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Vanishing Dime
Stick a small piece of white wax (or gum) on the nail of the middle finger of your right hand, taking care that no one sees you do it. Then place a dime in the palm of your hand and tell your audience that you can make it vanish at the word of command.
You then close your hand so that the dime sticks to the waxed nail. Blow on your hand and make magic passes, and cry "Dime, begone!" Open your hand so quickly that no one will see the dime stuck to the back of your nail, and show your empty hand. To make the dime reappear, you merely close you hand again and rub the dime into your palm. Modern magicians tend to perform on a stage, hence the term stage magi. However, for many years magic was perform outdoors at street fairs and in marketplaces. Imagine the backstage preparations that magicians needs now imagine not being able to do any of that because you are wondering around a street fair trying to draw a crowd.
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