The Alternative Bitten Coin

By Andrew Gordon

1.Start by having your gimmick in right hand Classic Palm. Now approach the spectator and ask to borrow a coin ( Matching your gimmick)

2. The borrowed coin is at the right fingertips, while attention is on the borrowed coin, drop the palmed 'coin' down to finger palm, and do a bobo switch to the left hand by releasing the borrowed coin to fall back into a clipped position between the index and middle.

3. Pinch the gimmick at the left fingertips, the right fingers come over with the borrowed coin clipped pointing towards you, and the thumb folds back the coin and makes a tearing action. Keep as much of the coin in view as possible.

4. Now the right hand comes away apparently pinching its piece and the thumb pushes the clipped coin back up as the hand turns so just a small portion of the top edge is visible above the right fingers. I love the idea of using the borrowed coin as the broken piece. The spectator now sees you holding what appears to be half of the coin in the fingertips of each hand.

5. The right hand holds the piece above the broken coin in the left, the right coin is released by the thumb and falls back into clipped position as the gimmick is allowed to spring back. It looks like you just dropped the piece and it stuck straight back onto the coin. Another way to do the restoration is to bring the two broken pieces back into contact with each other, as the gimmick springs open it strikes the borrowed coin and you get a sound as if the two pieces have just attached themselves back together.

6. The right fingers come down and apparently take the whole coin, but come away with the borrowed coin, the left fingers hide the gimmick in finger palm. Alternatively a shuttle pass to the right would work there.