# Folding dollar trick

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-dollar-trick/20732>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2000, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-dollar-trick/20732 "2000-05-28T08:48:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-dollar-trick/20732/1 "2000-05-28T08:48:29Z")

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There is an info-mercial on late night t.v. for magic tricks, one of them being a dollar bill folding in the magicians hand, seemingly by itself. Anyone know how it’s done?

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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-dollar-trick/20732/2 "2000-05-28T08:53:22Z")

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call the 1-800 number!

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**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-dollar-trick/20732/3 "2000-05-28T13:49:29Z")

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There is a very fine piece of monofilament threaded through the bill. It’s connected to a button or some other point on his clothing. When he moves his hand forward the thread causes the bill to fold up.