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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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A
further
improvement
may
be
made
in
the
trick
by
using,
in
place
of
an
ordinary
plate,
a
special
plate
or
salver,
generally
made
of
tin
japanned,
but
sometimes
of
crockery
or
china.
The
speciality
of
this
plate
(which
is
known
as
the
“money
plate,”
or
“multiplying
salver”)
consists
in
a
flat
space
running
along
its
bottom,
between
its
upper
and
under
surface,
just
wide
enough
and
deep
enough
to
hold
concealed
a
row
of
coins
(florins
or
shillings,
as
the
case
may
be),
and
closed
at
the
one
end,
but
open
at
the
other,
the
opening
being
concealed
by
the
edge
of
the
plate.
(See
Fig.
80.)
You
prepare
the
plate
beforehand
by
placing
in
the
concealed
space
three,
four,
or
six
coins,
and
place
it
on
your
table.
When
you
first
take
it
up,
you
take
hold
of
it
near
the
opening,
when
you
may,
of
course,
handle
it
as
freely
as
you
please,
as,
the
mouth
of
the
passage
being
upwards,
the
coins
cannot
possibly
fall
out.
Letting
the
plate
hang
downwards
in
a
perpendicular
position,
and
passing
it
carelessly
from
hand
to
hand,
the
audience
cannot
help
observing
that
you
have
nothing
concealed
in
your
hands.
Then
collect
(or
count
out,
if
already
collected)
the
money
in
the
plate,
and,
after
taking
away
and
handing
to
A
a
number
equal
to
the
coins
concealed,
pour
the
remainder
direct
from
the
plate
into
the
hands
of
B,
first,
however,
so
reversing
the
position
of
the
plate
(which
you
may
do
by
merely
transferring
it
from
the
one
hand
to
the
other)
as
to
turn
the
opening
of
the
passage
away
from
you.
When
you
now
slope
the
plate
to
pour
the
remaining
coins
into
his
hands,
the
money
in
the
concealed
passage
will
naturally
pour
out
with
them
(see
Fig.
80),
thus
making
the
required
addition
with
hardly
a
possibility
of
detection.
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