Thumb Touch Coins Across – coin magic trick
Here you’ll learn how to perform coin magic trick that use only one move – Geoff’s Han Ping Chien. The application is also fairly easy. There is, of course, a catch: you must be able to act, and well. If you convey the proper impressions to the audience this is one of the cleanest coins across routines you could possibly want. It uses only four coins and can be done either standing or sitting.
Display the four coins and drop them on your left palm. Close your hand and do Isolation Placement as already described, getting one of the coins ready. Look at your left fist and give it a slight upward shake. Follow the path of the invisible coin as it travels across to your right hand. Glance in front of you, just a bit to your right, as if you see the coin in midair (fig. 1 is the audience view). You’ve followed the path of the imaginary coin to your right hand and, when it reaches it, pretend to grab it, your hand turning palm up with your thumb behind your straightened fingers (fig. 2).
Do it with conviction. If you don’t really believe that your right hand has caught a coin then there’s no way you can convince the audience. it works, too – they’ll think you’re actually holding a coin in your right hand. Now, simply place the coin that you’ve caught with your right hand onto the table. Of course, you do the Han Ping Chien move so that as your right hand smacks down onto the table, your left hand moves smoothly to the left. The isolated coin slides out of it and, as your right hand descends, your fingers push it downward onto the table. The illusion is perfect, as if you were simply smacking the “caught” coin onto the table. It’s also a little easier than some other applications of the move because there’s nothing else in your right hand to worry about (no extra coins, etc.).
After you lift your right hand, leaving the single coin on the table, turn it over to show it empty. Turn it palm down and make a fist. Shake your left hand and open it to display three coins. Maneuver them by shaking your hand so that they’re stacked inward in position for Isolation Placement. Do the move as you close your hand and turn it over, getting another coin ready for the Han Ping Chien. Then, turn your left fist up again. Give it a shake and follow the invisible coin, catching it with your right hand, which immediately smacks it to the table as you do the move. The second coin will slide out of your left fist and, as your right fingers push it downward, clink against the coin already on the table, Simply repeat the entire business as described to get the third and fourth coins across. Remember that your aim has to be good here so that each coin that’s released from your left hand lands on the coin or coins already on the table.
