Elastic Coin Trick
This version of an elastic coin trick looks incredible as it happens right in front of the spectators.
Large coins are clearly seen to make a seemingly impossible squeeze through a much smaller hole. This trick can really get your audience baffled.
The magic instruction video below here shows this coin trick being performed and then follows with an explanation to allow you to learn to do this fascinating magic trick.
Here is a breakdown of the trick:
You first need to make a gimmicked card and cut a small hole in the center. This is best done by folding the card in half and cutting out a semi circle
Next cut a slit scross the top of the card approximately one cm from the top.
Next show your audience the small hole and the much bigger coin to let them see the impossibility of the coin going through the hole,
Next, fold card in half, with the half that has a slit cut in it, facing you. Hold up the card face on to your audience and insert the coin in between the folded card. Secretly slide the coin through the slit and out of the back of the card so that you can put your thumb on it to secure it.
As a real convincer, you can now show your audience, the top of the card so that they can see that it is actually inserted into the middle.Be careful with your viewing angles and keep the exposed coin covered.
Now that they are convinced, hold the card up again facing them and pull the coin down quickly, keeping it pressed against the card. From the audience's angle. This will look like the coin has impossibly squeezed through the small hole.
Move onto your next trick, before they ask to examine the card.
This clever illusion is a great example of how much fun and entertainment can be had with just a few simple peices of equipment such as a card and a coin.
This gives you the added advantage of being able to carry them almost anywhere and so can provide you with an opportunity to perform an impromptu trick at a moments notice or wherever the opportunity arises.
Very few coin conjuring tricks provde you with as big a chance to create a big impression and put a smile on peoples faces.
Enjoy practicing this one and when you have prepared the simple gimmick you should be able to use it over and over again.
