One Finger Balance Rotation

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Description A simple trick where the coin is moved from a balance to a rotation and back to the balance.
Start Hold the hand palm up and balance a coin flatwise on the tip of the middle finger with heads facing up.
Directions
  1. Quickly curl the middle finger in to press the coin against the palm.
  2. Straighten the middle finger and let the coin slide off the palm onto the first phalanx of the middle finger. The coin should now be tails up.
  3. Curl in the middle finger again. During the curl the coin should rotate 180º and the middle finger should be again pressing it into the palm (pushing on the heads side of the coin).
  4. Straighten the middle finger again and finish with the coin balanced on it in the starting position with tails facing up.
Variations
 This variation is slightly harder but much nicer. The animation and video shows this variation. Start as above.
  1. Curl in the middle finger as above but press the coin against the palm near the base of the thumb.
  2. Remove the middle finger and place it against the underside edge of the coin.
  3. Lift the coin up and slowly slide the middle finger along the underside of the coin until it is near the center of the coin.
  4. Straighten out the hand to show the coin balanced on the middle finger.