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To French Drop a coin is when you hold the coin and pretend to grab it with the other hand. To do this trick, make a ‘C’ with your fingers and hold the coin between your thumb and the tips of the first three fingers on your right-hand, thumb on top and fingers underneath. Bring your left hand over as though to take the coin. Slide your thumb between your hand and the coin and curl the fingers of your left hand over the coin. As soon as the coin is masked, relax the fingers of your right hand and let the coin drop down into the finger palm position. Get used to dropping the coin into your hand and into the best position for a finger palm. Turn your right-hand palm down and drop it to your side in a relaxed position while focusing your eyes and attention on the left hand which is now in a fist.

Raise your left hand up and away from your body while keeping your eyes on it to take the attention away from your right-hand. Your audience will watch what you are watching. Then when you are ready, start rubbing away or crumbling the ‘coin’ in your left hand and then open the fingers slowly to show the empty hand. Practice this trick in stages. First, get used to relaxing your fingers so the coin drops into position and then holding it in a finger palm. Then practice coordinating bringing your other hand over to ‘grab’ the coin and forming a fist. Make sure to drop the hand containing the coin to your side in a natural position while focusing your eyes and attention on the other hand.

There are other ways you can ‘create your magic’, such as using the hand with the concealed coin to wave over the empty hand, blowing on it or tapping it. Use your imagination. If you want to wave your fingers over the empty hand to create the magic, you will need to transfer the coin from the finger palm coin hold to a classic palm coin hold.