337 entries in Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Der Changier-Cylinder coins placed in small cylinder coin box vanish
May 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 9)
138
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
Die verschwundenen Thaler coins put in small box with lid, the vanish, switch of box itself
Aug. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 2)
28
Carl Willmann Willmann's Whistmarkendose routine with coin box, done with some kind of poker chips or coins, box has loose bottoms, boston feature and more
Mar. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 3)
38
Der Changiercylinder Boston box, with or without lid, short sequences
Nov. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 11)
168
Carl Willmann Die verschwindenden Taler four coins vanish from a small box
Dec. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12)
183
Laurie Ireland Ireland's New Okito Coin Box Routine coin through card, two box turnovers
1936
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936)
2
T.J. Crawford The Okito Coin Box coin from box transposes with coin from hand
1938 708
T.J. Crawford The Brema Coin Box six coins in box penetrate box and hand
1938 710
T.J. Crawford An Old One Revised coin from coin box on top of book on top of glass into glass
1938 716
L. Vosburgh Lyons Okito Outdone okito box with a rectangular box
Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 50)
205
Okito Coin Box coins vanish from box, steal moves, three methods
1943/27 166
Scoop Lapping basic technique explained as a vanish, scoop-lapping coin off table and pretending to place into other hand, much detail about naturalness, three tricks using the move
  • I. Coin vanishes and appears under/in object
  • II. T&R napkin
  • III. One object transformed into another
1944 35
Senor Charles Mardo A Move with the Coin Rattle Box standard coin vanish from rattle box, new concept of ditching coin on bottom of box by pushing it into “lip” of frame on bottom
1945 26
Senor Charles Mardo The Crystal Casket – Effect with Coins four coins vanish and reappear in box previously seen empty
1945 28
Mike Trent Okito Goes Mental billet in Okito Box
Related toAlso published here 1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
6
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Okito-Box Presentation pushing a coin through a tiny hole in the lid through the box and a card into glass
1948 237
C. E. Young Half In, Half Out coin penetrates box and handkerchief
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
25
Theo "Okito" Bamberg The Okito Coin Box history
1952 217
Coin Through Box and the Hand with a description of four coins through table with the okito box
1952 221
Okito Box, Coin and Handkerchief marked coin from box to handkerchief
1952 221
Jack Chanin Routine with an Okito Box and a Silk four coins vanish
1952 223
Dr. Carl L. Moore Silver to Copper with the Okito Coin Box
1952 224
J. Elder Blackledge The Half Dollars and the Okito Box five coins, shell
Related toVariations 1952 224
George Boston The George Boston Combination Coin Box coins penetrate box and hand
1952 230
Copper Silver Transposition with the Combination Coin Box
1952 231
The German Coin Box Bert Kalmar coin box variation
1952 231
Paul Fox The Paul Fox Coin Boxes three versions
1952 233
Rolland Hamblen Routine No. 16 with boston and lippincott coin box
1952 349
Bill Simon Psychic Okito Box Okito Box for billet reading or Q&A
Related to Mar. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 303)
10
Don Alan Flash String Ideas
  • with a coin box
  • string puzzle
  • deck is bound with flash string, cards fall performer holds selection
1956 39
Edward Marlo S.O.C. half dollar and three copper coins, transposition, coins to box, coins through card case, see also page 40
Related toVariations 1957 24
Edward Marlo Impromptu S.O.C. Routine no copper/silver coin
Related to 1957 33
John Derris The Dollis Coins Penetration
1957
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957)
36
John Derris The Dollis Coin Transposition four copper coins transpose with four silver coins
1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 345)
204
John Derris One at a Time Coins coins through box, with handkerchief
1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
18
Fred Kaps Okito Box Routine coins vanish from box and appear in hand
Also published here 1960 (ca.) 2
Gerard "Bruno" Bruning Glittering Finale for the Okito Box Routine using Okito Box with hole, as a climax stream of silver glitter appears from box
1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
15
Sam Leo Horowitz Bey's Routine with the Okito Coin Box Master Routine No. 1, Okito Box with small hole, one coin penetrates deck of card, vanishes and appears multiple times and eventually changes into sponge rabbit, using a needle and a pencil
VariationsAlso published here 1963 4
Sam Leo Horowitz Mohammed Bey's Bonus Silver and Copper Routine with Okito Box
1963 17
Sam Leo Horowitz More Mohammed Bey Routines with the Okito Box, Four Coins, A Card Case and a Tumbler Master Routine No. 2, coins travel into box and vanish from there, penetration of card case
Also published here 1963 21
Sam Leo Horowitz The Perfect "Coin Penetration Through Box and Hand"
1963 45
Eddie McLaughlin The "Okito" Coin Box
  • 1. Placing the Cover on the Bottom of the Box - Using One Hand
  • 2. Placing the Coin between the Bottom of the Box and the Lid
  • 3. Visible Penetration of Coin through Bottom of Box
  • 4. Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box - Using Both Hands
  • 5. Variation for Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box
  • 6. Transfer of Open Box from Hand to Hand
Also published here 1963 48
J. B. Bobo Al-'N-Nate with hole and no lid, coins disappear from within and penetrate a silk or table
1966 489
John Mulholland The Mulholland Box cross-breeding of Okito and Al-'N-Nate
  • To Cause Six Coins to Disappear Inside A Closed Box
  • To Return The Six Coins to the Box
  • Coin Penetrating Box and Hand
  • Another Coin Penetration
1966 491
Milton Kort, Walter Wilson, Ron Bauer The O-Korto Box Routine coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain, two routines
Related toVariations 1966 497
Kirk Stiles A Coin Box Routine
1966 500
Milton Kort, Cass Dmuchowski Okito Change for a Half half dollar in box changes to quarter, two dimes and a nickel, two versions
1966 503
Milton Kort, Ron Bauer Gag Penetration with an Okito Box coin becomes bigger as it penetrates box
1966 504
Gerard "Bruno" Bruning Okito Box Glittering Finale stream of glittering silver particles pours out of box, "Gerald Bruning"
1966 504
Stewart Judah "Mystic Coins" Routine coins and chrome cap
Also published here 1966 506
John J. Lind A Stopper with the Okito Coin Box coin vanishes from box and reappears cleanly, uses card in handling
1966 507
Oran Bailey Dent Okito Box Coin Vanish
1966 509
Lewis Ganson Boxes and Brass introduction to coin boxes
  • German Box
  • Okito Box
  • George Boston Box
  • Brass Coin Cap
1967 56
Jack Ganson German Box Routine six pennies penetrate hand and handkerchief
1967 57
Lewis Ganson Coins Through same structure as Jack Ganson's routine
Related to 1967 61
Ken Brooke Tea For Two six coins travel from under one cup to another
Related toVariations 1967 62
Ken Brooke Okito Box Routine a coin penetrates a cigarette pack twice, travels into the box and finally passes through the box and the hand, duplicate
1967 64
Fred Lowe Boston Three Step without the handkerchief and an extra penetration of a coin
Inspired by 1967 72
John Ramsay The New Pocket Coin Trick coin penetrates brass cap and hand
1967 79
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Migrating Pennies eight coins, travel from under lid into box, from box into hand, penetrate the table and the box, two shells
1967 232
George B. Anderson, Mike Trent Hi, There, Theo! billet in Okito Box, with clearer instructions than in the Yearbook
Also published here 1968 39
George B. Anderson Theo Plus Bert Reese routine using the Okito Box
Berthold Riess, billet reading information, soft paper
Inspired by 1968 40
Horace E. Bennett Coin Exchange five english pennies in an okito box transpose with four half dollars, hollowed stack, version of Jimmy Ray's "Okito Coin Box Routine" from "Between the Acts"
1969 149
Horace E. Bennett, Ken Brooke Tea For Okito with an okito box
Inspired by 1969 164
Jean Garance Mystic Coins four coins and box, one coin penetrates table and then travels under box
1969
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 4)
69
Juan Tamariz La Fuga del Espíritu copper coin through Okito box and card case
Inspired by 1969 33
Juan Tamariz El Regreso coin from hand to box
1969 37
Juan Tamariz Doble Penetración copper coin from box through deck into glass, silver coin appears in box instead, using a sleight invented by Leo Horowitz
1969 40
Ellison Poland Coin From Box Traveling Sequence
1969 118
Ellison Poland Okito Box Innovations
  • magnetic base, coin through box application
  • magnetic lid
1969 123
Roy Johnson Solo Coins Through Table with four coins, glass and Okito Box
Inspired byVariations 1970 55
Marvin Johnson Coin Transpo of a sandwiched coin, also with Okito box
Apr. 1970 332
Roger Smith A Simple But Quite Expensive Coin Routine You'll Like - Part 1 sandwiched coin in box penetrates box and hand, Jo-pro Box
Nov. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
9
Milton Kort The O-Kort-o Box Rides Again stack of half dollars changes into dimes in box, hollow stack, O-Kort-o or Okito box
Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
25
Cushing Strout Gaffed Coins coin through plastic case into glass from Okito box, magnetic
July 1971 431
Karl Fulves Gaffed Coins - 3/4 Silver Fake double facer with silver on one side and a bit of silver and mostly copper on other side, used in transposition with Okito box, see also p. 513
Related to July 1971 432
Sam Leo Horowitz The Okito Box Routine copper-silver transposition, also using deck of cards, six phases
Autumn 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio)
447
Ben Christopher Nokito Box using bottomless Okito box, three phases, different gaff options in "Added Notes"
Oct. 1971 463
Don Nielsen Trance Coin copper coin in match box, silver coin in Okito box, copper travels into Okito box, lifts lid and jumps out, see also p. 486 for credit information and comment by Kenn E. Eastin
Related to
  • "Tribute to Okito" (Dennis Loomis, 1963, Tops)
Nov. 1971 466
Roger Smith Brush-Go coin vanish from Okito Box, using salt shaker, seated
Dec. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
3
Bruce Cervon The Boxed Coins four coins
1972 278
Roger Klause Tabled Transpo Plus two copper one silver with Okito box
Related to July 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 7)
51
Sam Schwartz Incredi-Box Magic combination of Boston & Okito box with shims in bottom and lid
  • Construction
  • Instant Push Through (coin through bottom of box)
  • Quick Change (four half dollars change to four quarters in box)
Related to Mar. 1972 510
Karl Fulves Okito Problem two silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates to between the silver coins, posed as problem
Related to Nov. 1972 572
Peter Alexis Silver Trap copper coin sandwiched between silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates and falls out, then back in again between silver coins
Related toVariations Dec. 1972 576
Al And Nate Box No. 438, coins through hand using coin box, folding coin for unclear effect
Related to 1972 126
Peter Alexis Silver Trap II "Okito Notes Part 2", two silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates to between the silver coins
Related to Jan. 1973 583
Peter Alexis Copper Ghost silver coin in box, copper coin touched on box and heard inside, but is not there, invisible copper coin again penetrates box, is heard to fall inside and then is really there, see also p. 618
Jan. 1973 583
Karl Fulves Okito Notes Part Three intro
Apr. 1973 618
Alan Brown Ritual Coin dime covered with dollar bill, card and copper coin, the dime vanishes, dime appears under copper coin in Okito box, using coin attached to bill with Monofilament/thread
Apr. 1973 618
Marvin Johnson Okito Box Notes 4
Inspired by Oct. 1973 680
David Roth Okito Box Magic four coins extracted from box one by one
Variations 1973
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
1
Karl Fulves Okito Notes Part 5 intro
Apr. 1974 727
Karl Fulves Hook Coin + Okito Box three coins in box, one penetrates, playing card used in handling
Apr. 1974 727
Karl Fulves Half Shell + Okito Box sliding shell
Apr. 1974 727
Karl Fulves Modified Boston Boxes
Apr. 1974 729
Patrick Page The Pill Box Trick box with two lids
1974 34
Al Schneider One Half Gone silver coin travels from between copper coins, nested in an Okito box, to under a card
Also published here 1975 63
Al Schneider, Edward Marlo SOC II
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1975 65
Scotty York, Frank Thompson A Nonokito - Okito Routine selected coin travels into box, coin penetrates box, card case and falls into a glass
1975 31
The Jo Pro Coin Box Okito box with steel insert, coin from hand to box, then through box and playing card
1975 25
John Carney Penny-trate "Two with Coins"
penny between two half dollars in Okito box put on hand, penny penetrates box and hand, two methods
Feb. 1975 859
Karl Fulves With The Transfer "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6"
marked penny appears inside Okito Box, no turnover move
Mar. 1975 870
Karl Fulves The Slot Box "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6"
with slot at bottom through which a coin can slide in and out
Mar. 1975 871
Karl Fulves Nokito Box "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6"
more on the bottomless Okito Box, with brass ring combination, coin through hand combination
Mar. 1975 872
Karl Fulves Copper Caper "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6" (actually part 7)
four copper coins in box transpose with die
July 1975 979
Karl Fulves Boxed In "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6" (actually part 7)
four coins in box, the box (!) penetrates table
July 1975 980
Horace E. Bennett Okito Box Routine coins penetrate box, hand and deck, then a marked coin appears inside box
1975 23
Gene Castillon Magnetic Marlo Meets Okito shimmed Okito Box, magnetic copper/silver coin
1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 5)
58
David Carré With An Okito Box three silver and one penny, coins travel, transpose and penetrate
July 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 11)
281
Harvey Rosenthal, Karl Fulves Oil To Water two copper and silver coins alternated in Okito box, then all change to silver
1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #2)
898
Gerald Kosky Mystic Eyes name written on disk and sealed in pillbox, divined, Okito Box
Related to 1976
Magick (Issue 150)
747
Geoffrey Latta Okito Opener in an empty Boston Box four coins appear, duplicate box
Also published here Jan. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 1)
9
David Roth Sokito Box ending for a routine in which box becomes a solid block
Feb. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 2)
15
Louis Tannen, Frank Thompson One-Hand Okito Box Sequence coin vanishes and reappears, credit correction on page 192
Also published here Oct. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 10)
117
Lewis Ganson Introduction
1978 4
Lewis Ganson Coin through Box and Hand
1978 8
Lewis Ganson Coin through Card
1978 9
Lewis Ganson Repeat Penetration through Card
1978 10
Lewis Ganson, Bob Gill, Eddie Gibson, J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Magnetic Coins uses of magnetic coins with Okito box
1. coin through box
2. box load (Bob Gill)
3. handlings with box and a card (Bob Gill)
4. Eddie Gibson's Coin Unique gaff set for vanish sequence
5. other magnetic materials (Rink)
1978 11
Lewis Ganson Two Times Ten coin penetration with coin box and cigarette pack, using magnetic shell set "Coin Unique" (Eddie Gibson)
1978 13
Bob Gill Box Clever coin through card into glass with Okito box, magnetic coins
1978 18
Aldo Colombini Sympathetic Okito four coins assemble in one corner, with Okito box and jumbo card
1978 22
Alex Elmsley Boston Two Step small coin travels from handkerchief to box with half dollars, then all coins travel to handkerchief and box is empty
Variations 1978 27
Eddie McLaughlin Moves with the Okito Box 1. Placing the Cover on the Bottom of the Box - Using One Hand
2. Placing the Coin between the Bottom of the Box and the Lid
3. Visible Penetration of Coin through Bottom of Box
4. Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box - Using Both Hands
5. Variation for Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box
6. Transfer of Open Box from Hand to Hand
Also published here 1978 34
Derek Dingle Flash Coins four coins in box, four matches visibly change into the coins one by one and in coin box are the burnt matches
1978 1105
David Stahl The World's Most Expensive Okito Box Routine different coins from box with hole to under crossed cards
Also published here 1978 121
Arturo de Ascanio Monedas a Traves de las Mesa con una Sola Mano one handed coins through table, with four coins a coin box and a glass
Also published here 1978 42
Bill Tarr The Okito Box intro
  • The Boston Box
  • The Incredi-Box
  • The Current Okito Box
1978 186
Coin Through Box and hand
1978 194
Simple Box Penetration
1978 195
Silver to Copper one silver coin changes to copper in the Okito box
1978 196
David Stahl The World's Most Expensive Okito Box Routine! different coins from box with hole to under crossed cards, Hoo Koin Box
Also published here 1978 21
Kirk Stiles Coin Box S&I "streamlined and improved", transpo with one coin in box
Mar. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)
178
Bob Gabrielle Something Happened coins travel from box to different spot on table
May 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 5)
197
Tommy Wonder Coins Across - A Presentation Part 1
Feb. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 2)
634
Tommy Wonder Coins Across - A Presentation part 2
Mar. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 3)
652
Tommy Wonder One In the Eye
Apr. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 4)
660
John Carney Neato, Okito!! coin through box, box disappears and reappears, transforms into small bottle
1979 5
Karl Fulves, Tony Slydini Notes Slydini on Okito box magic, Cups & Balls and card tricks
1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1238
Alex Elmsley Boston Two-Step small coin travels from handkerchief to box with half dollars, then all coins travel to handkerchief and box is empty
Also published here 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Mike Skinner Seminarheft)
12
Woody Landers Out-Boxed silver coin in box changes to copper coin
May 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 5)
337
Nick van Setten Swindle Box four coins penetrate box and table, secret extra box
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1324
Jimmy Ray Okito Coin Box four silver coins in box change places with four copper coins under table
1980 46
Ken Brooke Okito Box Routine multi-phase routine
Also published here 1980 121
Ken Brooke Tea for Two six coins put in German Box (Boston Box without lid) and covered with cup, coins travel underneath a second cup
Also published here 1980 127
Blair Bowling Soc III silver coin vanishes from between two copper coins and reappears in box, repeat
Inspired by Jan. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 1)
438
Jon Brunelle Okinesis coin to box, arrives there visually and audibly without touching
Feb. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 2)
452
Mark Lefler "Throughly" Amazing box penetrates table, first partially then fully
Mar. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 3)
467
Frank Zak Four (Oki)To Four four silver coins travel to box and transform to copper, gaffed
Dec. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 12)
565
Steve Beam The Okito Box general comments
1981 41
Steve Beam Toss Out Color Change
1981 43
Steve Beam Change Box half dollar shaken in Okito Box, when tossed out it changes into 2 quarters
1981 45
Steve Beam Four Copper, Four Silver four coins change at once
1981 46
Steve Beam, Harvey Rosenthal Box Change box changes color as well, using Rosenthal move from his lecture notes
1981 47
Steve Beam Nest of Box marked coin from hand to box
1981 48
Steve Beam Hand and Box Transposition
1981 48
Steve Beam One Coin Thru through coin box
1981 49
Steve Beam Optional Part II coin from hand to box
1981 49
Steve Beam Coins to Box four coins one by one
1981 50
Gene Castillon Another Tabled Transposition two copper one silver with Okito box
Inspired by 1981 77
Gene Castillon Ungaffed Tabled Transposition two copper one silver with Okito box
1981 81
Geoffrey Latta The New Okito Box Routine: Part One coins from box to hand
Inspired byAlso published here 1981 14
Geoffrey Latta The New Okito Box Routine: Part Two coins from hand to box
Also published here 1981 17
Paul Cummins Penetrating Thoughts box through hand
Oct. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 10)
694
Paul Cummins Cross Changed coins across, four silver coins change to copper
Variations Dec. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 12)
716
Steve Beam The Box general comments
1982 43
Steve Beam The Perfect Climax coin dumped out of box becomes jumbo coin
1982 44
Steve Beam Pandora's Box coins appear in box
1982 44
Steve Beam Pandora's Box II boston box, coins appear in box
1982 45
Phillip Young Coin Box Copper/Silver
1982 47
Steve Beam The Bottomless Box fifteen coins produced from one box
1982 47
Simon Aronson S-O-See Thru coin in box and hand transpose, coins from hand to box, coin in bottom of box travels to purse
Inspired by 1982 52
Phillip Young Face Up Okito coin penetrates box and hand and falls into hands of spectator
1982 76
Phillip Young Across Okito four coins extracted from box one by one
Inspired by 1982 77
Peter Kane The Dustbin Box at the end of Okito box routine, a lot of various items are dumped out of it, close-up production
1982 31
Peter Kane On a Shoestring Chinese coin penetrates Okito Box onto string
Also published here
  • Northern Lights magazine
1982 100
Al Bertini Al Bertini's Geistesblitze: Der fliegende Ring finger ring vanishes from Okito Box and appears on finger, with variation
1982
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 4&5)
110
Michael Rubinstein Three Coins to Okito
1982 37
Michael Rubinstein The Substitution Trunk Mystery
Variations 1982 105
Michael Rubinstein Okito Coin Box Ending jumbo coin from box
1982 111
Mike Bornstein Your Favorite Ace four coins travel from box to under four cards
1982 48
David Roth Okito Copper/Silver using Okito Box
1983 74
Mark Lefler Back in the Box copper coins vanish visually under glass and reappear in okito box, then change to silver, using black art
June 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 6)
785
John Carney Okito Oddity box disappears instead of coin, reappears, with a bold turnover
Apr. 1983 69
Hervé Pigny Money Is Time watchwork appears in Okito Box, coin in wrist watch
Jan. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 1)
875
Fred Kaps O-Korto For Two long routine in which coins and box penetrate hands and box shrinks so coins do not fit in any more
Related toAlso published here 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
137
Jon Brunelle Squeaky-Clean Transposition three copper coins in Okito Box change place with three silver coins one by one
1984 98
Peter Duffie The Jipsum Box spectator puts four coins in box, they penetrate box and hand, repeat, then box penetrates hand leaving coins behind, Bobby Bernard Coin Box
1984 21
David Regal Opening Okito solid Okito box finale
July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1087
David Regal Closing Okito box penetrates hand, coins stay
July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1089
David Roth Metamorphosis Box Switch (Opening Production No. 1)
1985 215
David Roth Opening Production No. 2 (The Boston Palm Load) Four coin production from coin box
1985 216
David Roth Opening Production No. 3 four coin production from coin box/ box switch
1985 218
David Roth Opening Production No. 4 (The Triple Load) four coin production / coin box switch
1985 219
David Roth Out With Four extract coins from coin box
Variations 1985 222
David Roth Out With Five extract coins form coin box
Variations 1985 226
David Roth Out In Out extract coins form the box, then they go back in
1985 228
David Roth Coins Through Hand coins penetrate coin box and hand
1985 231
David Roth Four Halves to Four Dimes Coins transform in the coin box
1985 233
David Roth A Chinese Climax Transformation in the coin box
1985 235
David Roth Out With Four a la Edge Grip Coins extracted from coin box
1985 237
David Roth Copper Flight Copper coin disappears from between two silver coins in the coin box
  • Method One (Click Pass Without Duplicate)
  • Method Two (Click Pass With Duplicate)
  • Method Three (Rim Steal Without Duplicate)
  • Method Four (Rim Steal With Duplicate)
  • Method Five (The Tower Trick)
1985 240
David Roth Triple Change Climax two silves and one copper change to two coppers and one silver (coin box)
1985 242
David Roth Copper/Silver For Magicians No. 1 coin box copper silver
1985 243
David Roth Copper/Silver For Magicians No. 2 coin box copper silver
1985 244
David Roth Three Silvers and One Copper coin box copper silver
1985 246
David Roth The Sokito Box Solid Okito Box Routine
1985 248
David Roth Four Coin Transposition four chinese coins transpose with 4 silver coins in coin box
1985 249
David Roth The Heavy Box Routine Heavy Coin Box Routine
1985 251
David Roth The Nokito Box using bottomless Okito box
1985 255
Joaquín Navajas Okito Final four coins
Also published here 1985 45
Joaquín Navajas Interior Okito four coins, wth the catapult
Also published here 1985 69
James Lewis Coin Box
Related to 1985 10
Karl Fulves Spellbox No. 7, posed as a problem:
(1) coin changes into small envelope à la spellbound, back and forth, coin in envelope
(2) spellbound changes with box and lid
1985 99
Nick van Setten One Coin Interlude one coin penetrates in and out of Okito box
1985 110
Stewart Judah Mystic Coins coins and chrome cap
Also published here July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
157
Bruce Berkowitz Twist on Winged Silver
Mar. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 3)
1185
Joe Safuto Three's Company
Oct. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 10)
1263
Russ Burns The Spirit of the Coin longer routine with multiple effects
Nov. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 11)
1280
Jeff Moche Somersault "Dump" Choice copper coin might appear among silver coins in coin box or not (choice of spectator)
July 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 7)
1377
Russ Burns Banned in Boston okito box used as boston box
Dec. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 12)
1434
Jay Sankey Monty Hall Goes Close-up borrowed ring in one hand transposes with four coins in coin box
VariationsAlso published here May 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 10)
1
Jim Magus Stepping Stone rune stone is marked with a word and placed inside pill box, Okito box, divination of symbol and word
May 1987
Magick (Issue 390)
1947
Peter Duffie Captured Coin Assembly coins travel from coin box to under cards
1987 40
Peter Duffie Triple Alliance three coins travel from coin box to hand and back one by one
Related to 1987 43
Robert Bengel Romancing the Coin Box
July 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)
1516
Tony Slydini Slydini On The Okito Box four coins in box penetrate table
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 31)
1367
Santiago Okiting box with coins on covered glass, coins travel into glass
1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 11)
1989
Mike Gallo Box Jumper three half dollar travel to a coin box, they change into chines coin and the silver coins are found in the box, eventually thee copper coins appear in the box
Inspired by 1989 452
Bob King Chinese Surprise four half dollars taken from box, they change into copper, halves back in box, then four Chinese coins appear in box
1989 18
Mike Bornstein Ace to Fifty Coins from Box to under four Aces
June 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)
1798
Bob Kohler Brass-Ackwards Production four coins produced from Boston Box at once
1990 94
Jay Sankey Monty Hall Goes Close-Up borrowed ring in one hand transposes with four coins in coin box
Also published here Feb. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 2)
58
Ken Brooke Tea for Two six coins put in German Box (Boston Box without lid) and covered with cup, coins travel underneath a second cup
Also published here Oct. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)
147
Daniel McCarthy Down Elevator Coppercoin moves up and down in Coin Stack
Nov. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 11)
1999
David Neighbors Chinese Exchange three coins in box transpose with three different coins
Dec. 1991
The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4)
1
Aldo Colombini Box, Card, Coins - and You! three coins travel from box to under playing card
Mar. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 3)
2045
Dean Nicholas Boston Box Routine three phases, coins appear in box, one-by-one traveling, as finale all coins travel from box to hand at once
Oct. 1992
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
10
Sam Leo Horowitz Rutina N° 1 con la Caja de Monedas Okito translation by Ascanio
longer Okito Box routine, two coins penetrate box and deck of cards
Also published here 1992 22
Sam Leo Horowitz Rutina N° 2 con Caja Okito (de 1956) translation by Ascanio
four coins penetrate a deck of playing card, with a glass
Also published here 1992 32
Evert Chapman Think of a Coin? Slot Okito Box routine, five phases, silver and copper coin travel to box, change places and vanish and reappear
Mar. 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 1)
11
Frank Thompson Box Bounce "an Oktio Box Secret"
coins penetrate box, featuring move in which coins bounce back into hand when stack of coins is dropped into box
Related to 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 5)
50
Steve Draun An Okito Favorite coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain
Inspired by May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
58
Chad Long Okito Revers-embly matrix type routine with Okito box in one corner under one of the cards, backfire
Dec. 1993
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 4)
57
Alex Elmsley Revaluation (A Reminiscense) chinese coin and four pennies, chinese coin from handkerchief to box, then pennies to box, transposition of chinese coin with four pennies
1994 264
Alex Elmsley Boston Two-Step small coin travels from handkerchief to box with half dollars, then all coins travel to handkerchief and box is empty
VariationsAlso published here 1994 268
Chad Long X-tracting 4 coins from box to hand one by one
1994 17
Mike Gallo The Only Four ways coins extracted from closed okito box one by one, then again but coins appear in four corners of the mat at once
1994 933
Mike Gallo Safe And Sound small coin box with number lock as lid, three half dollars change into pennies one by one, then all to Chinese coins, then three large Chinese coins
1994 89
Peter Duffie Off Your Box three coins travel from box to hand one by one, then all are put in pocket and reappear in box
Inspired byRelated to 1994 161
Aldo Colombini Ping Pong Routine Chinese coin transposes with a half dollar, with Okito Box and handkerchief, coin on stick
1994 130
Karl Norman The Coin Collection copper and silver coins change places with silver coin, twice, coins travel to empty box, climax: coins pentrate the hand
1995 30
Karl Norman Surprise Transposition - Using the coins, the Okito Box, and ? performer announces that the coins will travel from hand to hand, the box travels instead
1995 35
Paul Cummins Double Cross Changed
1996 28
Paul Cummins Penetrating Thoughts box penetrates hand
1996 30
Michael Rubinstein The Ghost method for fourth coin through table using an okito box lid
Winter 1996 4
Tommy Wonder Coins Across and Back with Interlude coins across twice with backfire, coin through box
  • Phase One: Silver Bullets
  • Phase Two: Copper Interlude
  • Phase Three: Perverse Reverse
  • Phase Four: Bertram Redux
Inspired byVariations 1996 231
Tom Kechter, Eric Mead, Homer Liwag Lip Balm lip balm container as boston coin box, three quarters vanish from it and lip balm is there instead
1996 37
Dominique Duvivier Duvivier Coin Box Okito box type of routine done with an extra black plastic box for the coin box itself, Okito box has flexible Boston Box feature
1996 46
Dominique Duvivier Flying Signature Coin Signed copper coin travels to in between two silver coins in Okito box, then appears under deck of cards, before appearing back in the box
1996 53
Harry Riser Copper, Silver, Gold Coin Box Routine three coins, transpo, they travel from pocket to box, then more coins are produced from box
Inspired by 1996 172
Harry Riser Crossed Hands Vanish Coin Box Routine silver coin in one hand, copper in the other, both vanish and are found in coin box
Also published here
  • MUM, May 1989
1996 180
Ken Brooke Meine Okitobox-Routine multi-phase routine
Also published here 1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4 & 5)
154
Lou Gallo Pitching Okito
1996 25
Lou Gallo Coins of the World production of twelve coins plus four jumbo coins from Okito box
Inspired by
  • Paul Cummins routine
1996 35
Reinhard Müller Okito Twist four coins in box put on inverted glass, covered with handkerchief, only box penetrates to unter glass
June 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 10)
58
Mike Gallo Out Boxed lid travels on coin box, then coins penetrate box
1997 1241
John Derris, Jack Avis Namreg Coin Box Routine four coins appear at once in Boston con box that was shown empty
1998 15
Jack Avis Salute to Ramsay metal cap (Oktio box without lid) with four coins, one penetrates hand
1998 18
Jack Avis Two for the Flight of One borrowed coin and bill transpose, using Bill Tube and Oktio Box
1998 24
Milton Kort The Okorto Box Routine Coins in coin box penetrate out through hand, then box penetrates hand
Related to 1999 209
Milton Kort CoBoxGo Coins vanish from box, box then vanishes (uses handkerchief)
1999 231
Milton Kort CoBoxGo 2 Half dollars in box transform into pennies, then box vanishes
1999 237
John Derris Hockley's Rice Okito box finale in which the box is switched and ends up full of rice
Mar. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)
30
George Olson The Pill Box coins from hand to box one by one, then all at once
1999 188
Baltazar Fuentes Out with Roth Okito Box with inside rim
Inspired by 2000 14
Al Schneider One Half Gone
  • The Schneider Technique
silver coin travels from between copper coins, nested in an Okito box, to under a card
Also published here Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
60
Karl Fulves Upside Okito "Problems"
box turns right side up under lid, posed as a problem
2001 210
Al Baker, Nate Leipzig Al 'N' Nate coins through table using brass box
Related toAlso published here
  • marketed 1934
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
531
Arturo de Ascanio Monedas a Través de las Mesa a una Mano one handed coins through table, with four coins a coin box and a glass
Also published here 2003 144
Wayne Dobson X-Change four coins travel from box to another corner of close-up mat or handkerchief
Inspired by 2004 8
Bob Farmer Mojo Boogie Boxes Two-Box Routine
  • Flim-FlaMagic
coin travel from one coin box to another repeatedly, one in pocket and one on table
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
28
Jack Avis Coin Box Idea short ideas
2006 206
Camille Gastine Box O' Plenty unusual four-coin production with Okito box, coins appear in a row on the table with box and lid under two of the coins
Nov. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 11)
22
Sam Schwartz The Slotted Okito Box with slot box
  • Visual Coin Thru Box
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
247
Sam Schwartz Coin Thru Hand four coins through hand one by one, slotted boston box
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
314
Sam Schwartz Coin Thru Hand Boston Slot Box
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
362
Karl Fulves Figure 18 Note coins-to-box idea
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
364
Karl Fulves Ricochet slot box, coin from hand to upside-down tabled box
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
365
Dani DaOrtiz Kaps on Coins on Fred Kaps' video and notes "Kaps on Coins", translation of
  • Cambio de color de monedas, de Edward Victor
  • Rutina con la caja Okito
Also published here 2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 8)
200
Tom Stone Monty Walks Again four coins in coin box transpose with finger ring on string
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 6
Tom Stone Okito Osmosis coin penetrates bottom of box
2009 36
Miguel Ángel Gea La Esencia II complex routine, four coins change into silver coins and one silver coin changes into copper inside coin box, matrix with four cards, coin travel to and from box and change into jumbo, Chinese, small and copper coin
  • Fase I: Prólogo - Bajo el influjo de la Esencia II
  • Fast II: Tele-transportación de la esencia
    • Primer viaje
    • Segundo viaje
    • Tercer viaje
  • Fase III: La libertad de la esencia
    • Primer escape: el chasquido
    • Segundo escape: el desdoblamiento
    • Tercer escape: homenaje a los polvos mágicos
    • Clímax: monedas en dirección contraria
  • Fase IV: El túnel de las esencias
    • Desapariciones
    • Apariciones
  • Fase V: Catarsis final
    • Primera transformación
    • Segunda transformación
    • Tercera transformación
    • Cuarta transformación
2009 101
Tom Stone Monty Walks Again four coins in coin box transpose with finger ring on string
Inspired byAlso published here 2010 23
Roberto Giobbi Okito-san Meets Mr. Terrific motivating an Okito Box
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Sep 1)
262
Roberto Giobbi Thoughts on Coin Boxes thoughts on motivation
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Oct 18)
310
Go-Kito full Okito box through table
2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
432
Karl Fulves Done With Brass coin in spellbound position changes into Okito box lid, then box, coin ends up inside
Inspired by 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
436
Sam Schwartz Coin Thru Hand Boston Slot Box
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
440
Sam Schwartz Conversion Coins four silver coins change to copper as they penetrate the bottom of the coin box
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
524
Lance Pierce Cee Ess Bee Copper-Silver-Brass Routine using a copper-silver gimmick and an Oktio box
Inspired by 2010 59
Al Schneider One Half Gone silver coin travels from between copper coins, nested in an Okito box, to under a card
Also published here 2011 440
Sam Schwartz Copper Escape copper coin between two silver coins put in box, copper coin penetrates box
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
598
Fred Kaps O-Korto para dos long routine in which coins and box penetrate hands and box shrinks so coins do not fit in any more (translated by Jesus Etcheverry)
Also published here 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 18)
562
Steven Hamilton Boxed In four coins to box one at a time
2013 172
Christian Scherer Der kleinste 3D-Kopierer der Welt three different coins put in a coin box and they transform into china coins one by one
2014 50
Gregg Webb Journey Through Boston four copper coins dumped from box, then four silver coins, then they transpose
Feb. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 2)
40
Alexander de Cova Boxing Boston coins penetrate from box to inside handkerchief-covered glass
2015 246
Vanni Bossi A Simultaneous Turnover and Steal applied to coin through hand and box
Related to
  • David Lederman (MUM, Vol. 54 No. 9, Feb. 1965, p. 432)
2016 160
Vanni Bossi The Jet Masqué Load from reversed box into fist
2016 162
Vanni Bossi Half-Buck Torture Cell coin Okito box, box filled with water and put on fist, water penetrates box, then coin
2016 164
Craig Ousterling A Sound Box Vanish coin vanishes in coin box audibly, no more sound when it is shaken
May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
30
Jamy Ian Swiss Well in Hand Okito adapted to be performed in the hands of the spectator
Inspired by 2016 33
Tomoya Horiki Minimum Coin Box (ミニマム・コインボックス) Coin box routine, four coins travel to box one by one, then return to hand at once (uses a small box)
Inspired by 2017 56
Geoffrey Latta Okito Arrives from Boston empty coin box fills itself with coins, box switch
Also published here 2017 225
Geoffrey Latta Han Bam Chien one coin travels from hand to tabled box, no extra coin
Also published here 2017 228
Geoffrey Latta Box Trot
  • Part I (coins from box to hand)
  • Part II (coins from hand to box)
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 229
Bill Cheung Wild Penetration Four silver coins placed in coin box, coins penetrate through table. Second phase, box penetrates through table. Finally, coins all change to Chinese coins
2018 2
Bill Cheung The Ramsay Cylinder Coins and cylinder effect, cylinder is a toilet paper roll, coin box used as well
2018 7
Iñaki Zabaletta, Manuel Llaser A Través de la Baraja coin penetrates coin box and deck and falls into glass, when repeated coin is found inside the deck next to selection
2019 31
Ken Brooke Showing Okito Box Empty
2019 36
Joaquín Navajas Okito final four coins vanish from an Okito box
Also published here 2019 49
Joaquín Navajas Interior Okito four coins, with The Catapult
Also published here 2019 73
Carisa Hendrix The Polite Pickpocket five coins in spectator's hand, one vanishes and appears on spectator's shoulder, another vanishes, then four coins penetrate coin box and magician's hand
Inspired by 2020 139
Justin Purcell Out with Four-intine four coins from Okito box to hand
Inspired byAlso published here 2020 194
Michael Rubinstein The Substitution Trunk Mystery
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Penguin Two Live lecture, 2016
2020 93
Michael Brewer Left-Handed Coins in a Box
  • Phase One: Premise and First Coin Across
  • Phase Two: Second Coin Across
  • Phase Three: Third Coin in Spectator's Hand
  • Phase Four: Fourth Coin, Test Conditions (from box to hand)
  • Phase Five: Clean-up
2020 440
Justin Purcell Okito, Bamburg, or Burnett? four coins from Okito box to hand
Inspired byAlso published here July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
47
Motoki Kaido Tsukumogami (九十九神) Okito Box, production, penetration and vanish of a coin. Involves using prepared Okito Box as a rattle box to make sound of rattling coin appear and disappear
2021 223
Rick Holcombe Cerebral CSB travelling routine with copper, silver and brass coin, chosen one travels in multiple out scenario with purse or Okito box
Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
64
Andi Gladwin Oh-Kito four coins, three travel into coin box one by one that is resting onto a shot glass, then the three travel back into the hand, then four coins put in box on top of glass with handkerchief cover, only box penetrates to under glass
  • Boston Box Version
Inspired by
  • last phase inspired by Paul Daniels performance on television
2022 53
Joe Cole Box Bits routine with coin box itself, lid vanishes inside box and comes out again, box vanishes and is produced from lid, flurry with lid, lid changes into four coins and another lid is pulled out of box
Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
972
Joe Cole Left Hook switch of bottom part of an Okito box, for a solid block
Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1049
Joe Cole Uppercut! solid block changes back to normal box
Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1050
Bob Farmer The Use of Abstraction in the Invention of Magic Tricks on the Mojo Boogie Boxes Routine, Roy Kueppers, Bammo Queen Monte Routine
May 2023
PM2 (Issue 28)
37