Retsy Series 1 · Card 0814 · 00-MEM

Pen Spinning Prodigy

Around the thumb. Never drop it.

Spinning pens around your fingers during class, mastering tricks while the lesson went completely unheard.

Card no.: 0814 of 1,280
Set: 00s Memes & Fads · 00-MEM
Year: 2006
Type: Classroom pen trick craze
Found at: Back row of history class
Cost back then: A borrowed pen

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype8/10

Weirdness6/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 2006

The story of Pen Spinning Prodigy

Some kids learned it from a video, some from the quiet genius in the back row. Pens twirled around thumbs, flipped between fingers and occasionally launched across the room. Serious spinners modded pens with extra caps and rubber grips. Tests went silent except for the soft clatter of dropped pens.

Fun fact

Spinners claimed the trick helped them think, but every dropped pen during a test proved otherwise.

Six finishes

187 copies of Pen Spinning Prodigy exist

Pen Spinning Prodigy comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Pen Spinning Prodigy, Retsy card 0814 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Pen Spinning Prodigy, Retsy card 0814 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Pen Spinning Prodigy, Retsy card 0814 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Pen Spinning Prodigy, Retsy card 0814 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Pen Spinning Prodigy, Retsy card 0814 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Pen Spinning Prodigy, Retsy card 0814 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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