Conjuring tricks with coins, watches, rings and handkerchiefs; from "Modern magic" (1900)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · Philadelphia, D. McKay · leaf 21
COINS. Fig. 72, where it is held by the pressure of the first and fourth fingersagainst its opposite edges, the hand remaining completely open. Pass 8.—The peculiarity of this pass is, that it is made whileholding the wand in thehand, a case in whichnone of the other passesare available. Holding… … Fig. 72. the coin (which should be held very lightly) into the position shownin Fig. 74, in which, being behind the first three fingers, it is com-pletely hidden. You should loseno time in relaxing the fingers ofthe right hand, and gently closingthem around the coin, as theirstraightened position,…
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