THE THOUGHT READER
Take a two-shiling-piece and spin it on a table. Then, without looking at it, you can announce to your friends whether it has fallen head or tail uppermost. The trick can be repeated over and over again, and you always will be able to tell how it has fallen. The secret is that a notch is made in the two-shilling-piece and the edge of the embrasure is raised. The notched side will always sound quite differently from the other when the coin falls on the table. You must, of course, memorise which side the notch is on. Remember also that the trick is performed on a bare table and that practice makes perfect.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12477, 19 June 1926, Page 16
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