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pressure to the coin keeping it in place
while the second finger is bent pulling that
finger back so the tip of that finger can
press against the edge of the coin nearest
the palm. The pressure on the edge of the
coin keeps the coin in place. Then, the
other fingers can retract allowing only the
second finger to hold the coin against the
card. The long edge of the card opposite
the coin is allowed to touch the table. The
card is lowered to the table. The second
finger retracts a bit allowing the coin to fall
from the card. Then the second finger
retracts completely, allowing the card to
fall to the table over the coin. And that is
the complete action.
Holding the Cards in Dealing Position
Since there is a coin stuck in each card,
the six cards will not be a compact stack.
All six cards held together are about as
thick as a regular deck. The coins are in
the middle of all this. It is a fairly simple
easy task to hold the cards in dealing
position squeezing the short ends nearest
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the audience. In this way the audience
sees one edge of all the cards against
each other and the back of the uppermost
card. It creates an excellent illusion that
you are simply holding six cards in dealing
position. If you hold the cards with a
mechanics grip with the first finger over
the front end of the packet of cards; the
gaps between the cards in the front are
hidden. Here is a scratchy drawing that
may clear this up.
Managing the Stack
There are two approaches here. One is
to attempt to give the audience the idea the
thumb is not inside the cylinder during the
covering action. The other is to simply
not worry about it. In the first case the
cylinder is picked up first and displayed
with the thumb outside the cylinder. That
hand is turned palm down while the left
picks up the flash paper and apparently
displays it. When the right hand turns
palm down, the fingers of that hand hold
the cylinder so the thumb is free and the
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