Modern Coin Manipulation

Downs' classic on coins: palms, passes, vanishes, the Miser's Dream and the flourishes that made him famous. Scanned pages (text is not searchable).

T. Nelson Downs, 1900 · George Routledge & Sons. Complete 197-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.

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