Penetration

59 entries in Bill / Penetration
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Monty Crowe Inflation bill passes through another bill when rolled
Also published here 1936 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 20) 114
Unknown The Dollar Bill on the Ribbon bill with notified serial number and slit penetrates ribbon in envelope
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 323
Don Nielson 5 & 10 two strips of paper or bills are folded together, then pulled apart
Also published here Winter 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio) 139
Earl Keyser Porous Purse bill slides free from Vis-Escape apparatus
 		Oct. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 12) 212
Milton Kort Contrary Currency 1 $ bill and 5 $ bill penetrate, then change places
Also published here Winter 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio) 222
Roy Baker Bandit Bill with rubber band
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 236
Don Nielson 10 & 20 two strips of paper or bills are folded together, then pulled apart
Also published here June 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 4) 79
Don Nielsen Passing the Buck two bills folded into strips, they are knotted together and penetrate
Inspired by 1977 The Magic Book 48
Mike Bornstein Clip-Joint two-pronged paper clip penetrated bill
 		Sep. 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 244
Monty Crowe Inflation bill passes through another bill when rolled
Also published here Dec. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3&4) 122
Tom Ogden Five and One penetration and changes of 1$ and 5$ bills, if you are cheap check page 468
 		Sep. 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 9) 385
Scotty York The Ring's the Thing dollar bill ring links with real ring
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 12) 424
Arthur Setterington Sandwich Escape saturation of a bill between two stapled business cards
 		Nov. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 11) 942
Tom Ogden The New York Puzzler bill penetrates bill, gaffed bill
 		1982 The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part I 37
Bob McAllister Joker in the White House playing card through bill
 		Jan. 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 1) 721
Tony Miller Billtration folded card through bill, also credited to Scott Robinson, see Trapdoor
Related toVariations 1983 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 13) 117
Murray Sumner A Bill Offering folded bill inserted into metal tab from can, penetration
Variations 1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 234
Justin Higham More than a Key comb penetrates bill
 		1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 33) 641
Scotty York The Ring's the Thing dollar bill ring links with real ring
Also published here 1984 Magic with Finger Rings 54
Yoshio Hirose The Invisible Hole pencil through bill
Variations Mar. 1985 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 3) 1038
Lenny Greenfader Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by Aug. 1985 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 8) 1095
Mike Bornstein Enlarged Invisible Hole coin through bill
Inspired by Nov. 1985 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 11) 1136
Michael DeMarco "Only George Knows" pen through bill
 		Apr. 1986 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 9 No. 4) 1196
Jay Sankey The Four Dimensional Coin coin visibly penetrates bill, shell
Variations 1986 Sankey Panky 72
Richard Bartram, Jr. Pinatrated Bill safety pin penetrates bill
Also published here Apr. 1987 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 10 No. 4) 1333
Dan Harlan Traveling Cash folded bill jumps up the ladder of two rubber bands between fingers
Variations 1988 The Minotaur (Issue Sneak Preview) 1
Murray Sumner, Rick Johnsson, Yoshio Hirose Puncture No. 69, pen through bill with paper cover
Inspired by 1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 90
Dan Harlan Now U Z It pencil through bill
Related to 1989 The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 4) 13
Jean Hugard The Masked Move No. 56, coin and bill in handkerchief, named item penetrates it
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 65
Jay Sankey Outside In coin travels very visually inside a crumpled bill
 		1990 100% Sankey 64
Jay Sankey Tying the Knot bill is folded and tied around finger ring, penetration
 		1990 100% Sankey 67
Jay Sankey Dough pen through bill
Related toVariations 1990 100% Sankey 43
Felix Farrell Tip coin visibly penetrates bill
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 Hardcore 124
Ken Kuroki Origambit pencil through bill
Related to 1991 Square One 13
Michael Close Rubik's Dollar Bill bill in folded playing card is penetrated with toothpick
Related to
  • Lou Gallo's "Rubik's Revenge" (Lou Gallo - The Underground Man, 1996) p.116-119
Variations 		1991 Workers Number 2 4
Toyosane Sanada Finger through Bill
June 1992 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15 No. 6) 2079
Ken Kuroki Cocktail Bill Penetration pen through bill
 		1992 Five Times Five - Japan 53
Hiroyuki Sakai Invisible Slit bill covered with a little piece of paper is cut with a knife and restored
 		1992 The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 3) 1
Scott Robinson Severance Pay folded card through bill, ungimmicked version
Inspired by 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 113
Lee Freed Klaatu, Barada, Nikto folded bill jumps up the ladder of two rubber bands between fingers, finessed initial set-up
Inspired by Mar. 1993 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 1) 9
Richard Bartram, Jr. Pinatrated Bill safety pin penetrates bill
Also published here 1993 Mystification 91
Christian Scherer Falschgeld-Test variation of Cornelius' "Pen Thru Anything", using Scherer's own pen design, pen through bill
 		1994 Falschgeld-Test 1
Meir Yedid Billgate finger poked through bill under business card cover, bill unharmed, gaffed bill
Inspired by 1994 Magical Wishes 53
Steve Dusheck Pierced knife through bill
 		1994 Dusheck's Close-Up Magic 44
Meir Yedid Currency-Gate finger poked through bill under business card cover, bill unharmed, business card gaffed
 		1994 Magical Wishes 59
Steve Dusheck Very Close pin stuck through dollar bill which is then shown unharmed
Inspired by 1994 Dusheck's Close-Up Magic 139
Ryu Susato The Tokyo Penetration two bills are folded lengthwise and penetrate in clean manner, see also page 169
 		1996 The Looking Glass (Issue 2) 52
David Harkey, Eric Anderson, Jay Sankey East meets West meets South pencil through bill
 		1997 Ah-ha! 63
Milton Kort Contrary Currency Bills transpose, penetrate and transform
Related toAlso published here 1999 Kort 325
David Acer Intangibill finger through bill
Inspired by 1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 18
Jay Sankey Inside Trading spectator draws ship on a bill, it penetrates into a bottle
 		2004 Sankey Unleashed 35
Jay Sankey Through and Through card chosen and lost, three cards wrapped with bill, one penetrates the bill and it is selection
 		2004 Sankey Unleashed 69
Gaëtan Bloom Houdini and the Hudson River hole torn in borrowed bill and bill threaded onto rope, it penetrates the rope
 		2006 Switch 246
Jack Avis Count Dracula presentation idea for bank not penetration in envelope
 		2006 Rara Avis 190
Daniel Garcia Butter Bill Straw penetrate and melts through borrowed bill in three phases
Inspired by
  • "Misled" (Timothy Wenk)
 2009 Limited 29
Doug Edwards Wonder Pen-a-Tration pen through bill, handling
Related to
  • Doug Edwards / Tenyo's "The Wandering Hole" 1979 and "Ultimate Shocking Pen" 2003.
 2013 Nukes 81
Vanni Bossi True Pencil through Bill pencil really through bill, special glue
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 182
Henry Harrius Bill Penetration (纸币穿越) Folded bills threaded onto each other, penetrate and melt though, similar to Misled, impromptu (inspired by an item from Hiro Sakai)
 		2016 Pure 6
Ben Hart Pen Through Note Ideas
2020 The Darkest Corners 181