What are the best coins across routines? 

Dear friend, 

Today we wanted to talk to you about the coins across routine, a legendary classic that has stood the test of time…

…and there’s a good reason why: 

• The routine is easy to follow!
• The routine is impossible to reconstruct!
• It has built in repetition (that forces the spectators to pay greater attention and focus on the magic as the routine builds to an ending)!

Now since this routine is so popular, practically every close-up magician has their own favourite methods, sequences, routines, and kicker endings so, with that in mind, we’ve created a guide to help you choose from the very best of the best! 

First things first, if you’ve never actually seen a coin across routine before, then there’s no one better to watch than coin legend, David Roth perform it for you…

Back to the initial question: 

What are the best coins across routines? 

The answer is subjective but in my opinion (and the opinion of many other coin magicians) the use of a shell cleans up a lot of unnecessary handling associated with the sleight of hand, and extra coin methods!

The three best coins across routines I have ever seen invented are: 

1. Voyage by Danny Goldsmith
2. David Roth Shells Across
3. Derek Dingle’s Silver Quick

• Bonus: Micheal Gallo’s Easy Coin Across

Number 3: Derek Dingle’s Silver Quick

Level: Advanced

Effect: Four coins are shown in your hand and one at a time they vanish and appear on the spectator’s open palm as you wave your hand over it, after you convince them that your hand is empty. This is repeated until the finale where the last coin vanishes and appears in their closed fist. Everything is examinable at the end. 

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Number 2: David Roth Shells Across

Level: Intermediate

Effect: Four coins are displayed in one hand and one at a time they cleanly vanish from that hand and appear in the other. As a finale the last coin jumps from your hand and appears in the spectator’s. Everything is examinable at the end. 

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Number 1: Voyage by Danny Goldsmith

Voyage is an exploration of ‘coins across’ that transcends the visual limitations of the plot and adds juicy layers of audible deception.

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.

All 3 routines are completely gimmickless and possible with your choice of coins.

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Bonus: Micheal Gallo’s Easy Coin Across

Difficulty: Easy

Effect: A devious version in the coins across theme that uses just three coins and a shell to allow for a clean and direct looking routine.

View Mike Gallo’s Coin Collection:

Well that it for today folks!

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