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gaffed by gluing an additional part of a card
to the face of each of six cards. Half a
card is glued to the face of a regular card.
The glue is applied to the edge of the card.
This leaves a pocket running the longest
length of the card in the middle. All six
cards are prepared in this way and a
normal quarter is inserted into a pocket
on each card before the trick begins.
The next critical item is the coins that
vanish. They are normal coins but sticky
tape has been applied to the underside of 5
coins. One coin does not have sticky stuff
on it and it is the bottom coin of the stack.
The top coin of the stack has tape on its
bottom as the others, but has tape on its top
also. We'll get into that in a bit. The point
here is that when the coins are stacked
they stick to each other and when touched
on the top the entire stack will stick to
your finger.
The next major item is the cylinder. It
is somewhat bigger around than a quarter
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so it will slide over the stack easily even
if the stack is not well lined up. It is not
gimmicked; however it should be of some
material that can tolerate burning flash
paper without itself going up in flame.
These are the major players.
The incidental props are the tray that is
in the middle of the show, the ball of flash
paper and a burning stick to set the flash
paper aflame. My tray is a candleholder
upside down. The burning stick is a burning
stick of incense.
Basics of the Routine
Here is an overview of how the routine
proceeds. The cards are prepared by
inserting the normal coins into them. The
coins with double-sided tape are placed on
the table in full view. There is a small
glass disk in the middle of the table. The
cylinder and ball of flash paper are by the
disk on your side of it. The cards are
held in the left hand in dealing position.
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