Glued Coins

57 entries in Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
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
George Starke The Ghost Coins handful of coins vanish, soldered coins
Also published here
 Nov. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 6)
83
George Starke The Ghost Coins handful of coins vanish, soldered coins
Also published here
 1945
My Best
188
Alfred "Agys" Gysler Ein Ehering kommt zurück... "Das magische Pfand", four coins placed inside purse and change to spectator's finger ring, clever glued coin gimmick
 		1945
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 3)
12
Milbourne Christopher* A Change of Value two coins in hand, smaller one is removed and appears again inside the hand, when repeated other coin appears
 		Aug. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)
691
Gene Gordon Short Changed several coins vanish, glued coins with hook
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
262
Dan Tong* Perambulating Coins various travels and hand penetration with penny and nickle, using gimmick with penny/nickle glued together
 		1969
HEX!
70
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coins In Flight
  • 1. six coins travel from hand to tray
  • 2. repeat with two
  • 3. from hand to hand
  • 4. two spectators have twelve coins, four travel across
 		Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
299
Roy Johnson Cent three coins in hand, always one is removed and when spectator is asked how many are left in the hand, he is wrong, after some repetition a perfume bottle appears in the hand
Inspired by
  • a routine by Milbourne Christopher in "Hugard's Magic Monthly"
 1970
The Roy Johnson Experience
23
Roy Johnson The Affectionate Coins six coins and washer, three coins in each hand, they penetrate table, repeat, repeat upwards, washer and glass through table as well
Variations
 1970
The Roy Johnson Lecture Notes
3
Milton Kort Nomad Coins: 2 three different coins under handkerchief, vanish and appear under card in stages
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 1972
Magick (Issue 52)
259
Roland "Oro" Irion Eine Münzen Routine für Salon + Bühne six card repeat, using coins
 		1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 4)
71
Jerry Mentzer Inflation several pennies dropped in other hand, they change into single dollar-sized penny
 		1975
Super Cents
21
Bob Stello Wer den Rappen nicht ehrt... small coin on larger coin in hand, one coin is removed and travels back, then coins change
 		1975
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 3)
56
Roy Johnson Forceful six coins and washer, three coins in each hand, they penetrate table, repeat with glass and small plunger
Inspired by
 1979
Final Call
29
Al Leech A Bicycle Built For Profit quarters appear on the deck
 		1980
Al Leech's Legacy
26
Steve Dusheck By the Handful single penny changes into dime, then bunch of pennies change into dimes
Also published here
 1980 ca.
Lecture No. 1
2
Steve Dusheck Great Pretender vanishing a handful of pennies in clear tube
 		1980 ca.
Lecture Notes
7
Steve Dusheck By the Handful single penny changes into dime, then bunch of pennies change into dimes
Also published here
 1980 ca.
Lecture Notes
8
Edward Marlo "They're Here, No - There, No Where?" 4-card gimmicked Matrix with coins glued together
 		1981
CoinMagic
164
Steve Beam Counting Forty as Four spectator gets glimpse of load of coins which then vanishes without ever being produced
 		1982
Steve Beam On Coins — Volume II
31
Curtis Kam Inverted Matrix II using two coins glued together
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
46
Roy Baker All Change Twenty pence coin placed with handful of ten pence, all change to twenty pence
 		1983
Baker's Capers
27
Michael Powers, Jay Sankey Fusion Plus Standing two quarters become a half-dollar, repeat, then two half-dollars transform into dollar, no-lap version
Inspired by
 1983
Powerful Magic
69
Thomas Hierling "M.D.D.T." Climax three coins through the table, as finale the coins travel up at once and are welded together
 		1987
New Wave Close-Up
111
Aldo Colombini Gimmick matrix with backfire, special gimmick
 		1991
FISM Lecture Notes
12
Steve Dusheck Hybrid Coin three stacked coin shown, when turned over one coin has vanishes, half coin stuck to another coin gaff
Also published here
Variations
 1992
Dusheck's Coin Magic
1
Steve Dusheck All at Once four coins through table at once
 		1992
Dusheck's Coin Magic
70
Steve Dusheck Penny Pile pile of pennies changes into a nickel
 		1992
Dusheck's Coin Magic
82
Steve Dusheck Coin Force different coins shaken and covered with other hand, spectator reaches in and takes force coin
 		1993
Dusheck's Mental Magic
11
Carl "J. N. Teroga" Schnetzer Zwei Rappen big and small coin, traveling with gag climax
 		1993
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 55 No. 6)
18
Mike Gallo Clinging Coins three copper coins in purse change places with silver coins in performer's hand
 		1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 57)
1081
Mike Gallo Well Hung Coins
Inspired by
 1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 57)
1084
Harry Riser The Cap and Quarters
1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
130
Sam Schwartz Bottled penny and quarter in hand, hand-pocket sequence, chosen coin travels into miniature bottle, first marketed in 1964
Related to
 1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
151
R. Paul Wilson A Trick With A Little Piece Of Cork with three instead of four coins
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
109
Milton Kort Nomads in the Dunes Three different coins under handkerchief, vanish and appear under card in stages (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 10, no. 11, Jan 1979)
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 1999
Kort
197
Milton Kort Two From Four Equals...? Four coins under handkerchief, one coin travels to pocket, other coins disappear
Inspired by
 1999
Kort
203
Michael Powers Progressive Matrix using three coins glued on edges (E Pluribus Unum)
Also published here
 June 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 10)
73
Barry Price Price's Cointinuum silver dollar is split in half dollars, quarters, ten dimes, then handful of pennies
Inspired by
  • Dr. Sawa splitting coins routine
Related to
 2000
Escamotage 2
67
David Neighbors Handkerchief Slow Motion Vanish four coins assemble one by one under the corners of a tabled handkerchief, then they vanish
 		Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. Special Edition #1)
3
Two Coin Gimmick
Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. Special Edition #1)
3
David Neighbors Handkerchief Slow Motion Reverse Vanish four coins assemble one by one under the corners of a tabled handkerchief, then they vanish
 		Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. Special Edition #1)
6
Reed McClintock The International Dissolve coins from different countries vanish and reappear under card
Inspired by
 2002
Knuckle Busters Vol. 3
7
Reed McClintock Searched & Destroyed V.C.A. Conquered three coins from different countries travel between fingertips
 		2004
Knuckle Busters Vol. 6
8
Michael Powers Progressive Matrix using three coins glued on edges (E Pluribus Unum)
Also published here
 2006
Power Plays
197
Rocco Silano Flash Coins Across coins across, gimmick with glued coins
 		2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
239
Steve Dusheck Hybrid Coin three stacked coin shown, when turned over one coin has vanishes, half coin stuck to another coin gaff
Also published here
Variations
 Jan. 2012
MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 5)
38
Tomas Blomberg Cashing Bank Night effect, using the condition of heads or tails of five coins to select the envelopes
Inspired by
 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
18
Koudai Cointeger dollar is split in two half dollars, then in four quarters, then reversed back to a dollar
 		Mar. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 3)
36
Matt Baker Quantum Matrix Presentation idea for classic coin Matrix effect, four coins and four cards, backfire ending, uses Siamese coins gimmick by Mike Gallo
Inspired by
  • "Matrix" in "Genii" 11/1970
    • also in: Matrix (Matrix, 1974)
 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
144
Jeff Prace Hybrid Coin
  • Left-Handed
three coins travel from one hand to the other, half coin stuck to another coin gaff
Inspired by
 Feb. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 2)
62
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
Also published here
  • Penguin Two Live lecture, 2016
Related to
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
114
Michael Rubinstein Magnetic Coins coins are apparently magnetic
Also published here
  • At the Table lecture, 2017
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
290
Motoki Kaido Monster Spellbound Coin rapidly changes between four different types of coins, lots of one handed changes. Finally changes into dollar bill
Related to
 2021
The Monster of the Secret Art
161
Pedro Lacerda Triple Puncture small coin is signed on both sides by performer and spectator, it is sandwiched between two larger coins and vanishes, reappears in glass covered by coaster or deck of cards
 		2023
The Finest Magic of Pedro Lacerda
196
Tim Conover Purse Frame and Coins six coins appear from purse frame, coins travel from hand to hand on table, coins across with three in each hand, all six coins vanish again in purse frame
 		2025
Conover — Volume 1: The Magic of Tim Conover
83