The Online Magic Store Blog: Coin Magic

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Magic tricks you can do sitting down: a buyer’s guide

How to choose magic you can do seated at a table, with four close-up picks from our shelves and a free book on the cups and balls.

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Who was Okito?

The life of Okito, Theo Bamberg of the Dutch Bamberg magic family, Thurston’s hand-shadow artist and the name behind the Okito box.

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How to do the dime and penny trick

Learn the self-working dime and penny trick: a friend hides two coins, does a quick sum, and you know which hand holds the dime.

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How to vanish a coin with a pencil

A two-part beginner routine: a pencil vanishes behind your ear, then the coin vanishes for real with the French drop.

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How to do the heads or tails prediction

Learn the heads or tails prediction: with your back turned, a spectator flips coins as often as they like, covers one, and you name whether…

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How to do the coin through a handkerchief

Learn the coin through a handkerchief: a borrowed coin seems to melt through the centre of a handkerchief, using one secret fold and no gim…

Silver coins for the Miser's Dream

What is the Miser’s Dream? The history of catching coins from the air

The Miser’s Dream is the classic routine of catching coins from the air into a hat or bucket, made famous by T. Nelson Downs, the King of K…

A coin on a table for the coin through the table trick

How to do coin through the table: a classic for beginners

A beginner’s guide to the classic impromptu coin through the table: the steps, where your audience should sit, how to use sound, and how to…

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How to classic palm a coin

How to classic palm a coin: the grip, the best coins to learn with, how to load it, honest progress and the drills that make a palmed hand …

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Best magic books for beginners

Good first magic books for card magic, coin magic and general magic, compared side by side, including free classics you can download today.

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How to do a coin roll across your knuckles

A beginner’s guide to the coin roll (knuckle roll): which coin to use, the steps, a practice plan and the mistakes to avoid.

Hands arranging silver coins on a black mat beside a jeweller’s loupe and a velvet pouch

Coin gimmick combinations: why magicians mix shells, flippers and magnets

Why coin magicians combine shells, flippers, folding and magnetic coins in one routine, how it works in principle, and the risks.

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Magnetic coins explained: what they are and how magicians use them

What magnetic and steel core coins are, the principle behind them, and where they fit in real coin routines.

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Flipper coins explained: mechanics and handling

What a flipper coin is, where it came from, how magnetic and elastic versions differ, and how to handle one so the change looks like magic.

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Coin shells explained: weight, balance and types

What a coin shell is, how expanded, regular and shim shells differ, and why weight, balance and fit decide whether a shell fools anyone.

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Omni Coin explained: the coin that turns clear

What the Omni Coin is, how it grew out of the Omni Deck, where it fits in a set and how to build the coin skills it needs.

Two hands at the moment of a coin vanish, one reaching to take a silver coin from the other

How to do the French drop

A step-by-step guide to the French drop, the classic coin vanish, with the mistakes that give it away and how to practise it.

A performer holding up a twenty-dollar bill, from Extortion by Patrick Kun

Money Magic for Beginners: The Best Coin and Bill Tricks to Start With

How to choose your first coin or bill trick, with a side-by-side look at the money magic we stock, from a $12 coin purse to a full chip set.

How To Do Coin Magic video course

Coin Magic Glossary: 25 Terms Every Beginner Should Know

Palms, shells, flippers, false transfers: a plain-English glossary of the coin magic terms you'll see in product descriptions and tutorials.