N O W H E R E ' S THE
SET-UP!
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM:
REGULAR DOLLAR. REGULAR DOLLAR, REGULAR
DOLLAR AND SHELL WITH REGULAR DOLLAR
SPREAD THE DOLLARS ON THE
RIGHT HAND
SHELL IS FIRST MOUTH UP!
AS A UNIT, FLIP IT END OVER END PUTTING
SHELLED COIN IN THE BOTTOM, SHELLED
COIN FACE DOWN....
SHELLED COIN.. DUH!
EXECUTE A F R I C T I O N TOSS TO THE LEFT
HAND LEAVING THE SHELLED UNIT ON THE
FINGERTIPS
THE
THE RIGHT HAND, COINS O N
SHELL F A C I N G Y O U THE LEFT
HAND
FAN THE T H R E E C O I N S O N THE LEFT
F I N G E R T I P S ...
REFAN THE
THREE COINS
ON THE LEFT...
SIMULTANEOUSLY
D E S H E L L THE C O I N
O N THE RIGHT...
BRIEFLY CLOSE BOTH HANDS
AND OPEN PALMS FACE UP TO
DISPLAY WHAT HAD JUST
TRANSPIRED....
NOW FOR THE BACK VIEW
WITH THE RIGHT
THUMB, CONTACT
THE EDGE OF THE
SHELL AND
DESHELL IT BY
LIFTING THE
THUMB. ALLOW THE
SHELL TO SNAP ON
YOUR FINGERTIPS
WHILE RETAINING
THE REGULAR COIN
IN RIGHT FINGER
PALM.
REDISPLAY!
M O V E THE A S THE
RIGHT HAND RIGHT
HAND
FORWARD GOES
AND SAY BACK,
"ONE COIN LEFT
HERE" HAND
GOES
FORWARD
AND SAY
THREE
HERE"
AS THIS HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF
MOVES... THE FUN HAS JUST BEGUN....
THE L E F T H A N D D I S P L A Y S
THE THREE C O I N S . . .
THIS I S WHAT GOES ON I N
THE RIGHT HAND: WITH THE
MIDDLE FINGER MANEUVER
THE R E G U L A R COIN IN
FRONT OF THE SHELL
SHELL!
A S THE RIGHT HAND M O V E S
FORWARD TO SHOW TWO. THE
L E F T HAND M O V E S BACK AND
C O N C E A L S THE B O T T O M C O I N
BY S I M P L Y A L L O W I N G THE
B O T T O M M O S T C O I N TO SLIP
I N T O LEFT FINGER PALM...
VOILA! THE SECOND C O I N
HAS TRAVELLED!
THE COINS ON THE RIGHT
TAP THE BACK OF THE COINS AND THEN THE FRONT...
ON THE LEFT....
A CLEAN
DISPLAY O F
TWO C O I N S
O N EACH
HAND!
O N THE S E C O N D TAP. S T E A L THE
B O T T O M M O S T C O I N O N THE
LEFT AND ALLOW IT TO
COALESCE WITH THE SHELL.
SHELLED
COIN!
REDISPLAY TWO ON TWO....
SOMETHING
HAPPENED HERE...
L E M M E SHOW YOU!
A S THE LEFT HAND C O M E S UP TO R E - F A N
THE RIGHT
HAND D E -
SHELLS THE
COIN AS
IN THE
FIRST D E -
SHELLING.
THIS T I M E
WITH
ANOTHER
COIN ON
TOP OF THE
SHELL...
B O T T O M M O S T COIN I S IN
RIGHT FINGER PALM
BEAUTIFUL FRONT
VIEW
AS THE LEFT HAND SHOWS
two COINS....
THE RIGHT HAND MANEUVERS THE
FINGER PALM COIN INTO POSITION
TO SHOW THREE....
YOU KNOW THE DRILL. OTHERWISE
TAKE UP S T A M P COLLECTING
AND PLEASE. TRY TO LOOK AS AS THE RIGHT
PERPLEXED AS YOU CAN! SHOWS THREE,
THE LEFT HAND
RETRACTS THE
BOTTOM COIN ON
THE WAY BACK...
FROM A FANNED . . . . S Q U A R E THE THREE C O I N S A N D R O T A T E
POSITION... YOUR H A N D S TO SHOW T H E M H O R I Z O N T A L L Y
LEFT H A S
ONE C O I N
PLACE THE THREE O N THE
COINS ON THE FINGERTIPS
CONCEALED LEFT AND DUH!
FINGER PALM COIN.
ALLOW THE SHELL TO
NEST ON IT...
SHELL I S
BOTTOM
MOST,
MOUTH FACE
DOWN
DELIBERATELY TAKE
THE SINGLE COIN ON
THE LEFT FINGERTIPS
ONTO THE RIGHT.
OPEN THE LEFT HAND
TO CLEARLY SHOW
THREE. THIS IS VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT!
SO YOU
THINK THE
COINS CAN
ONLY TRAVEL
F R O M LEFT
T O RIGHT,
HUH? I CAN
A L S O D O IT
F R O M RIGHT
TO LEFT...
ALLOW THE COIN
TO DROP TO
FINGER PALM...
HAND ROTATES
YOU ARE NOW IN
RAMSEY
SUBTLETY
"CHECK OUT
WORKS OF TROY
HOOSER. GEOFF
LATTA. HOMER
LlWAG, CURTIS
KAM, REED
MCLINTOCK.
CHRIS KENNER
AND JONATHAN
TOWNSEND.... I
LEARNED THIS
CONCEALMENT
FROM WATCHING
THEM THANKS
BUYS!
INCIDENTALLY.
THEY ALL DO IT
DIFFERENTLY...
AS WELL AS
BEAUTIFULLY!
THIS IS JUST
HOW A MORTAL
DOES IT
SO ALL YOU
MORTALS OUT
THERE. THERE IS
HOPE! REJOICE!
SLIGHTLY PUSHES THE PARCEL FORWARD TO
SHOW FOUR COINS.
WHAT THE...
I DIDN'T SEE
THAT!
NOW THAT YOU MADE THE COIN TRAVEL TO THE LEFT. COOL! BUT
YOUR RIGHT HAND NOW IS "SOILED".. B U M M E R !
WELL..NOT REALLY. IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING! BECAUSE
NOW IT SETS YOU UP FOR TWO WONDERFUL THINGS ! THE
CLEAN-UP AND 2. THE COUNT...
PUSH THE COIN
FROM YOUR RIGHT
FINGER PALM INTO
VIEW AS YOU NEST
THE SHELL ON YOUR
LEFT HAND MAKING
AS IF YOU PICKED
THE FOURTH COIN...
ALLOW THE
COINS TO
FLIP OVER.
SHELLED
COIN IS
NOW ON
TOP...
FOR COIN #3. R O T A T E THE LEFT HAND
AND PLACE THE SHELLED COIN ON
TOP OP COIN #4. THEN COIN # 2 . . A N D
LASTLY, COIN #1.
FROM THE SPREAD, USING THE MIDDLE FINGER,
ALLOW THE COINS TO FLIP OVER THE PALM.
THIS I S OPTIONAL
SINCE YOU ARE
ALREADY I N P O S I T I O N
F O R THE N E X T P H A S E
THIS I S J U S T M Y WAY
OF BEING RECKLESS
W I T H THE C O I N S . . . A
SUBTLE WAY OF
S A Y I N G , "HEY, J U S T
FOUR C O I N S ! "
O N C E AGAIN, YOU FLIP THE COINS OVER
END FOR END
BOTTOM!
DO ANOTHER FRICTION TOSS...
THE F R I E N D I S I N
THE B O T T O M . . .
YOU KNOW THIS MOVE.. DE-SHELL TO
SHOW FOUR...AND SO ON AND SHOW
FOUR...
SHOW FOUR
COINS ON THE
LEFT HAND
THEN PRODUCE
THE
"IMAGINARY
COIN" WITH
THE RIGHT
HAND.
AS YOU PLUCK
THAT COIN IN
THE AIR, CLOSE
YOUR LEFT
HAND
ALLOWING THE
COINS TO NEST
ONCE AGAIN...
NOW THAT THE
COINS ON THE
LEFT HAND ARB
NESTED,
SIMPLY DROP
THE
"IMAGINARY
COIN". CLOSE
THEN PAUSE....
OPEN YOUR
LEFT HAND TO
SHOW ONLY
FOUR!
NOW I'VE S E E N
EVERYTHING! EITHER
HE'S THAT GOOD OR
I'VE HAD T O O MUCH
SODIUM!
S I M P L E A S IT M A Y
A MAGICAL M O M E N T !
C A P I T A L I Z E O N IT!
TO PRODUCE THE IMAGINARY COIN. THRUST YOUR H A N D LIGHTLY
UPWARDS ALLOWING THE COIN TO RIDE ON YOUR FINGERTIPS AS
YOU "PLUCK" IT ON THE WAY DOWN... AT THE SAME TIME. CLOSE
YOUR LEFT HAND.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A STANDARD MOVE, I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT I
FULLY UNDERSTOOD THIS PRODUCTION FROM WATCHING CURTIS
KAM IN "DECEPTIONS IN PARADISE"...
LAY THE COINS ON THE TABLE ONE AT A TIME...ONE,
TWO YOU DO KNOW HOW TO COUNT. R I G H T ? HAHAHA!
TAKE THE SHELL AND DO THE BEST VANISH YOU CAN! I
SUGGEST YOU PICK UP HOMER'S COIN ONE...
NUDGE THE
COINS AND
ALLOW IT TO
S P R E A D OUT TO
SHOW O N L Y FOUR
COINS'
COLLECT THE FOUR C O I N S
AND M Y S T E R I O U S L Y SAY...
SENCILLO! I'M FRIED! I'M
T O A S T ! BUT I ' M
HAPPY...
HEY B O S S !
F O O D AND
D R I N K S ARE ON
ME!
SPECIAL THANKS T O THE FOLLOWING:
V I N N Y "THE G O D F A T H E R MARINI
CHARLIE "BLACK M A R K E T " CHANG
CURTISKAMMIKEGALLOeric DECAMPS
SCOTT GROSSBERG
HOMER LIWAG
J O N SANTIAGO
F R I E N D S AT THE M A G I C CAFE
THE A L L I A N C E OF PHILIPPINE M A G I C I A N S
LA F A M I G L l A
MANILA FAMIGLIA
THE TAVERN PEOPLE
M A R I O N "MB217"
JEFFREY TAM
ANTHONY "MINDBENDER" CO
M A I BEE GEE
