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Just Pretend (Bobo's Modern Coin Magic)
 A trick that requires simple sleights is usually favored by most magicians because such a trick allows the performer
to concentrate on presentation and showmanship. The following trick, although not very difficult, requires careful
timing and misdirection to put over successfully. Properly done it is a classic.
As the spectators see it: With his sleeves rolled up, the magician shows a fifty-cent piece, places it in his left hand,
then gestures with his right, showing unmistakably that the coin is actually in the closed left hand. He then makes a
magic pass around his left hand, explaining that he is drawing the coin out of the hand. Pretending to hold the invisible coin in his right hand, he throws it away and his right hand is seen to be empty. The left hand is opened and it is seen to be empty also.
Saying that the trick would not be complete unless he could bring the coin back, the magician pretends to pluck the coin from the air with his right hand, then pretends to put it back in his left. Another magic pass is made around his left hand and when it is opened a moment later the coin is seen to have returned.
Required sleights: Three sleights are used, and all three are blended together into one continuous movement. The first involves the secret removal of the coin from the left fist; the second, getting the coin into The Downs palm and holding it there while you make a gesture of throwing it away and showing the right hand empty; and third, secretly putting the coin back into the left hand after it has been shown empty. These moves will be explained in detail.
Working: Turn back your sleeves and stand with your body turned slightly to the left as you display a half dollar between the tips of the right fingers and thumb. Hold your left hand chest high, palm toward the audience, and say, "I will tell you exactly how this trick is done, but I assure you, you won't believe me. First, we will place the coin in the left hand." Bring the right hand over to place the coin in the left hand but push it between the left thumb and the base of the forefinger as in Fig. 1.
This is the most difficult part of the manipulation, but it has the advantage of being covered by the motion of the right
hand feigning to draw the coin out of the left fist. Just keep on pretending to pull it out of the left hand (and this is
exactly what you tell the audience you are doing!) until you get the coin into the Downs palm position. The best way to
do this is to use the thumb to push the coin between the first and second fingers, Figs. 6 and 7,
Say, "Now if we have pretended well enough and used our imagination to the fullest extent, we will find that the coin has really flown away." After all movement has ceased, turn your gaze toward your left hand and slowly open it. Turn the hand over several times, showing it back and front with the fingers wide apart. Pause a split second after showing the left hand empty, then before the spectators' attention returns to the right hand, raise it, back outward and forefinger pointing partly
upward in a gesture, and say, "The trick would not be very good if we were not able to get the coin back, so...." And with these words, turn again to the right (using the same body and foot movements as before), extend your right hand palm toward the audience (with the coin hidden in the Downs palm) and pretend to pluck an imaginary coin from the air, saying, "....we simply pretend to pluck the coin out of the air, like this...." (Do not produce the coin; do exactly what you tell the spectators you are doing--pretend to pluck a coin from the air.) "....and pretend to put it back into the hand...." As these words are spoken, turn back to the left and go through the motions of placing an imaginary coin in your left hand, Fig.10.
With these last words, slowly open your left hand to disclose the coin lying on the palm. For best results perform the trick with a borrowed, marked coin.
In essence the trick is a coin vanish and reproduction, but with the proper presentation and showmanship it becomes a beautiful little drama that is guaranteed to make a profound impression on magician and layman alike.
Have you checked out these fantastic coins for magic tricks? Have a look at this: Magic Coins & Gimmicks
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