counting Tricks
Hans "Severus" Ernst	Zauberkünstler sind kurios aber	short changing routine, with T-fold bill gimmick		1948	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 2&3)	11	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Karrell Fox	A "Tin-Spot"	bill repeat gag, bill thrown on floor makes loud noice		1954	Kornfidentially Yours	31	Bill / Counting Tricks
Richard H. Barnett	Patter for the Tom Bowyer Repeat Bill Trick			1958	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)	21	Bill / Counting Tricks
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Buckaroo	false-count routine with four bills and Elmsley Count		1968	Tricks You Can Count On	23	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Roy Johnson	The Bargain (with Apologies to Bert Allerton)	story presentation, bill vanishes among pieces of newspaper	Inspired by Bamboozle (Bert Allerton, 1947)	1970	The Roy Johnson Experience	37	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Vanish
Norman Houghton	Money Count Gag	gag when getting money in bank	Also published here Ein Zauberer mit Mut (Norman Houghton, 1977)	Feb. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 4)	484	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Theo Doré	Geld steigt einem zu Kopf	bills counted and spectator holds them, some vanish and travel onto his hat	Also published here Genii	June 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 4)	73	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Traveling / Miscellaneous Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Lawrence Nudelman	Bill Repeat - $6 Count	envelope bills		1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes — Volume 2	3	Bill / Counting Tricks
Lawrence Nudelman	The Eight Dollar Count - (The Elmsley Count)	four one-dollar bills, one changes into a five-dollar bill		1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes — Volume 3	4	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Norman Houghton	Ein Zauberer mit Mut	gag when getting money in bank	Also published here Money Count Gag (Norman Houghton, 1972)	1977	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 38 No. 1)	7	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Jay Sterling	The £75 Trick	"(or £150 if you're really Flash)" five bill repeat, credit card climax	Also published here Der 150-Mark-Trick (Jay Sterling, 1995)	Dec. 1987	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 4)	13	Bill / Counting Tricks Credit Card / Appearance & Production
Karl Fulves	Bamboozled	No. 72, with glued bill flap gaff	Inspired by The Short Change with the Long Green (Dai Vernon, 1938) Bamboozle (Bert Allerton, 1947)	1989	Self-Working Coin Magic	97	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Francis Carlyle	False Count with Bills	without credit		Mar. 1993	The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 1)	4	Bill / Counting Tricks
"Joro" Bruno Hennig	Der Geldscheintrick	six bill repeat		1993	Das Joro-Buch	96	Bill / Counting Tricks
Fred Kaps	The Routine	eleven bill trick, counting routine	Variations Eleven Bill Routine (Trevor Lewis, 2001) Geldwechsel (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2008) Eleven Bill Routine (Trevor Lewis, 2009) Geldwechsel (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2010)	1994	Fred Kaps' Currency	7	Bill / Counting Tricks
Fred Kaps	The Normal Count			1994	Fred Kaps' Currency	13	Bill / Counting Tricks
Fred Kaps	The False Count			1994	Fred Kaps' Currency	14	Bill / Counting Tricks
Trevor Lewis	The Eleven Bill Trick - Handling by Trevor Lewis	with patter and giving away jumbo bills to the spectators		1994	Fred Kaps' Currency	17	Bill / Counting Tricks
Jim Steinmeyer	The Short-Change Repeat	Conjuring bills are counted in separat glasses, bills vanish one by one, then they are torn and halves appear one by one		Mar. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)	53	Bill / Counting Tricks
Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle	Das Falschzählen von Geldscheinen	false counting bills	Inspired by The Carlyle False Count (Francis Carlyle, 1940) Also published here Falschzählen von Geldscheinen (Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle, 2000) False counting the bills (Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle, 2017) "Carlyle's False Count" (Magic Manuscript Vol. 3 No. 6, 1982, Adam Fleischer)	1995	ZauberKunst	5	Bill / Counting Tricks
Jay Sterling	Der 150-Mark-Trick	five bill repeat, credit card climax	Also published here The £75 Trick (Jay Sterling, 1987)	1995	Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 3)	86	Bill / Counting Tricks Credit Card / Appearance & Production
Roy Johnson, Rudolf Braunmüller	B.L.Ö.D.	twenty-one bill, counting with mathematical confusion, Himber wallet		1996	Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2)	79	Bill / Counting Tricks
Tom Ogden	Newton's 3. Relativitätsgesetz	with envelope bills		1997	Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)	189	Bill / Counting Tricks
Jörg Alexander Weber	Der Euro Effekt	bills multiply, partially in the hands of the spectators	Also published here Der Euro Effekt (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2010) The Euro Effect (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2017)	2000	ZauberKunstStücke — Band 1	7	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Counting Tricks
Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle	Falschzählen von Geldscheinen	false counting bills, see reference	Also published here Das Falschzählen von Geldscheinen (Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle, 1995)	2000	ZauberKunstStücke — Band 1	11	Bill / Counting Tricks
Trevor Lewis	Eleven Bill Routine	with two spectators, jumbo Bills as finale gag	Inspired by The Routine (Fred Kaps, 1994) Related to Eleven Bill Routine (Trevor Lewis, 2009)	2001	My Way With The Eleven Bill Trick	2	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Transformation / Growing or Shrinking
Charlie Frye	Four As Five Shortchange	Eccentricks counting four bills as five		Feb. 2004	MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 6)	94	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Daryl	Diminishing Returned	number riddle about paying three hotel rooms is illustrated with bills, two bills vanish		Sep. 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 9)	80	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Vanish
Francis Carlyle	Carlyle False Count			Sep. 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 9)	80	Bill / Counting Tricks
Norman Beck	Hotel Bills	mathematical puzzle is illustrated with bills, one dollar vanishes at the end, using double-faced bill, see reference for credit information	Related to The Antinomy Perspective (Gene Taylor, 2005)	Aug. 2005	Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)	24	Bill / Counting Tricks Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Miguel Gómez	Siempre seis	transformation of bills and six bill repeat, with Himber wallet		2007	El Placer de la Magia	89	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
Jörg Alexander Weber	Geldwechsel	counting routine with short change presentation	Inspired by The Routine (Fred Kaps, 1994) Also published here Geldwechsel (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2010)	2008	ZauberKunstStücke — Band 2	7	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Trevor Lewis	Eleven Bill Routine	with two spectators, jumbo Bills as finale gag	Inspired by The Routine (Fred Kaps, 1994) Related to Eleven Bill Routine (Trevor Lewis, 2001)	2009	Routines Matter	66	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Transformation / Growing or Shrinking
Fred Kaps, Trevor Lewis	False Count	with bills		2009	Routines Matter	69	Bill / Counting Tricks
Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle	Falschzählen von Geldscheinen	false counting bills, see reference	Related to Das Falschzählen von Geldscheinen (Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle, 1995)	2010	Geld und Schein	9	Bill / Counting Tricks
Jörg Alexander Weber	Der Euro Effekt	bills multiply, partially in the hands of the spectators	Also published here Der Euro Effekt (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2000)	2010	Geld und Schein	13	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Counting Tricks
Jörg Alexander Weber	Geldwechsel	counting routine with short change presentation	Inspired by The Routine (Fred Kaps, 1994) Also published here Geldwechsel (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2008)	2010	Geld und Schein	23	Bill / Counting Tricks
Karl Fulves	Bill Optics	mathematical counting trick with bills, swindle patter, values determined apparently by feel		2012	Prolix (Issue 10)	685	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Miscellaneous
Gregory Wilson	Missing Dollar Swindle	The Almighty Dollar logic-defying mathematical puzzle is illustrated with dollar bills		Sep. 2012	MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 1)	74	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing Bill / Vanish Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Michael Weber	Self-Service Lunch	paper money counted by spectator to a story presentation in which the waiter wants to cheat three customers (verbal puzzle), a dollar vanishes and appears in wallet		2012	Weber's Wallet	[1]	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Traveling / Miscellaneous Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Mike Caveney	Ten Dollar Bill Trick	with credit information Preparing the Bills Counting the Bills The False Count The Steal The Ditch The Finish Set Up The Routine Emergency Act		2013	Wonders	219	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Palming Sleights
Christian Scherer	Ein Kindheitstraum	six bill repeat, pocket method	Inspired by Tom Bowyer's "six Bill Repeat" Also published here A Childhood Dream (Christian Scherer, 2024)	2014	Schlaglichter	337	Bill / Counting Tricks
Alexander de Cova	$11 Bill Trick	comments on Fred Kaps's performance		2016	Burners — Vol. 5	170	Bill / Counting Tricks
Jörg Alexander Weber	The Euro Effect	bills multiply, partially in the hands of the spectators	Also published here Der Euro Effekt (Jörg Alexander Weber, 2000)	2017	Magic Illusions	12	Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Counting Tricks
Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle	False counting the bills		Also published here Das Falschzählen von Geldscheinen (Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle, 1995)	2017	Magic Illusions	15	Bill / Counting Tricks
Ignacio López	Eleven Bill Trick	routine, with transformation of bills as climax		2024	El Arte Sano de la Magia	28	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
	Cuenta Falsa	false count with bills, snap		2024	El Arte Sano de la Magia	33	Bill / Counting Tricks
Christian Scherer	A Childhood Dream	six bill repeat, pocket method	Also published here Ein Kindheitstraum (Christian Scherer, 2014)	2024	Mosaic	406	Bill / Counting Tricks
Blake Vogt, Jim Steinmeyer	Do Not Pass Go	Inventing Magic, With Jim Steinmeyer counting/shortchange routine with monopoly money in which two stacks of bills constantly change		July 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 7)	44	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing