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'''Sympathetic Coins''' is a coin effect in which four coins are laid at the corners of a square and covered by
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'''Sympathetic Coins''' (originally called Coins-n-Cards) is a coin effect in which four coins are laid at the corners of a square and covered by cards to eventually come together under one card.
cards to eventually come together under one card.
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It was created by [[Yank Hoe]] as a variation on an old parlor trick with corks and hats. He first performed it in America by 1891.<ref>Encylopedic Dictionary of Magic by Bart Whaley</ref>  
 
It was created by [[Yank Hoe]] as a variation on an old parlor trick with corks and hats. He first performed it in America by 1891.<ref>Encylopedic Dictionary of Magic by Bart Whaley</ref>  
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== Publications ==
 
== Publications ==
"The Mysterious Coin" by [[John Northern Hilliard]] in [[Stanyon's Magic]] (December 1904)
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* "The Mysterious Coin" by [[John Northern Hilliard]] in [[Stanyon's Magic]] (December 1904)
* "Coins-n-Cards" in [[The Art of Magic]] (Hilliard/Downs, 1909)  
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* "Sympathetic Coins" in [[The Art of Magic]] (Hilliard/Downs, 1909)  
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 17 June 2012

Sympathetic Coins (originally called Coins-n-Cards) is a coin effect in which four coins are laid at the corners of a square and covered by cards to eventually come together under one card.

It was created by Yank Hoe as a variation on an old parlor trick with corks and hats. He first performed it in America by 1891.[1]

Al Schneider created a modern version called Matrix.


Publications


References

  1. Encylopedic Dictionary of Magic by Bart Whaley