Effect:
You can balance a coin at your fingertips, but no one else
can!
Requirements:
One large coin, one straight pin.
Trick:
Have a regular straight pin concealed in one hand, between
the first two fingers. With the other hand, pull a coin
out of your pocket and allow it to be examined by the audience,
or borrow a coin from one of them!
When you get the coin back, lay it down on top of the straight
pin in your other hand. Now, raise the coin to a standing
position near the ends of your fingers, and as you do raise
the straight pin with it, making sure no one but you knows
the pin is there.

Keep pressure on the pin held between your
two fingers, and the coin will balance there as if held
by unseen forces! You can talk about mind over matter, or
wiggle the fingers of your other hand over the coin as if
that was where your power emanated from!
After a few moments, slowly release pressure on the pin,
and it should let the coin gently drift back down onto your
fingers! Don't forget to get rid of the pin while people
are examining the coin again! |