U.S. money abroad

[malefactor]

I was just wondering if you guys in the U.K., Europe and elsewhere use U.S. currency for tricks from over here or if you change them all to something your audience recognize. I know people can start to get suspicious if you use a "funny" coin.

Is U.S. currency easy to get? I can get English pennies that match coin sets but beyond that I really have to look and pay through the nose for older nice coins to use. For instance, I tried my balls off to get my hands on 4 four pence coins for a trick and no luck.

[drmad]

hm.....no i live in indonesia...
and i use my local currency here that is rupiah....
but sumtime i have problem because the color of the bill is all different

1000 rupiah--->blue
5000---->brown
10000---->red
20000---->green
50000----->blue
100000---->red

so if im gonna do a bill change i've to use the one with the sasme colour T_T

[KF0ST334]

I use plain UK currency mostly, mainly 2p and 10p. Have seen some people use US coins and the first thing people ask is why they're using them.

[red.pips]

Originally Posted by drmad

hm.....no i live in indonesia...
and i use my local currency here that is rupiah....
but sumtime i have problem because the color of the bill is all different

1000 rupiah--->blue
5000---->brown
10000---->red
20000---->green
50000----->blue
100000---->red

so if im gonna do a bill change i've to use the one with the sasme colour T_T

c'mon man... i still can play greed smoothly wit indo currency... n its more eye-catching.. coz its like u add a color-change trick too..

[drmad]

hey really???
but it's kinda obvious
all off my friends figure it out the 1st time they watch it....

for greed which money did u use???
please i need some advice.....

[stickylondon]

English pennies: the ones that are the same size as half dollars are "old" money. They stopped making them in 1971 when the UK decimalised it's currency. If you need to buy some then eBay is a good place to look. I bought a roll of 25 old English pennies for ?0.50 ($1) plus postage.
UK and European coins are now awful to handle. I use half dollar coins, which I can get from magic shops or eBay. I agree that they are less impromptu, but not much alternative unfortunately.
I read of one steet performer who changed back to half dollars from English ?2 coins. The reason was that when he gave one to someone in a crowd, that person would suddenly disappear with his coin. Not a problem with half dollar coins.