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The Winged Coin

The effect of this splendid piece of magic is as if you had passed a marked half-dollar from a distance into an uncorked bottle, whose neck was so small that the bottle must be broken to get the coin out. In appearance it is as follows:

Any gentleman is invited to assist you, and is seated in a chair in the center of the stage, facing the audience. You take an empty soda water bottle (one of the round end variety) and standing it upright upon its head, you ask him to steady it with both hands so that it does not fall. Now you borrow any half-dollar, and have it marked by the owner; taking it in your right hand, you, in full view of the audience, make as if to throw it towards the bottle. The sound