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Effect

The Miser's Dream

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
13 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
2 sleights, in the library

Performer borrows a derby hat from a spectator and shows it empty. Then he reaches into the air and produces a half dollar, which he tosses into the hat. From then on, in an amazing manner he produces coins from here, there, and everywhere. The supply seems to be endless and the audience is bewildered by the mysterious happenings.

How it is done

The method, 31 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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