Expert Coin Magic

1985
Written by Richard Kaufman
Work of David Roth
370 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with drawings by Richard Kaufman
Language: English
165 entries
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Dai Vernon Foreword
1
Richard Kaufman Introduction to Section One
5
Dai Vernon, David Roth Retention Vanish David Roth's handling of Dai Vernon's Retention Vanish
 		7
David Roth Fingertip Retention Vanish
Variations 9
David Roth The Shuttle Pass
  • Shuttle Pass
  • Reverse Shuffle Pass
  • Half Shuttle Pass
  • Shuttle Pass From The Lap
 		10
David Roth Roth Palm Change
Variations 12
Michael Skinner Skinner's Spidergrip Vanish
Related to 14
David Roth The Scoop Addunder Addon, addition
Also published here 15
David Roth Lapping a Coin From the Closed Fist
  • Tap Lap
  • Closed Revolve Vanish
 		16
Fred Kaps The Kaps Subtlety
Related to 18
John Benzais Benzais Friction Palm
19
David Roth Three-Coin Click Pass
20
David Roth The Flurry Quick series of vanishes and reproductions
Inspired byVariations 23
David Roth Producing a Coin at the Fingertips from finger palm
 		23
David Roth Finger-Palm Vanish
24
David Roth Standup Flurry Climax Jumbo Coin Production
Variations 26
David Roth Deep Palm Tenkai Pennies classic palm instead of Tenkai Pinch
Related toAlso published here 29
David Roth Deep Palm Tenkai Double Vanish Double Vanish
 		31
David Roth Deep Palm Tenkai Merge Two half-dollars transform into a dollar
 		32
David Roth Karate Coin For Professional Performance
34
David Roth Continuous Spellbound
36
David Roth Pulling Off Ten Cents Pulling off a small piece of a half dollar, which transforms into a dime
 		39
David Roth A Mighty Squeeze Fold a coin in half and then quarters
 		40
David Roth Squeeze It Handwashing coin vanish
Inspired by 42
David Roth Sleeving Method One Sleeving clean up for a vanish
 		43
David Roth Sleeving Method Two Sleeving clean up for a vanish
 		43
David Roth A Funnel Coin in Bottle Coin in bottle through a funnel
 		44
David Roth New Wave Coin in Bottle
47
David Roth Folding Coins Through Table
52
Harvey Rosenthal Click Pass
55
Han Ping Chien brief
 		55
David Roth Folding Coins Across
56
David Roth Winged Silver Coins Across
Variations 57
David Roth To Classic Palm One Coin of a Group
Also published here 58
David Roth E.Z. Coins Across Coins Across
 		60
David Roth Shell Coins Across
Variations 62
David Roth The Original Chinese Coin Assembly No-card coin assembly, hands as only cover
Variations 65
David Roth The Magician's Chinese Coin Assembly No-card assembly, hands as the only cover
 		70
David Roth Twentieth Century Coins Copper coin ends up between two silvers in the spectator's hand
 		72
David Roth The Scoop AddBetween
72
David Roth Digital Copper/Silver spectator holds copper/silver coin
Also published here 73
David Roth The Fist Switch unusual
 		74
David Roth Tabled Copper/Silver
75
David Roth Winged Silver on Edge Coins Across
 		79
David Roth Method One for Getting Into Edge Grip
79
David Roth Edge Grip Display
80
David Roth Edge Grip Load
81
David Roth The Original Hanging Coins
Variations 82
David Roth The Feint coin jumps back
 		83
David Roth Method Two for Getting Into Edge Grip
83
David Roth Flash Production with Four Coins
87
David Roth Shuttle Pass Drop from Edge Grip
88
David Roth Curl Palm
88
David Roth Two-Hand Production From Edge Grip
89
David Roth Flash Production with Five Coins
91
David Roth Wild Coin on Edge
92
David Roth John Ramsay's Cylinder and Coins (With Edge Grip)
95
David Roth Method Three for Getting Into Edge Grip
98
Deep Backclip
102
David Roth Deep Backclip - The Basic Method Method for getting into backclip
 		102
David Roth The Flash Change
103
David Roth Copper/Silver Deep Backclip Routine (with a Gaffed Coin)
Variations 105
Turning Over a Copper/Silver Coin In The Fist
105
David Roth The Deep BackClip Switchout And Recovery
107
David Roth Copper/Silver Deep Backclip Routine (With an Extra Coin)
109
David Roth Commercial Copper/Silver With Deep Backclip
110
David Roth Two Coppers and One Silver Deep Backclip Routine
112
David Roth Deep Backclip Exhibition Coins Across
114
David Roth The Deep Backclip Reverse Load
114
David Roth Deep Backclip Coins Across
115
David Roth Deep BackClip Recovery
Variations 116
David Roth The Deep Backclip Steal
117
David Roth Down The Sleeve in Deep Backclip
Inspired by 119
Thumb Palm & Breast Pocket Ditch
121
David Roth Wild Like No Other Wild Coin
 		123
David Roth The Double Steal
Related to 123
Shuttle Lap as a ditch, with noise reduction if coins are already in lap
 		125
Derek Dingle Sucker Change
126
David Roth No Lapping Wild Coin No. 1
128
David Roth No-Lapping Wild Coin No. 2
130
David Roth Favorite Wild Coin
132
David Roth The Fake Take
133
David Roth The Fake Put
133
David Roth A Changeover Palm
134
David Roth The Legendary Four Coin Trick Four coin repeat
 		137
David Roth The Legendary Count False Count
 		137
David Roth Squash Coins through the table
 		139
David Roth Stonehenge Coin Assembly rock production climax
Variations 142
David Roth The Lapel Coin One Coin Routine
 		148
David Roth The Eraser Erase pieces of a coin
 		152
David Roth The Fugitive Coins transposition of two different-sized coins
Also published here 156
David Roth Linking Coins fusion of two, then three half dollars
 		158
David Roth The Link Move Fusion
 		159
Richard Kaufman Introduction to Section Two
167
David Roth The Click Pass Click pass into coin box
 		169
David Roth Covered Click Pass click pass into coin box
Also published here 171
David Roth Steals to Position steals from under coinbox
  • Steals to Position - Left-Hand Steal No. 1 (to fingertip rest)
  • Steals to Position - Left-Hand Steal No. 2 (to finger palm)
  • Steals to Position - Left-Hand Steal No. 3 (to edge grip)
  • Steals to Position - Left-Hand Steal No. 4 (to finger palm)
  • Steals to Position - Right-Hand Steal No. 1 (to finger palm)
  • Steals to Position - Right-Hand Steal No. 2 (to fingertip rest)
  • Steals to Position - Right-Hand Steal No. 3 (Delayed Steal to Thumb base Concealment or Fingertip Rest)
  • Steals to Position - Right-Hand Steal No. 4 (Multiple Steal to Finger Palm)
 		173
David Roth Finger Base Click Pass coin box click pass
 		180
David Roth Tabled Click Pass Coin box click pass
 		182
David Roth The Bold Steal (And Moves To Various Positions)
  • Direct to Right-Hand Fingertip Rest
  • Direct to Right-Hand Finger Palm
  • Delayed to Right-Hand Fingertip Rest
  • Delayed to Right-Hand Thumb Base Concealement
  • Direct to Right-Hand Edge Grip (Two-Handed)
  • Direct to Right-Hand Edge Grip (One-Handed)
 		184
David Roth Rim Steal No. 1 coin box steal
 		187
David Roth Rim Steal No. 2 coin box steal
Variations 188
David Roth Rim Steal No. 3 coin box steal
 		189
David Roth Stack Rim Steal No. 1 coin box steal
 		190
David Roth Stack Rim Steal No. 2 coin box steal
 		191
David Roth The Spillout Steal coin box steal
Also published here 193
David Roth Lid Load No. 1 coin box lid load
 		195
David Roth Lid Load No. 2 coin box lid load
 		196
David Roth Repeat Lid Load coin box lid load
 		197
David Roth Loaded Lid Pickup
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David Roth Lightning Turnover coin box turnover
 		199
David Roth Snap Turnover coin box turnover
 		201
David Roth Table Turnover coin box turnover
 		202
Standard Turnover coin box turnover
 		204
David Roth Third-Finger Turnover coin box turnover
 		205
David Roth The Final Turnover coin box turnover
 		207
David Roth Shuttle-Pass Box Switch
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David Roth Sweeplap Box Switch
209
David Roth, Fred Kaps Roth/Kaps Box Switch
  • Fred Kaps Sokito Application
  • Boston Box Application
  • As A Production
  • As A Vanish
 		210
David Roth Sound Box Switch
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David Roth Metamorphosis Box Switch (Opening Production No. 1)
 		215
David Roth Opening Production No. 2 (The Boston Palm Load) Four coin production from coin box
 		216
David Roth Opening Production No. 3 four coin production from coin box/ box switch
 		218
David Roth Opening Production No. 4 (The Triple Load) four coin production / coin box switch
 		219
David Roth Out With Four extract coins from coin box
Variations 222
David Roth Out With Five extract coins form coin box
Variations 226
L'Homme Masqué L'Homme Masque's Load
226
David Roth Out In Out extract coins form the box, then they go back in
 		228
David Roth Coins Through Hand coins penetrate coin box and hand
 		231
David Roth Four Halves to Four Dimes Coins transform in the coin box
 		233
David Roth A Chinese Climax Transformation in the coin box
 		235
David Roth Thumb Steal to Edge Grip coin box steal
 		236
David Roth Out With Four a la Edge Grip Coins extracted from coin box
 		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)
 		240
David Roth Triple Change Climax two silves and one copper change to two coppers and one silver (coin box)
 		242
David Roth Copper/Silver For Magicians No. 1 coin box copper silver
 		243
David Roth Copper/Silver For Magicians No. 2 coin box copper silver
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David Roth The Drop Load Spillout Steal
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David Roth Three Silvers and One Copper coin box copper silver
 		246
David Roth The Sokito Box Solid Okito Box Routine
 		248
David Roth Four Coin Transposition four chinese coins transpose with 4 silver coins in coin box
 		249
David Roth The Heavy Box Routine Heavy Coin Box Routine
 		251
David Roth The Nokito Box using bottomless Okito box
 		255
Richard Kaufman Introduction to Section Three
263
David Roth The Table Coins through mini table, then mini table through big table
 		266
David Roth Purse and Glass three silver coins transpose with three copper coins in purse
Related toVariationsAlso published here 273
David Roth False Putting into Purse apparently coins are put into purse
 		275
David Roth The Ruler Coins across with a ruler
 		280
David Roth The Portable Hole
Related toAlso published here 284
David Roth The Frontal Imp Pass
289
David Roth The Micrometer Standing production, vanish and transformation routine
 		294
David Roth Table Edge Servante
294
David Roth The Planet Signed coins appear in small globe
 		300
David Roth Fingertip Rest to Thumb Palm
303
John Cornelius Metamorphosis Change
305
David Roth The Funnel Coins change into tiny coins to fit through funnel into bottle
 		310
David Roth Linking Coins II Fusion of two coins, then three
 		316
David Roth The Rainbow Coin color change routine
 		318
David Roth The Sleeve Coins vanish and reappear in a separate detached sleeve
Variations 325
David Roth Silly Putty Coin folds in sympathy with a silly putty impression of it
 		336
David Roth The Salt Shaker Coin in Salt Shaker, Shaker through Table
 		343
David Roth The Stamp Trick Stamped pictures of coins move on paper then turn into coins
Related to 349
David Roth The Tuning Fork Manipulate the sound and physical coins separately
 		361
T. Nelson Downs, David Roth Modified Downs Sound Gimmick
361
David Roth Slydini Coin Clip Handling
366
Data entered by Michael Feldman, February 2013.