1. THE COIN, LYING ON THE PALM OF ONE HAND, IS TAKEN BY THE OTHER HAND
Show the coin lying on the palm of the left hand in the exact position for palming it in that hand. Bring the right hand over; pick up the coin with the fingers in front of it, the thumb at the back, and move the hand away, closing the fingers on the coin as you turn to the right. This is the feint. Replace the coin in the same position in the left hand as before, under pretense of showing the right hand empty. Now make a pretense of picking up the coin, making exactly the same movements; but this time contract the left hand, palming the coin, and turn it slightly, bringing its back toward the spectators. Close the fingers of the right hand on the supposed coin, move the hand away toward the right in a diagonally upward direction, and fix your whole attention on that hand. Point the forefinger of the left hand toward the right hand as it moves away, thus giving a reason for turning its back to the onlookers. Immediately begin rubbing the tips of the fingers of the right hand against the palm, as if you were crumbling the coin to nothing.
Finally, after a few moments delay to let the spectators become used to the idea that the coin really is in the right hand, open the fingers one by one, beginning with the little finger, and show that the coin has vanished.
The whole action must be natural, without haste, and the best way to convince the spectators that you have taken the coin is to appear to be convinced yourself. Never show the hand empty immediately after having pretended to take it. The supposed crumbling of the coin is designed to give the onlookers time to forget the previous action of taking the coin from the left hand. The principles of the feint, the fixing of attention on the hand supposed to hold the coin, and the pretended pulverization apply equally to all the vanishes and will be taken for granted in their description.
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