TOT TDA WA CHI TRO copreignt (€) 1990 by Kart Pulves Jim Snapp has taken one of the old- est props in magic, and with clever thinking has developed a routine in the mivacle class. Only the standard coin slide is used, and at the finish there is nothing to get rid of. The effect is that the slide is first shown empty and then slid back into the holder. The magician borrows a nickel and Places it on top of the holder. He patters that the coin slide is really a matter duplication device. the nickel is removed and tha slide puiled out of the holder. Resting in the hole in the center of the slide is a duplicate nickel. This nickel is placed on top of the holder. The slide is slid back into the holder. A snap of the fingers, the slide is removed, and another nickel has been duplicated. The two nickels are now placed on top of the holder and the siide pushed back into place. A snap cf the fingers, and when the slide is removed, a dime is seen to have been produced. At this point all may be left with the audience as there is no gimmick to find and nothing to got rid of. -1305-Method: The coin slide is the usual ap- Paratus you bought as a child. as indi- cated in Fig. 1, there is a nickel waxed to the underside of the holder. Inside the hidden section of the slide you have a dime with wax on the un- derside of it. The dime is wax-side down, but is not attached to the slide. On top of the dime is another nickel. At the start the slide is inside the holder. The cut-out in the holder is to the performer's right at the beginning of the routine. 1. Pick up the holder with the LH covering the nickel. Show the holder on both sides, Fig. 3 and Fig. 3A. The left fingers conceal the waxed nickel. 2, Pull the slide out of the holder with the RH. Show it empty and place it on the table so the narrow side is toward the spectator. Borrow a nickel from the spectator. As this is being done,secretly pull the waxed nickel from the holder into the cupped left fingers. ‘The RH picks up the slide by the fax end and inserts it into the holder, Fig. 4. This turns the slide around end for end. Place the borrowed nickel on top of the holder, at the right end. Patter about matter duplication, 3. Pause for a mental count of three and then tip the borrowed nickel onto the table by raising the left end of the holder, Fig. 5. This also has the effect of lining up the nickel and dime inside. 4, Open the slide to show the nickel inside by pulling the slide about 3/4 of the way out of the holder. Take the slide and holder into the RH, Fig. 6,