I looked forward to receiving these coins but could not be more disappointed. The backside of the coins are a sticker. where two stickers meet together, they do not slide and do not work as advertised. My biggest disappointment was with Penguin magic. I sent them back for a replacement and ask if they would check the coins they were sending me before shipment. Someone name Ed who is either dishonest or incompetent sent me coins that are worse than the first set. I have bought well over 600 products from Penguin and had very few problems in the past. I would not consider asking for a replacement for anything in the future.

This effect is a crowd-stopper. It's very visual as one coin becomes three, becomes one, and eventually becomes three other coins completely. While there are sleights involved, there's nothing that's necessarily going to take months of work to get. Most of the work is done through the miracle of the coin. I saw this demonstrated at a magic convention recently and every time the dealer brought it out and started working with it, a crowd would gather.

The coin(s) look nice and as long as you keep everything moving as in the performance, you'll be fine. The coin doesn't "talk" as the effect progresses and it's well worth the effort of learning. The only angle issue you have is no one can be behind you but that's standard for most coin effects. Can you hand the coin out at the end for examination? That depends on how well you can do a coin switch.

Very pleased with the quality of the coins and the routines provided. Only thing I would say regarding the coins is that you will likely want to put some crystal clear tape over the top of the chinese coin stickers so that they will not wear from use.