Steals

96 entries in Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Steals
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Change-Over Steal
1941
Our Mysteries
20
Eddie Joseph The Pulsation Vanish left hand closes, coin secretly at end of fingers, dragged out with right hand towards wrist
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
8
Eddie Joseph A Smart Move stack of coin on palm, spectator takes all coins, one is left behind automatically
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
41
Eddie Joseph The Single Steal one of a stack stolen as stack is placed on table
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
48
Eddie Joseph The Passing Steal as stack of coins is handed to spectator
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
48
Milbourne Christopher Coin Steal while showing how to hold sleeve, coin is stolen from closed fist and dropped into sleeve of same arm
 		Oct. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 5)
711
Ross Bertram Back Clip Steal as coins are counted into left hand, first one is stolen back
Also published here 1951
Stars of Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
132
Paul Morris The Bottom Steal bottom coin of a pile is stolen in classic palm of other hand
Variations 1952
Modern Coin Magic
18
Bill Simon Gone steal to other hand, with reference to produce a coin from spectator's ear
VariationsAlso published here 1952
Modern Coin Magic
32
Jerry Andrus Coin Steal from heel clip, two handlings
 		1964
Nameless Notes
2
Ross Bertram Coin Steal
1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
139
Coin Steal stealing coin back while putting three coins in open hand
 		1969
Monedas, monedas... (y monedas)
68
Juan Tamariz, Arturo de Ascanio Coin Steal three coins are transferred to other hand, both hands closed to fists
 		1969
Monedas, monedas... (y monedas)
70
Roger Klause Fist Steal in Tenkai Pinch
Related to Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
26
David Roth Drop Steal from stack of coins into fingers
 		1973
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
2
Heel Clip Transfer pointing
 		1973
Five Dollar Trix
28
Ross Bertram Coin Steal in back clip
 		1975
Coins
6
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
43
Woody Landers One To Go backfire handling for a coins-across routine
 		Oct. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 10)
261
Tony Slydini Coin Stack Steal from hand to hand
 		1979
The Magical World of Slydini
47
Heel Transfer from hand to hand
 		1981
Arcane (Issue 4)
40
David Roth Deep Back Clip Steal
1981
CoinMagic
22
Thumb Palm Steal
1981
CoinMagic
62
Geoffrey Latta, Scott Weiser Heel Clip Steal
1981
CoinMagic
219
Roger Klause Fist Steal in Tenkai Pinch
1982
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1
26
John M. Bauman Display-Flip Steal a steal out of the fist
 		Nov. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 11)
705
Geoffrey Latta G.P. Bottom Steal bottom coin of a pile is stolen in Goshman Pinch of other hand
 		Sep. 1982
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 1)
5
Heel Clip Steal
Dec. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 12)
862
Ross Bertram B.U.D. Bertram Utility Drop, coin dropped Wand Spin type
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
36
Ross Bertram B.U.D. Bertram Utility Drop, ring dropped Wand Spin type
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
196
Larry Jennings Sleeve Pull Steal
Spring 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 25, 26 & 27)
257
John Benzais Benzais Friction Palm
1985
Expert Coin Magic
19
David Roth The Deep Backclip Steal
1985
Expert Coin Magic
117
David Roth The Double Steal
Related to 1985
Expert Coin Magic
123
Retaining Coin in Classic Palm throwing coins from one hand to another
 		1985
Magic By Gosh
60
Larry Jennings The Heel Steal
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
89
John Benzais Benzais Friction Palm
1986
The Coin Connection
10
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
230
Jay Sankey, Richard Sanders Gesture Drop Transfer as sleeve is pushed up a bit
 		1987
When Creators Collide...
69
Pop-up Steal
1988
Continuations ... Departures 1
8
Gary Kurtz Pop-up Steal
1988
Continuations ... Departures 1 & 2
13
Gary Kurtz Flurious Steal tucked in belt, with jumbo coin
 		1988
Flurious
1
Heel Steal
1989
Without
12
Heel Clip Steal
1989
Continuations and Departures
7
Harvey Rosenthal Misdirection Coin Steal from left fist into right hand
 		1990
Impossibilia
74
Larry Jennings Heel Steal
1990
Impossibilia
101
David Roth Back-Clip Steal
1990
Impossibilia
102
John Carney Stack Steal
1991
Carneycopia
61
David Roth Double Steal
Related to 1991
Roger Klause: In Concert
95
David Harkey Flyby Principle coin secretly dropped into other hand during gesture
 		1991
Simply Harkey
239
Coin Steal
Sep./Oct. 1992
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6)
10
Gary Kurtz Fingertip Steal
1992
Prinzipien in der Praxis
48
Frank Thompson Box Bounce bouncing coins back
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
42
Push Steal coin is pushed in fist and stolen back
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
284
Gary Kurtz Fingertip Steal
1995
Lecture Notes 1995
4
Fist Steal from closed fist
 		1996
Workers Number 5
42
Bob King Heel Steal
Sep. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 9)
2837
De Manche Palm Steal
Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
143
Thomas Fraps Deep BackClip Heel Steal
Aug. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 8)
67
Heel Clip Steal
May/June 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 1)
12
Reed McClintock Coin Steal four coins straightened out in left hand, one stolen into right hand edge grip, shell
 		2002
Knuckle Busters Vol. 2
13
Bill Simon Gone steal to other hand, with reference to produce a coin from spectator's ear
Also published here 2003
Bar None
10
Curtis Kam The In Closing Steal coin in left hand tapped with coin in right hand and left hand closes, coin stolen out, edge grip
 		2004
Dangerous Notions
8
Curtis Kam The In Closing Steal coin in left hand tapped with coin in right hand and left hand closes, coin stolen out, edge grip
 		2006
Mr. Eclectic
5
Gary Kurtz Elder Frickel Grip Steal from Trio
 		2006
Earning Interest
6
Coin steal while transferring stack of coins from hand to hand, spellbound position
 		2009
Esencias
27
Miguel Ángel Gea Robo al extender #1 coin is stolen while other coins placed in a row, tabled
Related to 2009
Esencias
82
Miguel Ángel Gea Robo al extender #2 coin is stolen while other coins placed in a row, tabled
Related to 2009
Esencias
90
Miguel Ángel Gea Robo al extender #3 coin is stolen while other coins placed in a row, tabled
 		2009
Esencias
257
Tyler Wilson Transfer secret transfer while recapping a pen
 		2010
Reinventing the Real
117
Al Schneider French Drop Steal four coins are shown in french drop position and taken by the other hand
 		2011
Al Schneider Magic
333
John Benzais Benzais Friction Pass
2012
Chasing Dovetails
14
Alexander de Cova Bill Simons Münzenverschwinden coin put in one hand, a small coin placed on fist, coin inside hand vanishes
Inspired by
  • Bill Simon coin vanish in The Gen
Also published here 		June 2014
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 19)
650
Kainoa Harbottle The Push-Through Steal coins placed in left hand, stolen to right hand into curl palm
Inspired by Nov. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 11)
27
Alexander de Cova Fist Transfer Handling
2015
Burners — Vol. 2
92
Alexander de Cova Bill Simon Vanish coin put in one hand, a small coin placed on fist, coin inside hand vanishes
Inspired by
  • Bill Simon coin vanish in The Gen
Also published here 		2015
Burners — Vol. 2
199
Bill Simon, Benjamin Earl Gone Steal Handling
Inspired byAlso published here 2016
This is not a Box
23
Kainoa Harbottle Stacked Coins Palm Transfer Transferring stack of coins from finger clip to clipped by thumb
Related to
  • "Pendulum Hanging Coins" (Kainoa Harbottle, New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 5, DVD)
 2017
Coinlang.
59
Geoffrey Latta The T.P. Bottom Steal "Tenkai Pinch", stack of coins held at fingertips, bottom coin stolen away, with shell handling
Inspired by 2017
The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins
39
Chong Huang Display Steal coin at right-hand fingertip drops into hand and is replaced with double coin at back of left-hand fist
 		Feb. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 2)
68
Hand-to-hand transfer coins from left heel grip to right thumb palm
 		2018
Pure Imagination
113
Heel clip and transfer coin transferred from hand to hand
 		2018
Pure Imagination
171
Heel clip steal from left heel clip to right finger palm, different technique than on p. 171
 		2018
Pure Imagination
175
Danny Goldsmith The Click Steal
July 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)
75
Michael Rubinstein Discrepancy Steal
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
58
Michael Rubinstein The Click Steal Back fan of three coins placed in other hand, one coin stolen back
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
60
Michael Rubinstein The Clip Steal Back fan of three coins placed in other hand, one coin stolen back
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
61
Geoffrey Latta, Scott Weiser Heel Clip Steal
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
313
John Carney, John Ramsay Stack Steal
2021
Suite for Coins & Handkerchief
18
Paul Morris The Bottom Steal Bottom coin of a pile is stolen in classic palm of other hand
Inspired by 2021
The Monster of the Secret Art
138
Ross Bertram Back Clip Steal as ring is removed from thumb, a coin from the fingers is stolen back
Also published here Oct. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 7)
190
Wrist Transfer Steal
Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
68
Deep Back Clip Steal
Apr. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)
184
Ben Daggers Tabled Steal to finger palm, while stack of coins is spread on table
 		2022
The Elusive Illusive
55
Al Baker Steal from a Fan coin pulled in hand from fan of coins
 		June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
840
Bill Simon, Benjamin Earl Gone Steal Handling brief
Also published here 2025
Clair Obscur
64