Coin Trick.
in the centre of a piece of paper cut a hole the exact size of a shilling. You arc required to pass a two shilling
piece through this opening without tearing the paper or touching the coin. How can it be done? Answer: —Fold the paper in halves so that tlio crease thus formed is exactly across the centre of the hole. Hold tho paper at each end and ask a friend to nlaco a. two shillincr pieco in the fold. You then slide the coin down until it is covering the opening. Gradually bring the corners of the papor together. As you do this the hole seems to grow larger, and tho two shilling piece easily slips through the opening without tearing the paper, f—Copied by Cedrlc Header (11).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23827, 30 November 1940, Page 3 (Supplement)
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132Coin Trick. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23827, 30 November 1940, Page 3 (Supplement)
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