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Performance begins by picking up the coins
and placing them in the middle of the glass
disk. A card is pushed from the top of six
into the right hand. That hand turns the
card face up for the audience to see. In
that action the fingertips slide the coin
from the pocket and pull the coin nearly
off the edge of the card. In this way the
audience almost sees the full face of the
card and sees it to be otherwise normal.
The card is rotated face down, the coin
being slid back under the card and placed
onto the table as the card is placed onto
the table. This action is repeated for each
card in the left hand. The cards are
placed in a circle around the glass disk.
The right hand picks up the cylinder. The
fingers are on the outside of the cylinder
while the thumb is on the inside. At the
same time the ball of flash paper is picked
up. The cylinder is moved over the stack
of coins and placed over the coins. The
thumb inside the cylinder presses against
the top coin of the stack. Due to the sticky
tape there, the stack raises with the thumb
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as the right hand releases the cylinder,
moves up and away from the middle of the
working area. The left hand immediately
drops the flash paper ball into the
cylinder. The right fetches something to
light the flash paper with. In the process
the stuck stack is ditched. The right
moves forward with the fire stick, lights
the flash paper that flares. The cylinder
is tipped back to show the coins are gone.
Then the right and left hands slide the
cards aside to show the quarters have
arrived there.
Details about the Props
Let's consider how to make the gaffed
cards in some detail. First note that the
cards used are royal cards. Their
pattern hides the extra piece of card glued
to the face of each. Let's say we are going
to convert a King of Clubs to a gaff. Get
another King of Clubs and cut the box out of
this extra card that holds the king. Then
cut that card the long way about five eights
from a long edge. This gives you a strip of
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