Effect
The Coin, Envelope, and Handkerchief
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 8 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- 2 sleights, in the library
Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.
A coin with some identifying mark on it is borrowed from a spectator. It is placed in an envelope. A borrowed handkerchief is knotted. Suddenly the coin disappears from the envelope and appears in the knot in the handkerchief. The envelope is torn up and the handkerchief is untied to disclose the coin.
How it is done
The method, 26 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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