Miscellaneous

111 entries in Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Travelling Counters twelve coins, travel around, at one point they are stuck together to a solid block
 		1876
Modern Magic
180
The "Heads and Tails" Trick coins turn over in a stack of coins, double-faced coin
 		1876
Modern Magic
182
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Die magischen Münzen im physikalischen Laboratorium coins are melted into (real!) quicksilver, then changes into smoke and then back to coins, uses quicksilver, woods metal, chemical
 		Nov. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)
167
Die durchdringende Münze cardboard with a hole smaller than a coin, challenge to pass coin through hole
Related to Nov. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11)
175
Zur "Durchdringenden Münze" clarifying illustration
Related to Dec. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 12)
189
Phantome Ein moderner Erfinder - 7. coin melts in hand, quicksilver
Related to Jan. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 1)
10
The Shell Coin fixing coin with shell with hair, spectator turns heads-up coin over under handkerchief, still heads-up
 		1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
59
Eddie Joseph To Make Coin Turn Over in Closed Hand
1942
Coin and Money Magic
46
Eddie Joseph The Eccentric Coin coin clings to blade of knife
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
95
Shaman Half-Head/Half-Tail Coin for rubbing-two-coins-together illusion
Related to Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 47)
195
L. Vosburgh Lyons Discus Chinese compass, arrows on circle point always in same direction
Related to Mar. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 102)
410
Norman Jensen Half a Jit vanish of one half of a coin, context trick
 		Nov. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 215)
861
Gerald Kosky Color-I-Tus on perceiving reality, colored dots on a cards change, coin seems to be made from rubber
Inspired by
  • Nixon's Chinese Coin Mistery
Also published here 		Nov. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 243)
970
Karrell Fox, Roy Kissell The Topsy Turvy Coins five coins alternated heads up/tails up arrange to all heads up
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
81
Stewart James Jimmy Valentine Picks a Lock two coins wrapped in handkerchief and the corner pulled through a padlock, one is named and that one is removed, nickel & penny set
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
236
Jimmy Buffaloe The Marksman hole appears in coin
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
263
Gene Gordon Biting a Piece from a Coin
1952
Modern Coin Magic
290
Tom Hollingsworth Second Version coin bite
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
291
Dave Coleman Coin Through a Card (The Folding Quarter) with handkerchief
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
291
J. B. Bobo Routine No. 3 With a Single Coin
1952
Modern Coin Magic
342
Karrell Fox That's a Hot One coin vanishes and appears in a folded tissue paper which is to small for the coin, flash paper
 		1954
Kornfidentially Yours
12
Robert E. Olson Folding Money coin is produced from a smaller container
 		Apr. 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 395/396)
410
Silent Mora Chinese Money Trick chinese coin is stretched, then formed into man-like coin (originally from Sphinx)
Variations 1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
411
Hans-Gerhard Stumpf, George Leitmayr Match Sword Box coin in matchbox is penetrated by six matches
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
91
Roland Hurley The De-Materializing Coin Chinese coin with square hole and half dollar with round hole transpose, then holes transpose from Chinese coin to half dollar
Inspired byVariations Feb. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Alan Alan The Balance Coins coins cling to fingers, using thread (Dual Control Gimmick)
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
265
Milton Kort Bottom's Up coin drops through hole at the bottom of a glass that is too small, see 1994 reference for Kort credit information
Related to 1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
67
Harvey Rosenthal Sixty Cent Trick small coin on larger coin, coins change size, metamorphosis change
 		1976
Close-Up Sampler — Part 1
11
Karl Fulves A Flourish and a Trick one-handed, three coin stack, middle coin spun out and rotated, effect where it is done under cover of a handkerchief and a sympathetic effect happens when center coin in another three-coin stack is turned over
Inspired by 1977
The Magic Book
99
Trevor Lewis Hole Card coin fits through hole in card even though it is too small
Also published here Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
43
Shigeo Futagawa Handkerchief and Coin handkerchief is moved and coin remains in place
 		1978
Introduction to Coin Magic
13
Karrell Fox "Outa-Shape" Penetration plastic glass and coin penetrate table, both come out warped and distorted
 		1979
Another Book
67
Nick Pudar The Incredible "Bulk" with two coins that have tape around them, kicker: stuck together
 		Sep. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 9)
531
Sol Stone Silver Hole Switcheroo Moving hole on a coin
Variations 1981
CoinMagic
119
Scott Weiser Key to the Orient Chinese coin on padlock
 		1981
CoinMagic
180
John Bentz Stick It Needle Through Coin
 		1981
CoinMagic
196
Les Shore The Melting Coin with matchbook
 		1981
CoinMagic
226
Fred C. Baumann The Flying Eagle eagle on Dollar coin vanishes, ends up with hole, two methods
 		1981
Milestone in Coin Magic
73
Fred C. Baumann Siamese Coins coins are slapped and found welded together and separated again
 		1981
Milestone in Coin Magic
75
Trevor Lewis Hole Card coin fits through hole in card even though it is too small
Also published here 1981
Esolc
65
Stephen Tucker Zig Zag Coin middle section of coin is moved to the side
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas))
12
Curtis Kam Inverted Spellbound spellbound routine, including an "inverted" (filed-down) coin, nine changes
Related to 1982
All the World's a Stage
10
John Lyon Optical Plastic coin appears to sink into sheet of plastic
Related to
  • "Blue Crystal" (Lubor Fiedler, Tenyo T-198)
Variations 		1982 ca.
Optical Plastic
Michael J. Gerhardt Ultra C/S Transposition chinese coin and half dollar, as climax only the hole transposes
 		Nov. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 11)
847
Ray Mertz Hole Coin/Whole Coin penny with hole in silk, half dollar in hand, the hole transposes into half dollar
Inspired by
  • "Hugs & Kisses" (Al Schneider)
 1983
The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1
154
Stephen Tucker Coineto coin from hand to hand, first a quarter, then half and three quarters travel
 		1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
14
Bill Diedrich The Squished Nickel nickel is pressed flat by squeezing it with bare hands
 		1983
Powerful Magic
63
Trevor Lewis Hole Card coin fits through hole in card even though it is too small
Also published here 1984 (ca.)
Magic of my Friends
1
Ben Harris Masquerade ink on coin burns hole in coin in shape of index of forced card (flash paper)
 		Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1055
David Roth Pulling Off Ten Cents Pulling off a small piece of a half dollar, which transforms into a dime
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
39
David Roth A Mighty Squeeze Fold a coin in half and then quarters
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
40
David Roth The Eraser Erase pieces of a coin
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
152
David Roth Linking Coins fusion of two, then three half dollars
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
158
David Roth Linking Coins II Fusion of two coins, then three
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
316
David Roth Silly Putty Coin folds in sympathy with a silly putty impression of it
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
336
Ben Harris The Greenhouse Effect card appears folded in glass which is held mouth-down on deck
 		1985
Out Of His Mind!
63
Karl Fulves Coin in Sand invisible coin moves in sand, then appears under glass visibly, posed as problem
 		1985
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 7)
107
Jay Sankey Bridging The Gap using a clear glass tube as gag explanation for Coins Across through which rolled up coin slides
 		1986
Sankey Panky
53
Dennis H. Evans Letters - On Optical Plastic illusion of getting a coin trapped into a sheet of plastic and then having the coin penetrate it
Inspired by 1988
Interlocutor (Issue 48)
207
Alexander de Cova Münzen durch den Tisch - Klimax climax in which the coins become stuck inside the glass which is now a solid clear block
 		1988
Unterhaltung durch Illusion
23
Karl Fulves Zimzum coin drops through holes in paper that are much smaller
 		1989
Money Moves
10
Simon Lovell Assassination Three bullet holes appear in a coin after magician feigns assassinating Kennedy - coin then changes into a bullet
 		1989
Close Up Magic To Tapdance To
59
Metal bending No. 27, coin apparently soft and bent back and forth
 		1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
39
Ori Ashkenazy It Seems so right Coin appears to have two head sides
 		Dec. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 12)
1863
Patrick Page Karate Chop Coin Trick coin covered with handkerchief on table, it is hit with hand, then shown to be broken in two parts
Also published here 1990
Pages From Patrick's Notebook
68
Patrick Page Münzen-Karate coin covered with handkerchief on table, it is hit with hand, then shown to be broken in two parts
Also published here Nov. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 3)
128
Giovanni Livera Passage to China glass covered with large Chinese coin, three half dollars penetrate into glass, last one under glass, one half dollar visible penetrates through hole in Chinese coin
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1991
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 4)
38
Steve Dusheck Turnover Penny penny on card turns over, then is found glued onto card
 		1992
Dusheck's Coin Magic
30
Bob Farmer Transpose My Spaces With The Trick Coin Of Life Chinese coin with square hole and half dollar with round hole transpose, then holes transpose from Chinese coin to half dollar
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 3)
53
Aldo Colombini ESP Coins coins assume shapes of symbols
 		Nov. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 11)
2429
Nate Leipzig Balancing of a Half Dollar on the Finger Tips short note from Hilliard's notebook
Related to 1994
More Greater Magic
1091
Bob Gill Gyro-Compass Chinese compass applied to coin with straight sides
 		Jan. 1994
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
17
Yuji Wada Stretching Your Money two coins are produced, then they become magnetic and travel to one hand, finally one coin is stretched
 		Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
6
Karrell Fox Sympathetic Coins bunch of quarters are alternating heads up and face up, when dropped singly all heads up
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
29
Paul Harris Cheap Juggler pennies are balanced on edge, then shown stapled together
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Misc. Pieces of Paul)
241
Paul Harris Putty Buddy paddle is formed out of silly putty, coins pressed into it turn over and change
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)
31
Don Tanner, Paul Harris The Twinkie Bottle pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)
43
Paul Harris Twinkie Too pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)
44
Paul Harris The Shape of Astonishment impression of coin in foil changes from heads to tails
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue New Stuff)
13
John Scarne Heads I Win one of two coins turns over on back of hand with wave of hand
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
43
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Torque II coin gets hot, is dropped into drink which boils, becomes lump of silver
 		1997
Ah-ha!
14
Karl Fulves Copper copper layer in US quarters moves from being nearer to the head side to the tail side
 		1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
154
Chris Bailey Hole In The Head moving hole on a coin
Inspired byRelated to Jan. 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 5)
74
Jason Alford Halfway Through coin penetrates table halfway and sticks out perpendicular
 		1998
Thinking & Wondering
9
Karl Fulves Cold Cash spectator should guess which coin is heavier with closed eyes, they are the same but colder coin seems heavier
 		1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
5
John Carney Bits dollar breaks into four pieces which change into four quarters, see Issue 3, p. 1, for further credits
 		July/Aug. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 2)
10
Hiroshi Sawa Mother and Daughter coins adhere to each other
 		Nov. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 11)
49
Jay Sankey The Changeling Two initialed coins transpose, then fuse into one coin with initials on both sides
 		2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
31
David Acer New Millennium Tenkai Pennies Tenkai Pennies with signed coins - then signatures end up on same coin
Also published here Apr. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 4)
70
Oliver Meech Fish Bowl Coin Illusion fish drawn on one side of coin, circle drawn on the other side, coin is spun, fish ends up drawn inside the circle
Also published here Nov. 2003
MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 3)
97
David Acer New Millennium Tenkai Pennies Tenkai Pennies with signed coins - then signatures end up on same coin
VariationsAlso published here 2004
Random Acts of Magic
227
Joseph K. Schmidt Trapdoor Coin stream of rice produced from hole in Chinese coin
Related to 2004
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)
345
Jay Sankey Holistic Medecine one coin with hole and one without, hole jumps around, in the end both coins have no hole and another coin has two holes, with purse
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
51
Jay Sankey A Strange Journey borrowed coin is inserted in straw and travels down
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
102
Martin Gardner Coin That Floats Japanese 1-yen coin floats on water, then sinks on command
  • KF note (Karl Fulves)
 		2004
Discoverie (Issue 9)
120
Arthur Ward Mystic Ring coin marked with sticker, tossed in container with other coins, performer's ring tossed in as well, marked coin is suddenly permanently welded to top of ring
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
339
Oliver Meech Fish Bowl Coin Illusion fish drawn on one side of coin, circle drawn on the other side, coin is spun, fish ends up drawn inside the circle
Also published here 2009
The Plot Thickens
26
Andrew Mayne Eat the Change borrowed coins are thrown into one's mouth and loudly eaten
Also published here Dec. 2009
MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 4)
76
David Acer Transfusion Tenkai Pennies with signed coins - then signatures end up on same coin
Also published here 2011
More Power to You
15
Giovanni Livera Passage To China glass covered with large Chinese coin, three half dollars penetrate into glass, last one under glass, one half dollar visible penetrates through hole in Chinese coin
Also published here Nov. 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 23 No. 3)
66
Micky Wong 入钱 (Taking Credit a.k.a. Coin in Octopus Card) Putting coin into a train card, then taking it out again
 		2016
The Ace Assembly All-Star Lecture Notes
28
Michael Kras The Weakness Magician can slide coin around on table, but spectator unable to slide coin on table surface
Inspired by Oct. 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1))
18
张国洲 Jojo 独一无二的十一元 (The One and Only Eleven Dollar Bill) Dollar coin fused with ten dollar bill, then plucked out again
 		2017
The Truth 真相
29
Al Schneider Hole Hop
  • Broadcast from Nowhere
copper coin with slit is put in copper-colored envelope, silver coin with hole in silver envelope, the hole forms transpose
 		Jan. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 1)
34
Michael Rubinstein Oil and Water three copper and three silver coins alternately put in one hand, they separate, repeat, then the coins become a solid block
Related toAlso published here
  • Penguin Two Live lecture, 2016
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
114
Michael Rubinstein Coin in Coin Roll coin sinks into flat paper tube à la Ball and Tube
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
337
Motoki Kaido Yin Sound Sound is heard when invisible coin is used to hit against a real coin, uses hidden coins to produce sound
Variations 2021
The Monster of the Secret Art
254
Joe Cole Through and Chew three different coins through table, one changes to chewing gum at the end and back, one coin is stretched to long shape
 		Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
58
Andrew Mayne Eat the Change borrowed coins are thrown into one's mouth and loudly eaten
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
909
Tyler Wilson The Trick That Fooled Weinstein Jackpot Coins handling, with hole in one coin to humorously make prediction correct
 		June 2024
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)
22
Mike Helmer Cretinflation Canadian toonie coin is borrowed, its center vanishes, sticker with coin print is stuck on top of hole, balloon appears in hole of coin
 		June 2024
Cretin (Issue 1-ish)
2