Miscellaneous

69 entries in Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Münzfässchen Münzdose, coin vanishes in (wooden) coin box, coin dropped in and its backside is black to become invisible in box
 		July 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1) 16
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Die rotierende Münze No. 11, coin spins between fingers, mechanical
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 42
Josef Löffler Der wandernde Thaler coin with black back and hook, vanished and ditched by hanging it on the clothing, borrowed coin vanishes and reappears
 		Apr. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 4) 54
T. Nelson Downs, Unknown Die Drehmünze No. 1, coin pivot, back palm, specialty of Downs, also with two sharp points or wire to help in pivot
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 1
Unknown Thalerschnitte thin coins for certain manipulations
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 8
Carl Willmann Die Drehmünze coin with pivot points to facilitate back and front palm pivoting
 		Feb. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 2) 27
Unknown Der mechanische Münzenfächer mechanical coin fan production, two methods
 		Apr. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 4) 59
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der "Blitz"-Talerfang-Apparat needles on coin, other coins with holes so a stack can be fixed for production
 		Sep. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9) 141
Geo Welli Ein neuer Lichtanzünder gimmick to light a candle, made from coin so gimmick is produced as finale
Inspired by Feb. 1905 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3) 39
Unknown The Coin Through the Hat using black-backed coin, black art
 		1909 The Art of Magic 267
Charles T. Jordan Another Date-Reading Trick No. 4, coins collected in head, date announced and coin instantly removed with that date, repeated, coin rubbed with soap
 		1920 Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks 10
Unknown The Triangular Coin Stand to vanish coins
 		1935 Coin Magic 34
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Tips on thin coins, matches and gamblers
 		1940 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 11) 4
Eddie Joseph Palming Aide rubbing resin on coin edges
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 37
Bruce Elliott Coin Vanish nesting coins gaff, idea
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 30) 126
Bruce Elliott Silver Walls piece of paper is put between two coins, any number appears on the paper
Related to 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 83) 336
Frank Garcia Garcia's Gaff balancing a coin on the edge of another
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 208) 830
Norman Jensen Half a Jit vanish of one half of a coin, context trick
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 215) 861
Unknown The Ring Coin coin with ring glued to it
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 261
Unknown The Squirting Nickel when pressed, water squirts out
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 264
Tom Hollingsworth Second Version coin bite
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 291
Unknown Nickel to Half Dollar special folding half with nickel soldered to center section
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 260
Unknown Liberty Head Half and U.S. Penny
1952 Modern Coin Magic 260
Harvey P. Graham, George Starke, Milbourne Christopher 1 & 50 cent to 50 cent, gaffed
 		1954 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 298) 1191
Don Tanner 1.35 Tip coins vanish, nesting gaff
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 303) 10
Conrad H. Haden Dime to English Penny
1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 439
Unknown Spinning Nickels fall onto one side when spun
 		1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 438
Unknown Squirting Coins
1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 438
Harry G. Franke Apollo Coin Slide design of coin slide
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 91
Unknown You Caught Me coins transform into performer's hand, sixteen single pennies finale, "21 Cent Trick" gaff set
Inspired by
  • "Fifty Cent Trick" (L. Ireland)
 1977 Close-up Cavalcade Finale 50
Unknown Coins in the Glass coins vanish ans appear audible in glass which is covered by other glass and handkerchief, several versions including Kline's Copenetro
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 123
Unknown The Coins in the Crystal Casket coins travel visibly and audibly to glass casket, various designs
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 128
Unknown The Mysterious Glass Jar and Flying Coins (Crystal Coin Vase), coins travel audibly and visibly into closed glass jar
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 137
Rovi Watched Coins four coins appear and vanish, gaffed watch
 		1980 Rovi Reveals 38
Mark Weston Hong Kong Coin Visible Release chinese coin penetrates pencil
 		Nov. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 11) 942
Mary Wolf The Two Hundred-Eighty-Five Cent Trick a few different coins put in left hand, they change into a handful of pennies, locking $2.85 gaff
 		1980 John: Verse Two 104
Steve Dusheck Half a Buck coin changes to bill (perhaps, effect not clear)
Also published here 1980 ca. Lecture No. 1 7
Steve Dusheck Coin/Card gaff in which a thin coin is attached to a strip at the back of a card
Also published here 1980 ca. Lecture Notes 4
Steve Dusheck Half a Buck coin changes to bill (perhaps, effect not clear)
Also published here 1980 ca. Lecture Notes 11
Steve Dusheck Coin/Card gaff in which a thin coin is attached to a strip at the back of a card
Also published here 1980 ca. Lecture No. 1 6
Stephen Tucker Cluster 3/4 coin is produced, then it is a complete coin
Inspired by
  • Bob Ostin's "Picking up the pieces"
 1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3) 50
Gordon Bruce Origami production of a S-shaped coin, climax to Jerry Andrus' "Miser's Miracle"
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 19) 366
T. Nelson Downs Downs' Favorite Coin Vanish coin with finger clip
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 83
Stephen Tucker Yippee! coin through hand or table, with a coin half
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 23) 441
Stephen Tucker The Rolled Coin ideas with rolled up coin, travel to pen
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 29) 571
Stephen Tucker Coineto coin from hand to hand, first a quarter, then half and three quarters travel
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3) 14
Pascal Monmoine Shattered! coin trough class
 		May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1230
Roger Klause Squeeze Play coin wrapped in handkerchief and secured with finger ring, it gets free through ring, see also "Credits and References" at end of book
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 1979
 1984 At The Table 5
Jan Torell Reducing Sound of Coins tape
 		1984 Rund um den Zaubertisch 30
Karl Fulves Interlude "The Chase"
coin roll effect in which the coin changes back and forth to copper and silver, also idea for hinged coin gaff, posed as a problem
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 1) 10
Ken Simmons Quick Change half dollar changes into copper coin in presence of Chinese coin, copper/silver/brass
Related to
  • "Wash-Out" (Steve Dusheck)
 1990 Finally! 36
Steve Dusheck Hybrid Coin three stacked coin shown, when turned over one coin has vanishes, half coin stuck to another coin gaff
 		1992 Dusheck's Coin Magic 1
Steve Dusheck Jumbo Coin Fans "electric deck" with three jumbo coins for production
 		1992 Dusheck's Coin Magic 77
Richard Bartram, Jr. Camousembly coins with sheet of picture card stuck on them
 		1994 Close-Up File 75
Richard Bartram, Jr. Bonus Features A. uses of coin with picture card image stuck on them
B. four coin production
Related to 1994 Close-Up File 82
Yuji Wada Stretching Your Money two coins are produced, then they become magnetic and travel to one hand, finally one coin is stretched
 		1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3) 6
Karrell Fox "Hinge-Enious" Coin coin catcher gimmick
 		1995 Much Ado About Something 28
Jack Avis Salute to Ramsay metal cap (Oktio box without lid) with four coins, one penetrates hand
 		1998 Vis à Vis 18
Jay Sankey Black Stack eight coin production with black art displays
 		2004 Sankey Unleashed 173
Miguel Ángel Gea The Coin that Turns into Skin coin slowly vanishes in the hand of spectator, in two steps
  • No Sleeves Variant
 		2005 (ca.) Magic with Coins from the Profound of Madrid 8
Miguel Ángel Gea Coins for Blind People a coin becomes blurry and then invisible, invisible coin can still be heard when tapped on a table
  • No Sleeves Variant
 		2005 (ca.) Magic with Coins from the Profound of Madrid 10
Miguel Ángel Gea Hole Stretched to Infinite pen through coin, then hole in made bigger until coin is gone
  • No Sleeves Variant
 		2005 (ca.) Magic with Coins from the Profound of Madrid 12
Miguel Ángel Gea Revaluation three silver coins, one is changed into copper, one is made smaller and one turned into a half coin, they all change back in a glass
 		2005 (ca.) Magic with Coins from the Profound of Madrid 18
John Ramsay The Partial Penetrating Coin coin visibly penetrates hand
 		Nov. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11) 58
Alexander de Cova Der einfache Geldfang
2011 Seminar-Leviten 10
Nick Trost Spinning Nickel Poker using beveled edge coins
Also published here
  • "Spinning Nickel Poker" (Nick Trost, Expert Gambling Tricks, 1975)
 2015 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 263
Tom Gagnon Tiddlywinks Change as appearance, under glass
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 421
Jeff Prace Split Winnings scratch card is scratched, shown to be a losing card, magician then restores it
 		July 2019 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2)) 147
Tom Gagnon Shell-Acted shot glass upside down on card, coin apparently penetrates upwards through table and appears under glass, coin with card back on one side
Inspired by
  • "Copentro" (Bob Kline)
 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 420