How to Perform Magic with Coins

Prepare for the show. Show your viewers that you can make a coin change color by rubbing it against your elbow. This wasn’t the main goal of the performance, but they didn’t need to know it. This just keeps them from focusing on the goal and not suspecting what you are about to perform.

• Or, you can also introduce that you will make the coin disappear. You can say so, but they’ll be prepared to notice your tricks.

Place the coin in your dominant hand. Place your other elbow on the table and tilt your head against that hand. Instead of changing color, the coin will mysteriously “disappear”. The elbow on the table is where you will rub the coin.

• Precisely you will rest your chin on your hand. You will make a fist instead of opening your palm for the purpose later in this trick.

Start rubbing the coin into your arm and hold it firmly in your hand. After a few rubs, you pretend to drop the coin on the table. Oh, why so clumsy! At this step, you’ll distract the viewer by talking about whether you should practice more or the coin is too slippery – say anything that distracts them from your hand.

Pick up the coin with the hand on which you are resting your head. However, you cannot do this explicitly . You will do this in one of two ways:

• Pretend to put the coin in the original hand and continue scrubbing. You will perform a pretend handover quickly.
• Pick up the coin with your dominant hand, but drop it in your non-dominant hand below the table . This method will require more time than the coin hiding technique compared to the above method.

Continue rubbing elbows (even though nothing is there). At this point, the hand you are scrubbing does not have any coins. Rub a few seconds and tell the viewer that something strange is about to happen. The coin does not change color… but will disappear. You can open your hand to prove the coin is gone.

• If the viewer wants to check if the other hand is holding the coin, you can drop it in the sleeve before showing them the other hand is empty too.

Make the coin reappear. This game can end at the step above or you will magically make the lost coin appear. This can be done in a variety of ways, such as: scratching your head with your non-dominant hand, performing as if a coin appears under your hair, “picking up” a coin from someone else’s outfit, or simply “coughing” out. Coins. Just do it any way you like.

• If you want to be clever, you will wait a while until the other person has forgotten the magic trick. Then you make the coin mysteriously reappear. Oh, the coin was here? You don’t know it yourself. Interesting!

Find a coin with two different sides. For example, the US 10 cent coin. If you’re not sure which coin looks like it, you should take the time to find out. You’ll find one with thick ridges on one side or easily recognizable carvings. Make sure you can recognize both faces with your eyes closed.

• You can make a mark on a face undetected, but if the viewer notices, they will be suspicious and guess your trick. You’re better off using a coin with no visible marks.

Practice flipping a coin and guess which side it will show when it falls. Once you know the details of each face, you can guess which side will fall on a coin toss. This game just focuses on catching the coin and flipping it inside your hand. In addition, you also need to make sure the falling coin touches the tips of your fingers before “guessing”.

• Take the time to practice flipping a coin, feel the surface as it falls, and show it to your audience with quick, natural action. Don’t let the viewer notice the moment you rate the coin.

Find a friend and take turns “guessing” which side of the coin will appear when it falls. Let them flip a coin a few times and let them know it’s not a special or magical coin. Then you ask them to guess which side of the coin will show up when you toss it. Toss the coin and catch it, but don’t rush it to your wrist. Before you place the coin face down on your wrist, you’ll need to work slower than usual to feel the details of the face down surface (the other surface can be felt with your thumb and not otherwise because it points up when you open your palm).

• You can adjust the coin in the palm of your hand so that it shows the face you want. For example, you will do this before 5 minutes, before 10 seconds, or just as you are about to face a coin on your wrist – that way, you will always guess correctly.

Adjust the coin in your hand. Before placing the coin face down on your wrist, flip the coin over to the side you want and place it so that when you open your hand the coin will show the face you guessed. You need to act quickly, so it takes a lot of practice to become proficient. After you flip the coin (or know you don’t need this step), you know it’s the side you want and stay in place. So you performed successfully!

• The advantage of this game is that you can perform many times without fear of being exposed – unlike other games that require you to find a new audience for each performance.
• However, you cannot do this when someone else flips a coin. Tell them you need to learn the coin and can only do this by touching it.

Prepare a towel, a coin and a piece of double-sided tape. You choose a hidden place and stick a piece of double-sided tape to one corner of the towel so that no one can see it. Make sure the coin will stick to the tape.

• In addition to a towel, you can also use a piece of paper, a piece of cloth, or a tissue. You don’t necessarily have to pick up a US 1-cent coin, but this is a medium sized coin suitable for demonstration.
• The smaller the piece of tape the better (because it won’t be obvious until you’ve mastered the trick); however, the coin may not stick to the towel while you perform.

Show the viewer clearly your towel. In this step, you must keep the double-sided tape closed and place it facing you. The point here is to let the viewer know the scarf (or whatever item you choose) is completely normal.

• Be careful when placing your finger on the tape – you need to avoid causing the tape to lose its stickiness due to the oil on your finger before starting the magic trick.

Place the coin on the surface of the towel covered with masking tape. Let the audience see this clearly. It’s just a coin in the middle of the scarf, isn’t it? Exactly. However, you need to make sure that the masking tape is cleverly covered so that the viewer does not see it.

• You should choose the towel as draped as possible. Thus, when you show the viewer clearly the middle of the scarf with the coin placed on top, the edges of the scarf will hang down, and other people will not be able to see it.

Fold the corners of the towel in the center, starting with the corner with the tape. You will fold each corner of the scarf in turn to the center. After folding the corners, you will make the coin disappear. However, you need to first ask the audience to verify the coin is still there. That way, people won’t be suspicious.

• Keep the folded corners intact while the viewer touches the towel. You will encourage them to touch both sides of the towel. Your magic trick will go smoothly as long as the person doesn’t move the towel.