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coinsleifgthtthumb.jpgThe magician borrows a coin, gives the spectators a good look at it, closes his hand around it, opens his hand and the coin has disappeared. He places his empty hands together, lifts one hand and the coin is resting on the other hand, back from wherever it went.

 

 

Coin Sleighted employs what I'm apparently alone in referring to as a gambler's pinch. The coin is palmed by clipping it at the base of the fingers between the second and third finger. This sleight was used by early thimble rig and cups and balls workers when manipulating very small diameter balls.

Props & Setup

A small coin, 7/8 inch / 2.5 cm or less in diameter handles best. A US quarter or similar coin will do. This can be borrowed or taken from change in the pocket.

 

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The edge of the coin is held between the right thumb and second finger. The left hand is open, fingers together, palm up. The right hand moves towards the stationary left hand. The coin is placed on the tip of the left third finger, the left edge of the coin touching the slightly raised side of the left second finger. As the closed right hand continues to move left, hiding the left hand from view, the left second finger tip touches the bottom of the right second finger.
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Using the right second finger as a guide, the left second finger moves right until the front edge of the coin is caught by the base of the right second and third fingers. The left fingers move away, leaving the coin clipped by the right second and third fingers. The right hand rotates at the wrist, so the right fingers point down, the left fingers curl up into the left palm, apparently to cover the coin in the left hand. The right fingers brush past the tips of the left fingers as the right hand moves back towards the left wrist.


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