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Most of the material in this book, including my own, is based on accumulated research, ideas, and effects of other magicians. Directly or indirectly, I am therefore indebted to all coin workers.

An honest effort has been made to credit the source of all material as accurately as possible, but slips may have crept in. If I have failed to recognize the originator of any idea, sleight, trick or move in the following pages, I hereby offer my most humble apologies.

I owe thanks to all my contributors, but more especially to Milton Kort. Although not so well known as he should be, he is one of the most modern-minded and practical of our present day sleight of hand artists. He gave unstintingly of his time to help whenever I needed it. A generous sprinkling of his genius will be found throughout the book.

I also acknowledge with gratitude the assistance of numerous persons who helped me in gathering and preparing material for this volume. J. G. Thompson, Jr. was responsible for several effects other than his own contributions. Dr. E. M. Roberts’s revolutionary sleeving technique and the tricks therewith should be an inexhaustible source of ideas for years to come.

Stanley Collins has rendered the magical fraternity a great service in setting down his recollections of great coin manipulators of the past, together with some of their almost-forgotten tricks.

I am deeply grateful for the invaluable assistance given me by my good friend John Braun in editing the material, making suggestions, and for his work on Chapter XIV. He deserves much credit for any success this book might receive.

Finally, I want to thank Carl W. Jones for putting my words into printed form. As a Publisher of Magic, his record for outstanding books is well known to all magicians. May this one prove a delight to all!

Bobo