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How to Do the French Drop Coin Trick. Where the coin goes, nobody knows. Except you! You
will need A coin and dexterity. Step 1. Hold the coin between your thumb and fingers, palm
up, the coin horizontal. Step 2. Reach in with the thumb and first finger of your other
hand, as if to take the coin. Let the coin drop past the grabbing thumb and into the
palm of the original hand. Step 3. Palm the coin in your dominant hand, between your thumb
and first finger. Close your other hand and move it away as if it holds the coin. Practice
passing your hand in front and dropping and palming the coin to perfect the sleight-of-hand.
Step 4. Open your second hand to reveal that the coin has magically vanished. Step 5. Make
the coin reappear in your original hand by passing it from your palm to your fingers
and opening your hand. Did you know Did you know? In 1999, an extremely rare 1804 U.S.
Silver Dollar was auctioned for $4.14 million.