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We are listing all Ted’s Sterling Magic products to Amazon.com. Please look for them there.

Every Ted’s Sterling Magic product included the Wizard coin.

The WIZARD COIN confirms to the customer that they got genuine Ted’s Sterling Magic products. It also adds value to the product with our learning page for new tricks that can be done with the coin.

https://sterlingmagiccoins.com/learning-page/

Here is the URL for Ted’s Learning Page. Learn tricks with the WIZARD COIN included with every Ted’s Sterling Magic product. Thanks to Wayne at About Magic for allowing us to post his videos.

We are working with Amazon to list out products for sale. We will bring them on line as soon as possible. We’ll update you when they are ready for listing by authorized retailers.

We are adding products as quickly as possible. We hope to add China Change and Double Headed Half Dollars soon. We have ordered the parts for Hopping Half. This one will take a little time to get right.

Well, the previous owner did not maintain ownership of sterlingmagic.com. When I purchased the company, sterlingmagic.com was available for $30,000. That’s a little more than my budget allows. I see that the price has come down. I still can’t afford it.

In order to do business these days, you need a trademark. Since the Sterling Magic trademark was not maintained, I had to try to obtain a new trademark. Unfortunately, I was not able to trademark “Sterling Magic.” So, I had to modify the name slightly. That is why we are here.

For products that we are now able to produce, we are accepting back orders. As orders are placed, they will be fulfilled as quickly as possible.

Dateline – 10:34am Central, Sunday, May 15, 2022. We have made the first cut. It wasn’t successful, but it is a start. We are now able to make shells. No faces. One of our machines is down with a bad motor. We are getting closer.

Is it illegal to use real US coins to make magic tricks?
According to the U.S. Treasury F.A.Q., the answer is- No.
It is only illegal to alter a US coin with the intention of spending it as if it were a coin of a different value.
From the official U.S. Treasury website: “Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who ‘fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States.’ This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it [in a monetary transaction in trade for goods or services] to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the U.S. Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent.”

Here is another link: https://silverstatefoundry.com/pages/legality