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• What do you need

Do you want to surprise your friends and family with a simple yet effective magic trick using sleight of hand? If so, read this article to find out how.

Steps

1. 1 Hold a coin in one hand between your middle and thumb on each side. Your entire arm should be slightly tilted towards you.
2. 2 Put your other hand in a pose as if you are going to take something with it. Place all four fingers (except your thumb) sideways, with your palm facing your face, and keep your thumb on the opposite side.
3. 3 When you close your other hand with the coin with your free hand, slightly spread your middle and thumb on your other hand so that the coin remains in the palm of this hand. It should appear to the audience as if you were grabbing it with your free hand. But you will actually just secretly leave it in your old hand.
4. 4 Finish by moving the coin down to your feet while the audience thinks the coin is in your neck about half a meter away.
5. 5 Now open your hands and show the audience that the coin has disappeared.
6. 6 Get creative to complete the trick! You can play with the appearance of the coin behind the ear of someone from the audience, or discreetly put it in your pocket so that it “disappears forever”.

Tips

• Practice until you can do everything quickly and smoothly.
• Practice in front of a mirror to perfect your art and see the same picture in front of you as your audience.
• Practice Lets You Achieve Perfection!
• Follow the hand where the coin should be with your gaze.
• For this trick, use a 25 cent or similar sized coin.

What do you need

• Coin
• Viewers