The Best Coin Fold is the title of a

magic trick Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of close-up magic, parlor magic, and stage magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural me ...

(effect) which appeared in

Jean Hugard Jean Hugard (4 December 1871 – 14 August 1959) was an Australian professional magician and author, often co-writing with Frederick Braue. Among his better known works are the books ''The Royal Road to Card Magic'', ''Encyclopedia of Card Tric ...

's book, ''Close Up Magic'', published in 1938. A coin fold is an effect that involves the appearance of a magician folding a

coin A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by ...

up within a piece of paper seemingly trapping the coin therein. The magician then causes the coin to vanish and (often) reappear elsewhere. Magic

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

(within the 20th century) contains numerous references to coin fold techniques and presentations. The "trick" is built around special procedures or techniques in folding the paper such that it appears that the coin is trapped, but in fact it easily slides out undetected by the spectator.

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