Scotch and Soda routine

"Scotch & Soda may well be one of the 10 Best tricks ever, it certainly
must be in the top 3 Coin tricks. The best advice I give is that when you
buy this trick you might as well kick in an extra $5 and get one of the
many books on Scotch & Soda or Dime & Penny. It is a worthwhile investment
to get good mileage on something that just set you back $20. Lots of ideas
are available and these will create more in your mind.

So you are comfortable with it and can do a copper/silver transposition,
and you can make the copper disappear from someone's hand and appear
someplace else. Now what? Try this, it is a fast and pretty effect......

The Safe (a story)

Prepare a matchbox by opening the drawer and trimming the top of it at the
back (one of the ends) large enough to easily introduce a coin into it.
Have 8 or 10 matches with the heads cut off in the box, and put it in your
left trouser pocket.

Sit at a table and have a deck of cards nearby.

Show the double sided coin and the shell, put them on your table, shell
on bottom, double sider leaning on it with the copper side up. Have the
whole copper palmed in your left hand.
Say "I want to show you an invention" and reach into your pocket for the
matchbox. Slide the copper in the slot in the box but DO NOT DROP IT IN.
Bring out the box with the coin under cover of the lid pinched there with
your fingers, and slide the drawer open, keeping the coin hidden. Say "I
have invented the perfect safety match, you cannot accidently burn anything
with it". Take out a headless match and show it, hoping for a giggle. "I
don't have the patent yet." Put the match back and close the drawer,
letting the coin drop in now. The matches will muffle any sound, or a
slight sound will only sound like the matches shifting. Put the box on the
table in front of you. Tell the person to choose a face card from the
deck. When they give it to you you tell a story based on

a Queen - she is a maid who cannot be trusted
a Jack - he is a thief watching your house
a King - sends tax collectors

Now you know the gist of the story you will make up.

While they are getting the card pick up the 2 coins (S&S set). Shell is on
bottom. In relation to the card chosen say "you have to protect your gold"
and point to the copper coin. Then say "the best way is to put it in a
safe" and slide the shell from behind the copper to the front, do NOT let
it settle over the copper yet. This is easy to do in your fingers. Say
"But you have to watch out for (- the card - ) because they are watching
your house (- point to the matchbox - ) and they know where your gold is
hidden." Now put the copper and shell on the matchbox. Say "they will
come along and try to steal/take/tax it!" Put the card on the shell,
wiggle a tad and push to lock it in. Put one finger under the card and
move it sideways, not showing the face. Say "the gold is not there" and
pick up the silver coin, show both sides and put it away. Say "but they
didn't get the gold either!!" and show the face of the card, copper is not
there. Say "How did I protect my gold? I hid it somewhere else...." Now
point to the matchbox and say "...IN THE HOUSE". Let them open it and
inspect the copper coin.

Finish

This works well and is adaptable to the situation. If you are caught
without a matchbox just use a card. Have copper palmed in left hand and
take a card in right, show face, transfer to left hand over the coin and
show right palm, then transfer both to right hand and show left palm, then
back to left and put it on the table. This is your house. Put the S&S set
on the card and cover with another card (or your hand). The copper
penetrates the card.