PHANTOM MEDALION by Mark Strivings - Trick

An intimate communication from the spirits... completely at home in a séance or any small to medium bizarre performance.The effect is simple. A coin is used. This can be "any" coin. It can be borrowed and marked for identification if you wish.The coin is placed into a small translucent plastic jar and sealed with a screw top lid.The small jar is pictured here. It measures 2" tall with the lid in place and the opening of the jar is 1 7/8" across, so it will hold virtually any coin.Once the marked coin is in the sealed jar the whole arrangement is covered with a cloth (supply your own) to provide the appropriate darkness for the spirits. This is left on the table with no one near it.After a few moments the coin can be heard to be tapping and rapping inside the sealed jar.Once the spirits have had their say, the jar is opened and the coin is returned. Everything can be fully examined.My friends, this effect is literally 100 years old, but no one has ever seen... or heard it... before. I h