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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
740
V.
THE
MARKED
FLORIN
IN
ORANGES.--Previous
to
performing
this
trick,
get
two
florins
exactly
alike,
and
mark
them
both
similarly.
Then
get
two
oranges
and
cut
a
slit
in
each.
Place
them
on
the
table
after
you
have
put
one
of
the
marked
florins
inside
one
of
them.
Then
borrow
from
the
audience
a
florin,
and
request
the
owner
of
the
florin
to
mark
it.
You
then
ask
a
person
in
another
part
of
the
room
to
hold
it,
but
giving
him
your
marked
florin
instead
of
the
borrowed
one.
Then
you
go
to
the
table
and
slip
into
the
other
orange
the
borrowed
florin.
You
ask
your
audience
in
which
orange
they
would
like
the
marked
coin
to
be
found,
remembering
that
as
you
face
the
audience
it
does
not
matter
which
they
say--right
or
left--as
your
right
is
their
left,
and
their
left
your
right.
Whichever
orange
they
ask
for,
take
the
one
containing
your
marked
florin.
You
then
ask
the
party
holding
the
florin
if
he
would
be
sure
to
know
it
again.
Then
give
him
the
orange
to
hold
on
the
point
of
the
knife;
and
in
taking
the
florin
from
him
conceal
it
in
your
hand,
and
say
that
you
will
cause
it
to
pass
into
the
orange
which
he
holds.
On
cutting
the
orange
open
he,
of
course,
finds
your
marked
florin,
which,
on
examination,
he
asserts
to
be
the
one
held
by
him.
Then
say
that
it
would
have
been
totally
indifferent
which
orange
was
selected;
and
give
the
other
orange
to
the
person
who
lent
the
florin
to
hold.
You
then
take
your
marked
florin
and
say
that
you
will
cause
it
to
pass
in
the
orange
he
holds
in
his
hand;
and
request
him
to
cut
it
open.
He
does
so,
and
then
perceives
his
own
marked
coin
in
the
centre.
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