The Gadabout Coins

In January 1950 The Linking Ring carried an effect called The Alleurian Coins, by George F. Wright. It appealed to me, so I experimented with it-making a change here and there, and came up with the routine which follows. The easy sleights are described in the foregoing chapters. The effect is simple and direct, and the routine is so designed that the performer will always be one jump ahead of the spectators.

Effect

In this bit of hocus pocus the wonder-worker calls attention to three half dollars on the table. He places two of these in his left hand, and the third goes in his pocket. Opening his left hand he shows three coins, one having apparently traveled from the pocket into the hand. This is repeated three times. Finally the coins vanish altogether leaving both hands entirely empty.