What if you don’t have ten coins for the previous trick?
This set-up might help you increase the number of
coins in your pocket fairly quickly!
You need 2 coins of the same value and a slightly
smaller coin. The relative value of the coins does not
Matter, just make sure two are the same size and one
is a bit smaller.
Set the coins on the table in a row with the smaller coin
in the center and all 3 coins touching.
You say,"These coins are Number One," point to the
first of the larger coins," Number Two," point to the
smaller coin in the center of the row," and Number
Three. I want you to put Number Three," point again to
the large coin which you named Number Three." In
between Number One and Number Two. But, please
follow the rules;
You cannot touch or shift Number One.
but you can
Touch and move Number Three."
You will probably have to keep a close eye on the
challengers because many will misunderstand the
rules, probably deliberately!
When you decide they have had enough time to work it
out, put one finger firmly on the center of the smaller
coin (you can touch but not move it).
Then use one finger of your other hand to draw
Number Three along the table until it is a couple of
inches away from the smaller coin. Now push it quickly
into Number Two which your other finger is holding in
place.
The force of the strike will travel through the smaller
coin and move the other large coin away.
You may have to do it a few times but you will get a
gap large enough for you to put your striker coin,
Number Three, between the other two.
It doesn’t matter if your blows move the other large
coin inches away from the smaller coin as long as it
doesn’t go off the table. You had to be able to put
Number Three between the other 2, they don’t have to
be still touching each other!
