Ditching Coins

83 entries in Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Breast Pocket Ditch as sleeve is pulled up, here with a watch
 		Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 47
Carl Willmann Simplified Coin Vanish Routine coins vanished one by one, ditched behind table one by one
Inspired by Jan. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 1) 11
Fr. Maubach Der wandernde Thaler ditching coin into breast pocket while removing wand from under arm, or ditching coin between neck and collar
 		Aug. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8) 118
Sam Margules A New Impromptu Coin Vanish with handkerchief, complete, with pocket ditch
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 53
Unknown 2 - Top Pocket Vanish complete vanish
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 69
Unknown To Get Rid of Coin After Vanish it in Hand
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 82
Eddie Joseph The Pencil Vanish coin balanced on pencil, right hand strokes it and it vanishes, left under arm pit
Related to 1942 Coin and Money Magic 16
Eddie Joseph The Friction Exchange coin hidden in fold at elbow switched for visible coin
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 30
Eddie Joseph The Getaway importance of ditching coin before revealing vanish, coin ditched under belt
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 37
Eddie Joseph The Tie Hold-Out slit in tie
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 42
Edward Marlo Two Ideas hooked coin in sleeve, pocket ditch for complete vanish
 		1942 Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks 19
Eddie Joseph The Wrist Vanish coin on back of left hand, picked up with right hand, secretly slid into sleeve under watch wrist band
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 7
Eddie Joseph The Strop Vanish coin in left palm stroked with card or business card, vanishes, ditch in breast pocket
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 10
Eddie Joseph The Cross Leg Vanish coin "lapped" between legs, without table
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 15
J. B. Bobo Knee-zy Vanish coin travels from knee to knee, then vanishes
Variations 1947 Watch This One! 91
Francis Carlyle A Coin Vanish and Reappearance coin slid under tight shirt cuff
 		1948 Principles and Deceptions 91
Dai Vernon Knee Hold-Out
Related to
  • Revelations Video Series No. 5
 1952 Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1 ) 157
Unknown Knee-zy Vanish coin through knee, twice
Related to 1952 Modern Coin Magic 50
Eddie Joseph Half a Penny coin transforms into other coin, while doing heads or tails, ditching coin in breast pocket
 		1952 Tricks for Informal Occasions 3
Unknown With a Handkerchief - Number One coin is dropped into the outer breast coat pocket
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 53
Jimmy Buffaloe With a Handkerchief - Number Two coin vanishes under a handkerchief on the table, back palm to side pocket
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 55
Milton Kort With a Handkerchief - Number Three coin is thrown into outer pocket
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 56
Wallace Lee, Unknown In a Spectator's Pocket Three Methods
a. into spectator's outer breast pocket, back palm
b. into spectator's outer breast pocket, thumb palm
c. hand is put into spectator's outer breast pocket to pull him closer (Wallace Lee Method)
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 57
Dr. E. M. Roberts, Louis Tannen, Unknown Cuffing two methods
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 96
J. B. Bobo The Bobo Complete Coin Vanish from thumb palm to outer breast pocket
Related to 1952 Modern Coin Magic 49
Max Malini Jacket Pocket
Related to 1952 Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1) 157
J. B. Bobo Complete Thumb Palm Vanish to outer breast pocket, while pulling up the sleeve
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 50
Tenkai Ishida A Follow-Up coin vanishes from silk, with ditch in breast pocket
 		1953 Six Tricks by Tenkai 12
Bob Driebeek Der sichtbare Topit slit in tie
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, Sep. 1974
 Nov. 1975 Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1&2) 29
Fred Robinson Dropit
Related to May 1976 Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 9) 258
Slydini Leave and Take on ditching items when picking up something else
 		1976 The Best of Slydini ...and More 30
Harvey Rosenthal Jacket Sleeve Miracle coin rolled into jacket sleeve near shoulder and vanishes, ditch in breast pocket, also as transformation or transpo
  • The Vanish
  • Miracle Coin Change
  • Copper Silver Transpo
 		1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #1) 884
Harry Lorayne Complete Vanish (Standard Method)
1977 The Magic Book 161
Karl Fulves Invisible Pockets two coins pressed to shirt with both hands, coin travels across, then coin vanishes ("playing the shirt", coin tossed into shirt)
Related to 1977 The Magic Book 85
Roger Klause Elbow Swindle vanish of one or multiple coins after elbow catch, pocket ditch
Variations 1977 Close-up Cavalcade Finale 23
Unknown Coin Vanish under Silk pocket ditch
 		Mar. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1) 12
Bob Fitch Spell-bound "Extras - Variations - 3)"
short note
 		1980 Topit Again & Again 7
Bob Fitch Heads or Tails "Extras - Variations - 9)"
 		1980 Topit Again & Again 7
Danny Korem Telling Tails Vanish Vanish
 		1981 CoinMagic 224
Sol Stone Shirting the Issue Complete Vanish
 		1981 CoinMagic 249
Curtis Kam In the Side Pocket
1982 All the World's a Stage 52
Derek Dingle Breast Pocket
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 176
Ross Bertram The Waisted Coin half dollar disappears, reappears under foot
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 6
Ross Bertram Atomized Coin complete vanish with coin ditch in breast pocket
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 19
Ross Bertram Terminal Coins using B.U.D.
  • Terminal 1 (four coins vanish)
  • Terminal 2 (four coins vanish without jacket)
  • Terminal 3 (four coins travel to other hand at once)
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 41
Ross Bertram The Texas Toppit using western style trouser pockets as topit
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 44
Ross Bertram Can You Toppit? (Here's how) complete, ditch of coin in trouser pocket
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 45
Joaquín Navajas JK. Desaparición complete coin vanish, to top pocket of shirt or jacket
Also published here 1985 Monedas Personales 35
Unknown Thumb Palm & Breast Pocket Ditch
1985 Expert Coin Magic 121
Karl Fulves Getaways on complete vanishes, intro
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4) 62
Steve Dusheck Jumbo Coin Vanish with topit
Inspired by
  • The Topit Book, Michael Ammar, p. 23
 1985 The Dusheck Vest 14
Unknown Breast Pocket Ditch
1985 Korem without Limits 69
Karl Fulves Getaway I complete vanish of coin with bill, servante at belt, also as transformation
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4) 62
Danny Korem Trouser Pocket Ditch
1985 Korem without Limits 73
Karl Fulves Getaway III "playing the shirt" with coin under cover of bill
Related to 1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4) 68
Fred Kaps The Tie-Topit slit in striped tie design
 		1986 It's So Simple 14
John V. Hope Trouser Pocket Topit see title
Related to June 1987 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 10 No. 6) 1359
Unknown Procedures for the Vanish of the Coin several methods including lapping, false transfer, cuff, sleeving, ...
 		1988 The Magic Way 25
Tony Kardyro Never Was No. 8, coin vanishes with handkerchief, unload under band of wrist watch
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 10
Karl Fulves Higher No. 16, coin placed in eye like monocle, performer slowly turns around and coin vanishes, reappears on top of head (duplicate)
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 22
Unknown Pocket Ditch as sleeve is pulled up
 		1990 Impossibilia 125
Rocco Silano Jumbo Coin Vanish unload into jacked pocket
 		1990 If it fits... Sleeve it! 23
Alexander de Cova Anmerkung body servante to switch or ditch coins
 		1990 Das Buch zur Body-Servante 10
Gary Kurtz Lapping Coin into Purse coin secretly unloaded in purse
 		1991 Relentless 23
Michael Ammar Propelled Topiting as other object is thrown from hand to hand
 		1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 179
Troy Hooser Coin Ditching in pocket, while opening jacket
 		1992 The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 3) 8
Chris Kenner Side Pocket Ditch while displaying silk
 		1992 Totally Out Of Control 82
Chris Kenner Jacket Pocket Ditch as wand is removed from under arm
 		1992 Totally Out Of Control 139
Alexander de Cova Anmerkung body servante to switch or ditch coins
 		1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 140
Richard Bartram, Jr. French Change in French Drop position, with clean up
 		1993 Mystification 27
Unknown Coin Ditch into side jacket pocket
 		1995 Natural Selections 40
Karl Fulves Bare-handed Vanish No. 56, coin vanishes in handkerchief, ditch into rolled-up sleeve
 		1995 Easy Magic 78
Gary Kurtz Lapping Coin into Purse
1995 ca. Relentless (revised edition) 19
Jay Sankey Pocket Drop Vanish handling for ditch in breast pocket
Related to 2004 Sankey Unleashed 48
Karl Fulves Holdout Secrets - Part Two on ditching on the spectator, see also following items
Related to 2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 312
Curtis Kam Ditching
  • Ditching that extra coin
  • Digging Ditches? Check These Out
  • Deeper Ditches
 		2008 The Pocketbook 19
Fred Robinson Drop-it: Blow-it coin tossed in outer breast pocket, complete vanish
Related to 2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 257
Troy Hooser Breast Pocket Ditch Point to your face while ditching stack of coins into breast pocket of jacket, magnetic
 		2010 Moments 77
J. B. Bobo Complete Thumb Palm Vanish
Related to 2011 ZauberKunstStücke — Band 3 11
Max Malini, Patrick Page A La Malini dumping object in pocket while pulling on the sleeve
Related to 2011 Magic Page by Page 135
Benjamin Earl The SDS Vanish "Slip, Ditch & Smoke", complete vanish
 		2016 Eye Candy 7
J. B. Bobo Breast Pocket Ditch
2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 270
Joaquín Navajas JK desaparición complete coin vanish, to top pocket of shirt or jacket
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 Monedas Personales Y Más 41