Rising Coin (Climbing Florin). Chicago: National Magic [?], 1940s. A borrowed coin dropped into a drawer at the bottom of a decorated wooden column is seen to climb upward in the frame at the front of the apparatus as if under its own power. The magician then produces the coin from a box (or another receptacle; not included) sitting on top of the column. Lacquered wooden apparatus with stenciled designs. Height 16 ?". Restored to working condition. A gift of Dr. Robert Albo to Kenneth Klosterman and his Salon de Magie. An unusual example of this classic prop.