The Homing Coins

Performer shows a plate of coins, then pours them into a borrowed hat which a boy is holding. He says that he placed fifteen coins in the hat, but the audience is a bit skeptical as the coins were not counted. Boy counts the coins and finds that there are actually fifteen. Coins are poured back into the hat again. Boy then gives performer two of the coins, which leaves thirteen in the hat.

The two are wrapped in a handkerchief and given to the boy to hold. Mysteriously the coins wander back into the hat from the handkerchief. Boy counts the coins from the hat onto the plate and finds that there are fifteen as at first. Magician repeats the experiment, leaving the audience as thoroughly puzzled as ever.