15 Easy Coin Magic Tricks You Can Do Today

Dear friend,

I love coin magic and I think you are going to too. I think coin magic is as pure and organic as magic can get. Oftentimes it’s 100% impromptu which, I’m not going to lie, is pretty cool.

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• How To Learn Coin Magic.
• 5 FREE Easy To Learn Coin Tricks.
• 5 Timeless Classic Coin Tricks.
• 5 Brain Frying Coin Routines.
• History of Coin Magic.

Read This ‘Bible’ To Learn Insane Coin Magic

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To learn coin magic, begin with the first and most important step: read Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo. This book is the cornerstone of coin magic, an art where the potential for skill and creativity is limitless. With 116 coin sleights and 236 coin tricks, it’s the definitive work that no magician should bypass, no matter years you have under your belt.

So, clear your mind, open this book, and prepare to fill your repertoire with some of the most astonishing coin magic known to the world.

Some of what you’ll learn…

• Basic Palms: Learn how to properly execute classic palm, edge palm, thumb palm, and finger palm techniques, which are the foundation of many coin tricks.
• Coin Vanishes: Master several methods to make a coin disappear, from simple sleights to more advanced techniques.
• Coin Productions: Discover how to magically produce coins from thin air, under seemingly impossible conditions.
• Transpositions: Learn the secrets behind the stunning effect of a coin instantly changing places from one hand to the other or between objects.
• Transformations: Study how to change one coin into another, or a larger or smaller coin, which adds a surprising twist to your routines.
• Coin Penetrations: Understand techniques for making coins pass through solid objects like tables or even your own hand.
• Copper-Silver Routines: Explore the classic routines where copper and silver coins continuously switch places or transform.
• Expanded Coin Gimmicks: Gain knowledge about using gimmicked coins, such as the shell coin, folding coin, or the Scotch and Soda trick.
• Coin Boxes: Get acquainted with various coin boxes and the multitude of tricks you can perform with them, like the Okito Box routines.
• Table Coin Tricks: Delve into tricks specifically designed for situations where you have a table at your disposal, increasing your repertoire.
• Coin Trick Plots: Learn classic plots like the “Miser’s Dream,” where coins are produced from thin air and dropped into a bucket.
• Coin Sleights: Understand a variety of sleights such as the retention vanish, the French drop, and the Wipe Clean, each adding finesse to your performances.
• History and Presentation: Absorb the historical background of each trick and learn about presentation to enhance the impact of your performances.

One reason why I love this book is that really it applies to any magician, whatever your level of experience might be- from basic concealments to complicated tricks it’s all here! It’s truly stood test of time and will get you well on your way to the master magician we all know is in you!

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5 Easy To Learn Coin Tricks That You Can Learn For FREE

Want to learn some simple coin magic tricks that will amaze your friends? Coin magic is awesome because almost everyone will have a few coins lying around the house that you can pick up and amaze them with. You can do coin magic at a cafe, a pub, or even a day out!

People are always going to be carrying a bit of loose change around with them so it’s about time that you learnt how to do some magic with it. Read on! Here are 5 super easy coin tricks you can learn for free today. Let’s get the ball rolling with…

Number 5: Make A Coin…Disappear

Yep. We had to start out this list with perhaps the most classic of all magic illusions- the vanishing coin!

If you want a reputation as a master coin magician, this is one trick you are going to NEED to know how to do well.

You can learn a really cool way to do this by watching Jay Sankey’s tutorial video.

Jay Sankey is actually a professional magician who has performed with the very best magicians out there, but he’s dropping magic secrets left right and center over at his YouTube channel (SankeyMagic).

One of those secrets is how to make a coin disappear using nothing but sleight of hand.

Actually, he gives out THREE methods to do this, but they all achieve the same effect.

First, he teaches you a ‘palm up’ retention vanish, then an ‘upside down’ retention vanish, and finally a ‘clipped’ vanish.

Retention basically means making it LOOK like you put the coin in one hand whilst you actually RETAIN it in the other hand. All three techniques Jay teaches involve a retention of some sort- just three different types of retentions.

Even if you’ve got this far, you probably wouldn’t understand the moves if I tried describing them, so here’s the video itself!

Feel free to rewind it as many times as you like until you understand the mechanics of the moves.

My thoughts: If you are having difficulties with one of the moves you don’t have to try learning all three of them! Instead, pick your favourite and work on really perfecting that one until you can do it nearly as flawlessly as Jay.

My personal favorite is the ‘clipped’ vanish because I could have sworn I SAW the coin drop into his hand. It’s so visual and fooling, I would definitely recommend staying around until the end of the video to learn it!

Of course, there are other ways to make a coin vanish but these are three of the most tried and tested ways of doing so. Now that you know how to make a coin disappear, let’s move on to some more complex but amazingly visual tricks!

Number 4: Coin Through Glass

The magician displays an ordinary coin and an ordinary glass cup (preferably an empty one). He taps the bottom of the glass with a coin to show that it is solid and there is no way the coin could possibly get through.

On the count of three he taps the coin against the bottom of the glass as hard as he can, and impossibly the coin travels THROUGH the solid glass.

The magician shows that both his hands are empty- the coin really is in the cup.

This is also a super popular coin magic trick, and there are loads of ways to accomplish the effect. Usually the method involves having TWO coins- one to hold in the hand and one to drop in the glass.

However, the one I’ve chosen is much better than these because it can be done with a SIGNED coin; only one coin is used all the way through this trick.

You can have a spectator sign the coin using a Sharpie or some kind of marker pen, and as for the cup, any glass cup will do. The reason you want it to be glass is so they can SEE the coin appear inside the cup as it happens.

Once they’ve signed the coin, you let it lie flat in your hand. With you other hand you grip the cup by the edges.

You tap the coin with the cup twice normally, but on the third time round you actually flick the coin up so that it bounces off the hand holding the glass and into the cup.

Number 3: Coin Through Glass (FULL OF WATER)

Before you tell me, I know I’ve already explained the coin through glass trick, but this one is actually a little different.

I learnt this awesome trick over at goodtricks.net, so be sure to check the site out for more great magic!

This time, the glass is full of water!

The magician shows the coin and the glass to the audience- they are both ‘legit’. He then slowly and visually ‘melts’ the coin through the bottom of the glass and into the water.

The best part is, the audience know that there is NO CHANCE you dropped the coin in since they word have heard the splash.

So how is it done?

Head over to the goodtricks website (link down below) for the full explanation along with a video, but here’s the basics.

This time you DO use a duplicate coin (so no signing this time!)

You put one of the coins inside the glass, so it is stood against the side. You cover it with your fingers as you display the glass as empty. Then you pour the water in- the way water refracts light means that you can now remove your fingers and display the glass as empty.

You take the second coin and hold it at your fingertips. You press your hand up to the glass and let the coin slide as you rotate the glass. The coin that was hidden should now be visible, making it look like the coin has traveled through the glass!

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Number 2: Guess Which Hand

Chances are you’ve done this trick before without meaning to.

You put a coin in your hands, mix it up behind your back, and bring them back out, asking ‘which hand is the coin in?’

It’s a fun game, but it can become an even cooler magic trick if you know how.

You give someone a coin and ask them to put it in either hand behind their back and make a fist, so that you don’t have any way of knowing which hand it is in.

Even though they do that, you guess which hand the coin is in every single time!

There are some really complex ways to do this including magnets and expensive equipment, but honestly, the best way is just by observing someone’s body language.

Below is the thumbnail from a video from Chris Ramsay, who has a great tutorial of this effect on his YouTube channel!

For example, most of the time their nose will actually point slightly toward whichever hand the coin is in.

I know it sounds like I’m making this up, but that’s genuinely true!

Also, watch out for a small flicker of the eyes toward the hand that the coin is hidden in. I’m talking milliseconds, but it’s there.

If you guess it right the first time, I’ve found that 90% of people try to be clever and keep it in the same hand. That isn’t a guaranteed thing, but for some reason people do seem to get attached to the hand they picked first!

Another technique you could try is to ask them to cross their arms over each other. Most people tend to put the guilty hand beneath the empty one, as if they are ‘hiding’ it.

The most important thing is just to get out there and give it a go because honestly, you are going to get it wrong.

BUT…

The more you do it, the better you’ll get at picking up on the little tell-tale signs that give away where the coin is.

And if worse comes to worst, you could just use the coin to do one of the other tricks we’ve discussed!

If you already have experience with coin magic, another great way to finish this trick off is with the ‘coin under the watch’ effect. Obviously, this only works if the person is wearing a watch.

I love this because the secret ‘move’ where you deposit the coin under their watch is a natural part of the performance and ties in very nicely with the ‘guess which hand’ trick.

I usually say something like: ‘Okay, how about you have a go? I’ll put the coin in one of my hands and you have to guess which one.’

I put my hands behind my back and drop the coin into my back pocket. When I bring out my hands, they are (of course) both empty. Once, the spectator realizes this, they might accuse you of cheating.

At this point I say: ‘No, watch. Watch. WATCH.’ and point at their watch. They discover that the reason the coin isn’t in either of my hands is because it is right beneath their watch!

This effect can get you some CRAZY reactions and is the perfect way to round off your trick.

Did you know?

Seven months ago, we decided to learn every single Which Hand routine we could find on the internet. 

With the exception of routines that are out-of-stock or no longer available to purchase, we bought, studied and performed every single Which Hand effect on the market. 

For 168 hours, we lived, breathed, and slept Which Hand routines. 

While we did so, we also set ourselves ANOTHER challenge: 

To create our very own original Which Hand effect by the end of the 7 days!

To our surprise, by the end of the challenge, we had devised not one but THREE original Which Hand routines. 

We believe they contain some of the finest thinking that has ever been done on the effect, including 5 original effects, 3 original moves, and fresh handling on some of the most powerful existing principles.

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Number 1: Plucking Coins From Thin Air

There’s something really cool about this trick. I think it’s the fact that you’re LITERALLY pulling coins out of the air, with sleeves rolled up and nothing in your hands!

You grab three coins (in a row) out of the air, in the cleanest and most impressive way possible!

What makes this trick so good is the move it uses, called the ‘shuttle’ move. Even when you know EXACTLY what is going on, it still fools the heck out of you.

Here’s a brilliant tutorial for this trick by Jay Sankey (the same guy from Number 1, I know).

My thoughts: The most important part to practice is definitely the shuttle move. Once you get this bit down, the possibilities are endless! You could mix this routine up and have different types of coin appear each time, or even different objects!

Well, I hope you enjoyed learning these simple coin magic tricks; you might even be able to find a way to combine a few of them into a full routine!

Well, I hope you enjoyed learning these simple coin magic tricks; you might even be able to find a way to combine a few of them into a full routine! Coin tricks are awesome because unlike a deck of playing cards, most people will have a few coins handy whatever the situation. You can do this magic wherever you are!

5 Classic Coin Tricks Older Then You’re Great Grandpa’s Silly Jokes

Did you know? I took all these five coin effects from T. Nelson Downs Modern Coin Manipulation. This book has a whole world of coin manipulation effects for you to explore, as a quick warning some of them do require building apparatus but I just think that’s all part of the fun (we’re here to cover everything)!

1: Disappearing Pile Of Coins

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Effect: The “Disappearing Pile of Coins” trick creates the illusion that a pile of coins placed in the magician’s hand disappears after being covered with a handkerchief.

The audience sees a pile of coins placed on a plate. These coins are then seemingly transferred to the magician’s hand, which closes over them. A handkerchief is then draped over the closed hand, and upon the removal of the handkerchief, the coins have vanished without a trace.

Secret: The secret to this trick lies in the use of a dummy stack of coins. This dummy is a replica of a pile of coins, usually made of one solid piece, designed to look like a stack of individual coins.

Method…

1. Preparation: The magician must have a dummy stack of coins palmed in their left hand before the trick begins. There is also a setup where the magician can secretly dispose of the real coins — this could be a special pocket or a container filled with bran where the coins can be dropped silently.
2. Performance: The magician shows a quantity of loose coins on a plate and pretends to pile them up, while actually palming the real coins and dropping them into the prepared disposal area. The audience believes they see the loose coins being placed into the left hand.
3. Switch: The dummy stack, which has been palmed all along, is shown briefly as if it is the pile of real coins. As the magician covers the hand with a handkerchief, they simultaneously toss the dummy into the other hand, concealed by the handkerchief.
4. Distraction: The magician may use a wand or another object as a form of misdirection. For instance, picking up a wand can be the moment when the dummy stack is dropped onto a servante (a secret shelf attached to the magician’s table used to hold or ditch objects) or secretly vested (hidden in the magician’s clothing).
5. Revelation: After a moment of dramatic tension, the magician removes the handkerchief, revealing that the coins have disappeared. The hands are shown empty as the final proof of the disappearance.

My thoughts: This trick relies heavily on sleight of hand and misdirection. You’re going to need to practice to ensure that the palming, transfer, and disposal of the real coins are done smoothly and invisibly. You also need to effectively direct the audience’s attention away from the sleight of hand being performed.

2: To Pass Twenty Coins From One Hand To The Other

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Effect: The To Pass Twenty Coins from One Hand to the Other trick creates the astonishing visual where the magician seemingly transfers twenty coins from one hand to the other in an instant.

The coins are fanned out in one hand and visibly disappear, then instantly reappear fanned out in the other hand. This can be done multiple times, and the palms of both hands are always shown to the audience to be empty except for the coins.

Secret: The secret behind this trick involves the use of thin imitation coins that are riveted together to allow them to spread out in a fan. This fake stack is made to look exactly like a real stack of twenty coins. Two of these dummy stacks are used, and they are thin enough to be palmed and manipulated with ease.

Method…

1. Preparation: The magician prepares two identical dummy stacks of thin imitation coins, which are riveted together so they can fan out. One of these dummy stacks is palmed in the right hand before the performance begins.
2. Presentation: The performer borrows twenty real half-dollar coins and displays them in a fan in the left hand, while showing the right hand empty (which secretly holds the palmed dummy stack).
3. The Switch: As the magician pretends to place the real coins into the left hand, they actually switch them with the palmed dummy stack. The real coins are pocketed while the audience’s attention is on the left hand, where the dummy is now fanned out.
4. The Vanish and Reproduction: The performer uses sleight of hand to back-palm the dummy stack in the left hand, making the coins appear to vanish while simultaneously revealing the second dummy stack fanned out in the right hand, creating the illusion that the coins have transferred.
5. Repetition: The magician can repeat this movement as desired, continually showing both palms empty (apart from the fanned-out dummy stacks) to strengthen the illusion.

My Thoughts: I think the disappearance and reappearance of the coins are magical moments that have the potential to be both baffling and delightful to the spectators. Remember the success of this trick depends on the performer’s ability to palm and manipulate the dummy stacks without detection.

3: Quadruple Coin

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Effect: The Quadruple Coin trick presents the illusion that a single borrowed coin, when placed upon a plate, mysteriously multiplies into four identical coins.

This trick is an excellent demonstration of skilful palming and the clever use of everyday objects to create a magical effect. The transformation appears instantaneous and magical, leaving the audience in awe as the single coin becomes four with seemingly nothing more than a few simple movements of the plate.

Secret: The secret behind this seemingly miraculous multiplication lies in the preparation of the plate itself. Prior to the performance, three additional coins are secretly affixed to the bottom of the plate using a bit of soap, which holds them in place but allows them to be removed with ease when necessary.

Method…

1. Preparation: Three identical coins are attached to the bottom of the plate with soap before the trick begins.
2. Borrowing and Placement: The magician borrows a coin, which is openly placed on the plate. The magician’s hands are shown empty to the audience.
3. The Shift and Palm: As the magician casually shifts the plate from one hand to the other, they secretly peel off one of the hidden coins with their fingers, palming it without drawing attention.
4. The Reveal: The magician then rubs the coin on the plate in a circular motion. During this motion, the palmed coin is secretly added to the plate next to the original borrowed coin. Both coins are shown to the audience.
5. Repetition: This process is repeated twice more, each time adding another of the pre-attached coins to the plate alongside the others, until four coins are visible on the plate.

My thoughts: Your ability to handle the coins subtly is paramount, as is your capacity to distract the audience with natural movements and patter while performing the critical actions. I like how the soap serves as a simple but effective method for securing the coins while still allowing them to be removed smoothly.

4: Multiplying Coin Maker

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Effect: The Multiplying Coin trick gives the audience the impression that a single borrowed half-dollar coin multiplies into five coins through the magician’s touch.

After rubbing the original coin, it seemingly duplicates into two, then three, four, and finally five coins. These coins can then be inspected by the audience. In a reversal of the effect, the magician rubs the coins together again, and one by one, they disappear until only the original borrowed coin is left. Throughout the trick, the magician’s sleeves are rolled up, and their hands are shown empty before and after the trick to dispel any suspicion of trickery.

Secret: The key to this effect lies in the sleight-of-hand technique where four additional coins are secretly palmed on the back of the magician’s hand. These coins are concealed from the audience’s view and are introduced into the trick one by one.

Method…

1. Preparation: Four additional half-dollar coins are palmed on the back of the magician’s hand, hidden from the audience’s view.
2. Receiving the Borrowed Coin: The magician takes the borrowed coin in the right hand.
3. Producing More Coins: The hands are brought together, and the magician skillfully brings the palmed coins (A, B, C, D) to the inside of the hands one at a time, making it appear as if the single coin is multiplying.
4. Examination: The produced coins are then passed to the audience for examination to confirm their authenticity.
5. Vanishing the Coins: Upon return, the magician begins to palm the coins in reverse order (D, then C, B, A) and slips them underneath each other partially, while the borrowed coin is returned to its owner.
6. Concealing the Extra Coins: Finally, the magician pockets the four additional coins, leaving their hands empty and showing the audience that only the borrowed coin remains.

My Thoughts: This classic coin trick hinges on your skill at palming techniques and ability to seamlessly transition the extra coins into view and out of sight without detection. It’s like this trick, it’s a really compelling illusion.

5: The Flying Coins

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Effect…

The magician makes six half-dollars, verified and deposited by spectators into a small box, mysteriously disappear and reappear from flame, paper, and nested envelopes through a series of magical transpositions.

Equipment Needed:

1. Two identical small boxes (one filled with real coins, one empty)
2. Six genuine half-dollar coins (borrowed from spectators)
3. Six duplicate half-dollar coins
4. Two paper discs
5. A candle and matches or a lighter
6. A sheet of paper (large enough to form a cone)
7. A claret glass or any clear glass
8. Nested envelopes with the smallest containing a secret tube
9. “New Money Producing Candle” gimmick or similar device

Method:

1. Preparation:
   • Have the duplicate box hidden in your the ledge of your table with the duplicate coins inside.
   • Attach the nested envelopes system under your table, with the smallest envelope ready to have coins dropped into it via the secret tube.
2. The Trick:
   • Start by showing the genuine box with coins. Let spectators verify and place the coins inside, then perform a switch, leaving the empty duplicate on the table while you retain the filled box.
   • Secretly reverse palm two of your duplicate half-dollars in the right hand.
   • Pick up the paper discs with the left hand, and as you transfer one disc to the right hand, use the flame of the candle to conceal the action of dropping one coin from the right hand as if the paper disc has transformed into a coin.
   • Repeat with the second disc and coin.
   • For the coin multiplication and vanishing, use sleight-of-hand to show coins appearing and disappearing, utilizing the palmed duplicate coins.
   • To get the duplicate coins into the paper cone, secretly draw them from the “New Money Producing Candle” gimmick as you form the cone. Place the cone in the claret glass.
   • Use your palming techniques to pretend to drop the coins into the cone, while actually keeping them palmed or dropping them onto the servante.
   • Crush the cone, hiding the fact that you’ve substituted it with an empty duplicate, and drop it into the glass.
   • For the finale with the nested envelopes, act as if you are making the coins vanish from the cone while you actually drop them into the smallest envelope via the tube, all while the audience is misdirected by your patter and actions.
   • Present the envelopes, opening them one by one to reveal the final location of the coins inside the smallest one.

Final thoughts: Don’t forget to maintain a good rhythm and flow, using misdirection to keep the audience focused away from your sleights. Practice each move so that the handling of props and coins appears effortless and be sure to engage your audience with a compelling narrative that draws them into the story your creating.

5 Brain Frying Coin Routines You Need To Get Your Hands On

My friend, prepare to scorch your spectators’ synapses with these 5 brain-frying coin magic routines that are essential for any magician looking to ignite awe and wonder in the palms of their hands.

N1. Optical by Danny Goldsmith

Optical, is a variation on the retention vanish, and teaches three impossibly visual vanishes and explains the neuroscience that causes someone to see an object in your hand when it’s not actually there in the process.

What You’ll Learn:

• Flip Flop Vanish: A casual toss vanish that truly looks like the coin is being thrown into your hand. You’ll learn two variations of this visually deceptive move. The technique is surprisingly simple for how good it looks, making this an accessible move for all skill levels.  
• The Ember Vanish: This is easily one of the most visual coin vanishes you’ll ever learn. Performed from the magician’s point of view, with the spectator looking over your shoulder, they’ll swear they see that coin firmly in your hand before it vanishes!
• DG Vanish: Danny’s signature retention vanish taught in precise detail. After years of working closely with his students and refining his teaching to help them get the best results, Danny has discovered new drills and exercises that offer you everything you need to truly master this technique. Even if you’ve learned this move through previous projects, these extra exercises are guaranteed to be a valuable resource in making your DG retention as clean and visual as possible.

+ Manipulating Light: Danny breaks down the neurological principle that causes your spectator to see a coin between your fingers even after it’s already left your hand. Knowing how to use this glitch in the brain is a superpower that every magician should know how to harness. Danny will teach you multiple exercises and drills too fast track your progress and master this technique. Learn how to apply this principle to techniques you’re already using and make your magic more deceptive and visual!

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N2. The Pistol Pass by Danny Goldsmith

The Pistol Pass, is a variation of the muscle pass, that opens up so many possibilities! Many of these effects look like camera tricks, they’re not.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Pistol Pop Production – An insanely visual production of 1, 2, or 3 coins right at the fingertips.
• Glint Production – A way to use the Pistol pop production to make it look like you’re pulling a 2nd coin from the shine of the 1st.
• Touch Production – A coin instantly appears below the finger as you touch your palm or the table.
• Wipe Production – This is one of my favourites. This looks like you simply wipe a coin into existence with 1 finger.
• Cobb production – A new way to do the Korn production. No awkward or unmotivated movements. You simply close your hand around your finger tips and a coin appears.
• Catch Change – Exactly how it sounds: you toss a coin in the air and it visibly changes as you catch it between your finger tips. This move looks insane!
• Pluck change – Another insanely visual change right at the fingertips where the coin transforms as its grabbed from one hand to the other. This one really looks like a camera trick.
• Ring Pop Production – You blow into a ring and a coin pops out. Visual and super fun to perform.
• Coin Through Glass – A glass is placed on it’s side and a coin is visually thrown through the bottom of the glass. A new take on a classic idea.
• Pistol Shot – The inner child in you will love this! You make a gun with your hand, toss a coin into the air and shoot it (think ‘pew pew’), the coin goes flying. This is what we wish would happen when we were kids…now it’s a possibility!
• Bubba – This is an absolutely ridiculous routine that’s sure to get your audience laughing in amazement.

All from one sleight!

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N3. Voyage by Danny Goldsmith

Voyage, is a variation of the coins across routine, that transcends the visual limitations of the plot and adds juicy layers of audible deception (all 3 routines are completely gimmickless and possible with your choice of coins).

What You’ll Learn:

1. NAVI: 3 different coins fly through the air and into the awaiting hand, 1 by 1, without the hands EVER coming together. It doesn’t get cleaner than this!
    
2. SILVER ECHOES: A 4 coin ‘coins across’ where the deception is layered with audible tricks, as well as visuals. You hear the coins leave one hand and arrive in the other, but with closed fists and nothing to see. The last coin vanishes so impossibly with COMPLETELY EMPTY HANDS to magically travel to the spectators hand! it just HAS to be magic.
    
3. DRAGON FLY: A flawless 3-fly of silver coins that are shown cleanly the entire way through. This routine ends with all 3 coins jumping back ALL AT ONCE! You’ll never see a more deceptive, gimmickless 3-fly.

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N4. Modus by Danny Goldsmith

If you want to learn some fun creative moves and establish a practice routine that guarantees your growth, then this is for you! 11 mind-blowing sleights to make your routines more powerful, visual, and deceptive.

What you’ll learn…

• 6 vanishes
• 3 changes
• 2 productions

And a deep dive into the neuroscience of building muscle memory and mastering sleight of hand!

You’re going to learn how to structure your practice so that you learn difficult moves more quickly and can execute them smoothly. When followed properly these techniques are guaranteed to help you grow.

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N5. Mythos by Danny Goldsmith

This is Danny’s greatest work yet, his magnum opus!

If you want to:

• Create interesting presentations that truly captivate your audience
• Deeply understand the psychological principles that invoke wonder
• And uncover your own unique creativity to bring about your most powerful magic 

…Then this is for you. Read on…

Here’s what you’ll get when you pick up Mythos:

• 3 mind-blowing talks
• 4 stunning routines…
• …and a BUNCH of bonus material!

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who did the first EVER coin trick?

Great question.

But before we can decide when people started doing magic with coins, we should probably establish when people figured out they could stamp their faces on bits of metal and use them to buy goods.

The truth is that no one really knows when coins were first invented, but most historians think it was somewhere around the 6th to 5th century BC.

Fast forward a few hundred years and we come across the oldest known book with coin tricks in it— ”Tuhfat al-Ghraib” (or ‘The Gift of Wonder) by Muhammad ibn Ayyub Alhaseb Tabari, written between 978 and 1100.

(this might also be the oldest known book with magic in it, period!)

Another major milestone was the publishing of “A Discoverie Of Witchcraft” in 1584, which featured a number of coin tricks including one featuring what we now know as a ‘copper/silver’ gimmick.

(it’s crazy how this simple gaff has been fooling people for nearly 500 years now…)

But the real birth of modern coin magic could probably be pinned somewhere in the lifetime of Thomas Nelson Downs (1867 – 1938), a self-taught coin magician known as ‘The King of Koins.”

Coin tricks were a lot more rare at that time, and Downs quickly became the leading man in the field. 

He could allegedly palm up to 60 coins at a time, and one of his most famous tricks was “The Miser’s Dream”, in which he seemed to pull countless coins out of the thin air.

Then came J. B. Bobo, who wrote what is now considered ‘the Bible of coin magic’—Modern Coin Magic. 

Of course, we should mention Slydini—who showed magicians how powerful close up coin magic could be, especially with his pioneering ‘one coin routine.’

Enter David Roth…

Dai Vernon is reported to have called Roth the greatest coin magician he has seen, and it’s

undeniable that coin magic today would not be what it is without him. 

According to Jamy Ian Swiss, Roth “changed coin magic for all time”.

Roth’s virtuoso execution of a “persistence of vision vanish” led to tremendous interest in his

handling of the move (which he referred to as “The Retention Vanish”), and – perhaps – to increased use of this move among magicians.

So that’s a brief summary of the history of coin magic—we’re sure we’ve missed plenty of incredible magicians and contributors, but for the sake of keeping things concise we only covered the basic points.

Who are the leading people in coin magic today? 

There are a few names that come to mind. 

In no particular order, here they are… 

First, our friend Danny Goldsmith has made it his mission to change how modern magicians think about and approach coin magic—and we think he’s killing it. 

Secondly, Eric Jones created it when he put out ‘Metal’, and then inspired thousands of coin magicians with his success on America’s Got Talent. 

Thirdly, Rick Holcombe is helping shape the future of coin magic by producing some of the most high quality coin magic content out there.

And of course, no list of influential 21st century coin magicians would be complete without

Jeff Copeland. Jeff Copeland is the founder of Copeland Coins, a company he founded to create the coin magic products he couldn’t find anywhere else. 

Today we’re featuring a classic episode of our podcast, Of Sleights and Men, where we sat down and had a conversation with Jeff. Jeff is a friend, creator, and knows what it takes to be a professional magician. 

In this episode we had a fantastic discussion, touching on topics as niche as Christian magic and as basic as good practice techniques.

Click HERE to listen.

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