Looking for some help on the manipulation of money. I have tried taping poker size cards end to end and taping the bill on the front. Also, have tried to tape on a flap type arangement with cards and have had limited success. I have tried back palming the bills with no gaff or prep and have some success. Any suggestions?

Try tenkai production
You can also search for jumbo cards manipulation

Damien

Look for osaka bills video...this is what your looking for.its like misers dream using bills!!!

Dark wing, you hit it right on! Faucett Ross book has some bill productions in it as does David Ginn books.

The late great Neil Foster showed me what you have done. Except, you fold the bill over the non-taped end of the card. You can only stack 6 or 10 this way for a single production or fold over the lot, over the end for a fan production.

Use fanning powder on real money. It helps the bills fan better and slide over one another. You might try thin plastic from a hobby shop cut to the size of a playing card. Then tape the end. Being you want to use real money, limits it a little. If you want to use stage money, then you can glue the entire card to the bill. This works well.

This is a very hard thing to do, which I think its not worth my time. I have tried doing this, my technique was to fold the dollars in half, but not perfectaly in half so when you produce the bill the flap will fly out, making it look like the bill is actually coming out of no where. I also rubber cemented the middle part of the bill and stuck a paper clip there, acting as a spring, so the flap will spring out creating a better illusion. But after a while it just got to hard to perform. But if anyone likes, you can try my technique and see if it works. maybe it will, maybe it wont, I just don't bother on this anymore.

-Chris

Osaka Bills by Jahn Gallo is really good.

Check the video link on his site.

I second Michael's suggestion wholeheartedly. Easily learned within the average person's skill levels, the effect is truly magical.

tg

This is not really a trick but falls under manipulation. Try to learn the $1 ring.
Where you fold a $1 bill into a finger ring for the spec to keep.

It is nothing special but is another thing you can do with a bill.

I'm sure it is skillfully put together.

But to me, the Osaka routine looks as though the performer is merely holding some bills inside his hands and then pushes them into view - it does not look magical to me. Sorry...