This routine was inspired by a routine of Yuji Wada. I use only the nested gimmick itself and one normal half dollar They will not be needed. To begin the routine I start with the normal American Half Dollar hidden underneath the coin purse on the table. Alternately you can have the coin hidden underneath the cardbox or any other item. The nested gaff is in your right hand finger palm with the silver side against the fingers.
This way when you push the coin out at the fingertips they will see the silver side and it will look like you have just produced a half dollar. I usually produce this first coin by lighting a piece of flash paper and simply pushing the nested gaff to my fingertips as the flash paper burns.
This is a very visual production and will get everyone's attention. I know perform and retention vanish apparently placing the silver coin into my left hand but retaining in the right-hand. I reach to my left elbow and say "if I am quick I can catch the coin as it flies up my sleeve! Once I produce the silver coin again I show it to the audience and then display it on my left hand in an open fingerpalm position, silver side up. I now perform a "fake take". Apparently picking up the silver gaff from the left hand but in reality leaving it there The right hand and fingers are held as if they are holding the coin and pretend to run it in your left elbow.
Your left hand then reaches over to your right elbow and produces the coin, apparently plucking it from the right elbow and showing it in the left hand open fingerpalm position. This entire sequence is mainly a psychological ploy to subtlety imply that the silver half dollar is "normal" without saying so. This quick "one coin flurry" does a good job at making the half seem normal.
Now you will perform a very suspicious move trying to confuse them. In reality you just toss the insert but retain the shell. It's easy. Just rotate your left hand palm down and the insert will fall out of the shell, if you slightly curl your left fingers the shell will be retained in left fingerpalm. As soon as the insert falls into your right hand, close your hand so they can't see what's there.
