Setup: All you need is only two dollar bills with different values. Example: a $20 bill and a $100. You can decide what cash is used based on what you already have in your wallet. We recommend using newer bills, since they are easier to handle and fold with stronger creases.

Fold your first bill normally down the center. The second bill will have a Z-shaped zigzag fold in the middle to create the illusion it is overlapping the other bill when they are laid atop each other. Hide this special fold with your thumb. The audience should not be aware it’s even there. Do not show anyone this setup from the back side angle. When you carefully slide the bills apart, quickly unfold them and hand them out for inspection. This can be a very natural opener to routines that involve dollar bills.

Chris Nevling teaches many other amazing tricks in this series, so keep exploring. Watch more effects like this from these courses: “UnBILLievable Money Magic,” “Easy Coin Magic,” and “Close-Up 21.”