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The magician asks one of the spectators to lend him a banknote for a short while. Before you take it. money, the performer asks the owner to write down the bill number and year of issue so that there are no misunderstandings. The magician then takes this banknote, folds it in half three times and rolls it into a flat tube. After this, he puts an elastic band on the tube so that it does not unfold (Fig. 1).

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Holding the tube with one hand, the other artist takes out a handkerchief from his pocket: (Fig. 2).

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In the middle of this handkerchief, the performer places money rolled into a tube, twists the middle of the handkerchief together with a banknote with a flagellum, and asks one of the spectators to hold it (Fig. 3).

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While the viewer is holding a handkerchief, the artist approaches the illusion table and takes the potato lying there:

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Having shown it to the public, the magician approaches the spectator holding a handkerchief and asks to feel if there is a tube in the handkerchief. The viewer confidently feels it through the handkerchief. Then the artist, holding the corner of the handkerchief, asks the assistant - the spectator - to let him go. Waving the handkerchief, which did not contain any money, the performer puts it in his pocket. And from his pocket he takes out a penknife and cuts the potato in half, which he was still holding in his hands (Fig. 5).

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Having removed the top half of the potato, the artist kindly invites his assistant to take the bottom half, from which sticks out a tube that has mysteriously disappeared from the handkerchief (Fig. 6).

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The assistant removes it from the potato, unrolls it, shows it to the audience and reads the number and year of issue of the banknote, which exactly matches the record of the spectator who borrowed this banknote.

The artist thanks the assistant and returns the money to their owner.

This trick can be the highlight of the program, as its visual effect is very impressive.

Focus secret:

One potato, a colored handkerchief measuring 30 x 30 cm and a pocket knife - that’s all the necessary props for this trick.

Its secret lies in two items: a potato and a handkerchief. The secret of the handkerchief is similar to the secret of the handkerchief from the Magic Ring trick. There, a ring was sewn into one of the corners of the handkerchief, and in this trick, a piece of paper is sewn into the handkerchief, folded into a flat tube 3-3 cm long (the length of this tube should correspond to a bill folded in the same way). This will be a fictitious piece of money.

The trick is demonstrated as follows. Having taken money from one of the spectators, the artist rolls it into a flat tube and puts an elastic band on it so that the tube does not unfold. Then, having taken out a handkerchief, instead of a real banknote, the performer twists a paper tube in it, sewn into the corner of the handkerchief, and gives it to the invited spectator to hold. The real banknote remains in the magician's hand (Fig. 7). Holding it, he goes to his table, where there is a pre-cooked potato with a secret.

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This potato should not be round, but elliptical and, of course, cleanly washed. At one of its ends, approximately three-quarters of the way deep, you need to drill a hole into which a tube rolled from a banknote can freely fit. Before the performance, the potato prepared in this way must be placed on the table in a cylinder or box so that the audience does not notice the hole made in it (Fig. 8).

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When the performer takes the potato, he must quietly push the banknote that he had in his hand inside. Holding the potato with two fingers - so that its hole is covered with the thumb (Fig. 9), the artist takes the tip of the handkerchief, which the assistant releases from his hands at his request, and waves it several times:

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The money tube disappeared without a trace. The magician puts the handkerchief in his pocket and takes out a pocket knife, then he cuts the potato crosswise, removes a banknote from it and returns it to the spectator.

Author: Akopyan A.A.

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