You can balance a coin at your fingertips, but no one
else can!
REQUIREMENTS: One large coin, one straight pin
Here's a great trick to demonstrate your mastery of mind over
matter!
Have a regular straight pin concealed
in one hand, between the first two fingers. With the other hand,
pull a coin out of your pocket and allow it to be examined by
the audience, or borrow a coin from one of them!
When you get the coin back, lay it down
on top of the straight pin in your other hand. Now, raise the
coin to a standing position near the ends of your fingers, and
as you do raise the straight pin with it, making sure no one but
you knows the pin is there.
Keep pressure on the pin held between
your two fingers, and the coin will balance there as if held by
unseen forces! You can talk about mind over matter, or wiggle
the fingers of your other hand over the coin as if that was where
your power emanated from!
After a few moments, slowly release pressure
on the pin, and it should let the coin gently drift back down
onto your fingers! Don't forget to get rid of the pin while people
are examining the coin again!