Palming Techniques

86 entries in Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palming Techniques
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To throwe a peece of monie awaie, and to find it againe where you list coin thrown into air vanishes (classic palm with second and third fingers), duplicate appears somewhere else (like on a stooge)
 		1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIV) 185
To Palm a Coin classic palm with tips and covers
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 141
Jean Hugard The Palm Proper
1935 Coin Magic 2
The Thumb Palm
1935 Coin Magic 5
Throw Vanish
1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part Two 123
Coin Penetration through bottom of bucket, using back-palm, brief
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part Two 125
Jean Hugard Coin Magic on coin magic, general remarks on palming
 		Aug. 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 3) 62
The Classic Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 1
The Edge Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 2
The Thumb Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 3
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 3
The Finger Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 4
The Back finger Clip
1952 Modern Coin Magic 7
J. B. Bobo, T. Nelson Downs The Back Thumb Palm three methods to transfer the coin into the palm (Downs, Bobo, Bobo)
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 8
Paul Morris The Bottom Steal bottom coin of a pile is stolen in classic palm of other hand
Variations 1952 Modern Coin Magic 18
Eddie Joseph Tip to Thumb Crotch Transfer thumb palm
 		1952 Tricks for Informal Occasions 2
Roger Klause Comments On Classic Palm
1967 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1 192
Patrick Page How to Palm a Coin general comments
 		1974 Tricks with Coins 5
John Carney The Coin Pick Up coin sticks to hand
 		1976 Enigma 12
Harvey Rosenthal Subtle Coin Steal palming a coin from a group, flip-over
Related toAlso published here 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #2) 890
Derek Dingle Coin Separation Move several coins in classic palm, one dragged off with fourth finger
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue 5) 1106
David Roth To Classic Palm One Coin of a Group
Variations 1981 CoinMagic 21
David Roth Getting into Edge Grip: Method Two
1981 CoinMagic 40
Geoffrey Latta To Classic Palm Two Coins of a Group
Inspired byAlso published here 1981 CoinMagic 127
Richard Kaufman Getting Into Edge Grip: Method Three
Related to 1981 CoinMagic 188
Ron MacMillan Getting a Coin into the Classic Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 17
Ron MacMillan Classic Palming More than One Coin and releasing one by one, brief
 		1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 18
Ron MacMillan Placing a Coin into the Finger Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 22
Ron MacMillan Finger Palming a Stack of Coins
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 22
Ron MacMillan Throw Vanish to Downs Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 24
Ron MacMillan The Upper Downs Palm for a Stack of Coins
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 26
Ron MacMillan Placing a Stack of Coins into the Upper Downs Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 26
Ron MacMillan Placing a Coin into the Lower Downs Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 29
Ron MacMillan The Lower Downs Palm with a Stack of Coins
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 32
Geoffrey Buckingham, Ron MacMillan The Multiple Back Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 42
Ron MacMillan Getting the Coins into the Multiple Back Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 43
The Rear of Thumb Palm back thumb palm
 		1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 63
Steve Beam In a Pinch stealing one of several into Tenkai Pinch, one-handed
 		1981 Steve Beam On Coins — Volume I 6
Dropping Coins from Classic Palm one by one, spread
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3) 50
Classic Palm
1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 55
David Roth To Classic Palm One Coin of a Group
Also published here 1985 Expert Coin Magic 58
David Roth Method One for Getting Into Edge Grip
1985 Expert Coin Magic 79
David Roth Method Two for Getting Into Edge Grip
1985 Expert Coin Magic 83
David Roth Method Three for Getting Into Edge Grip
1985 Expert Coin Magic 98
David Roth Deep Backclip - The Basic Method Method for getting into backclip
 		1985 Expert Coin Magic 102
David Roth The Deep BackClip Switchout And Recovery
1985 Expert Coin Magic 107
Albert Goshman Get Ready Palm
1985 Magic By Gosh 141
Ben Harris Koin Seel Way to conceal coin in hand, variation of Down's Palm
 		1986 Killer Klose-Up 49
The Downs Palm wile holding purse frame
 		1988 The Purse Frame 14
Harvey Rosenthal Roll-Over Palm brief
 		1989 Continuations and Departures 9
Gary Kurtz, Harvey Rosenthal Rollover Palm Rosenthal not mentioned
 		1989 Full Frontal Assault 8
Harvey Rosenthal Roll-Over Palm
1990 Coin Magic 9
David Harkey Silently Separating Two Finger-Palmed Coins
1991 Simply Harkey 35
Dan Strange Purse Palm change shell picked off of coin on back of spectator's hand into Purse Palm
 		1991 Strange Happenings 6
Harvey Rosenthal Roll-Over Palm
Also published here 1992 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6) 11
Harvey Rosenthal Roll-Over Palm
Related toAlso published here 1992 Prinzipien in der Praxis 50
David Roth Classic Palming One of a Group
1994 Steel and Silver 18
Harvey Rosenthal Roll-Over Palm
1995 Lecture Notes 1995 5
Getting into Edge-Grip
Related to 1997 The One Coin Opener 10
Bobby Bernard The Flat Palm
1998 Come A Little Closer 16
Baltazar Fuentes Fuentes Silent Coin Palm into classic palm
 		1999 Arempi II 13
Guy Hollingworth Classic Palm Indexing different sized coins can drop out of classic palm one by one
 		Mar. 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 3) 16
Finger Palm
  • Position of Coin in Hand
  • Holding the Hand in a Natural Position
 		2011 Al Schneider Magic 28
Classic Palm
2011 Al Schneider Magic 31
Geoffrey Latta Securing Two Coins of a Group in Classic Palm
Also published here 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 41
Harvey Rosenthal Subtle Coin Steal palming a coin from a group, flip-over
 		2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 107
Geoffrey Latta Press Pick-Up moist skin
Related to 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 124
David Roth Palm one coin from group
Also published here 2018 Pure Imagination 34
Reverse Thumb Palm coin placed directly in during an open transfer
 		2018 Pure Imagination 79
Edge grip direct placement into edge grip and then vanish the coin, done with multiple coins
 		2018 Pure Imagination 109
Dropping Coins from Classic Palm one by one to fingertip rest, brief
 		2018 Pure Imagination 131
Classic palm vanish directly from classic palm, no false transfer
 		2018 Pure Imagination 143
Edge grip coin displayed at fingertips with open hand, with another hidden in edge grip
 		2018 Pure Imagination 284
Edge grip placement coin in left hand taken directly into right edge grip, then mimed being placed into left hand
 		2018 Pure Imagination 300
Michael Rubinstein Technique to Silently Classic Palm a Stack of Coins
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 15
Michael Rubinstein The Stack Addition coin silently added to palmed stack
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 140
Michael Rubinstein Separation Flip coin silently produced from stack
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 165
Harvey Rosenthal Subtle Coin Steal palming a coin from a group, flip-over
Also published here 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 172
Michael Rubinstein Technique for Pulling a Coin Out of Angle Palm
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 192
Michael Rubinstein The Peek to check on orientation of palmed coin
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 271
David Roth Break Off Move removing single coin from finger-palmed stack
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 456
Michael Rubinstein Transfer from J.W. Grip to the Fingertips
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 480
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
Giacomo Bertini Pinky Concealment brief
Related to May 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5) 216
Avi Jap Open Handed Friction Palm coins dumped onto table, one rests in finger palm
 		2022 Avi 22
Avi Jap, Mott-Sun Modified Harada Hold brief
Inspired by
  • "Harada Hold" (Mott Sun, DVD Monster)
 2022 Avi 48