78 entries in Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Penetration
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Laurie Ireland Ireland's New Okito Coin Box Routine coin through card, two box turnovers
1936
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936)
2
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Okito-Box Presentation pushing a coin through a tiny hole in the lid through the box and a card into glass
1948 237
C. E. Young Half In, Half Out coin penetrates box and handkerchief
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
25
Sam Leo Horowitz Bey's Routine with the Okito Coin Box Master Routine No. 1, Okito Box with small hole, one coin penetrates deck of card, vanishes and appears multiple times and eventually changes into sponge rabbit, using a needle and a pencil
VariationsAlso published here 1963 4
Sam Leo Horowitz More Mohammed Bey Routines with the Okito Box, Four Coins, A Card Case and a Tumbler Master Routine No. 2, coins travel into box and vanish from there, penetration of card case
Also published here 1963 21
Sam Leo Horowitz The Perfect "Coin Penetration Through Box and Hand"
1963 45
Eddie McLaughlin The "Okito" Coin Box
  • 1. Placing the Cover on the Bottom of the Box - Using One Hand
  • 2. Placing the Coin between the Bottom of the Box and the Lid
  • 3. Visible Penetration of Coin through Bottom of Box
  • 4. Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box - Using Both Hands
  • 5. Variation for Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box
  • 6. Transfer of Open Box from Hand to Hand
Also published here 1963 48
John Mulholland The Mulholland Box cross-breeding of Okito and Al-'N-Nate
  • To Cause Six Coins to Disappear Inside A Closed Box
  • To Return The Six Coins to the Box
  • Coin Penetrating Box and Hand
  • Another Coin Penetration
1966 491
Milton Kort, Walter Wilson, Ron Bauer The O-Korto Box Routine coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain, two routines
Related toVariations 1966 497
Milton Kort, Ron Bauer Gag Penetration with an Okito Box coin becomes bigger as it penetrates box
1966 504
Ken Brooke Okito Box Routine a coin penetrates a cigarette pack twice, travels into the box and finally passes through the box and the hand, duplicate
1967 64
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Migrating Pennies eight coins, travel from under lid into box, from box into hand, penetrate the table and the box, two shells
1967 232
Juan Tamariz La Fuga del Espíritu copper coin through Okito box and card case
Inspired by 1969 33
Juan Tamariz Doble Penetración copper coin from box through deck into glass, silver coin appears in box instead, using a sleight invented by Leo Horowitz
1969 40
Ellison Poland Okito Box Innovations
  • magnetic base, coin through box application
  • magnetic lid
1969 123
Roy Johnson Solo Coins Through Table with four coins, glass and Okito Box
Inspired byVariations 1970 55
Cushing Strout Gaffed Coins coin through plastic case into glass from Okito box, magnetic
July 1971 431
Ben Christopher Nokito Box using bottomless Okito box, three phases, different gaff options in "Added Notes"
Oct. 1971 463
Sam Schwartz Incredi-Box Magic combination of Boston & Okito box with shims in bottom and lid
  • Construction
  • Instant Push Through (coin through bottom of box)
  • Quick Change (four half dollars change to four quarters in box)
Related to Mar. 1972 510
Karl Fulves Okito Problem two silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates to between the silver coins, posed as problem
Related to Nov. 1972 572
Peter Alexis Silver Trap copper coin sandwiched between silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates and falls out, then back in again between silver coins
Related toVariations Dec. 1972 576
Peter Alexis Silver Trap II "Okito Notes Part 2", two silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates to between the silver coins
Related to Jan. 1973 583
Peter Alexis Copper Ghost silver coin in box, copper coin touched on box and heard inside, but is not there, invisible copper coin again penetrates box, is heard to fall inside and then is really there, see also p. 618
Jan. 1973 583
Marvin Johnson Okito Box Notes 4
Inspired by Oct. 1973 680
Karl Fulves Hook Coin + Okito Box three coins in box, one penetrates, playing card used in handling
Apr. 1974 727
Karl Fulves Half Shell + Okito Box sliding shell
Apr. 1974 727
The Jo Pro Coin Box Okito box with steel insert, coin from hand to box, then through box and playing card
1975 25
John Carney Penny-trate "Two with Coins"
penny between two half dollars in Okito box put on hand, penny penetrates box and hand, two methods
Feb. 1975 859
Karl Fulves Nokito Box "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6"
more on the bottomless Okito Box, with brass ring combination, coin through hand combination
Mar. 1975 872
Karl Fulves Boxed In "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6" (actually part 7)
four coins in box, the box (!) penetrates table
July 1975 980
Horace E. Bennett Okito Box Routine coins penetrate box, hand and deck, then a marked coin appears inside box
1975 23
David Carré With An Okito Box three silver and one penny, coins travel, transpose and penetrate
July 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 11)
281
Lewis Ganson Coin through Box and Hand
1978 8
Lewis Ganson Coin through Card
1978 9
Lewis Ganson Repeat Penetration through Card
1978 10
Lewis Ganson, Bob Gill, Eddie Gibson, J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Magnetic Coins uses of magnetic coins with Okito box
1. coin through box
2. box load (Bob Gill)
3. handlings with box and a card (Bob Gill)
4. Eddie Gibson's Coin Unique gaff set for vanish sequence
5. other magnetic materials (Rink)
1978 11
Lewis Ganson Two Times Ten coin penetration with coin box and cigarette pack, using magnetic shell set "Coin Unique" (Eddie Gibson)
1978 13
Bob Gill Box Clever coin through card into glass with Okito box, magnetic coins
1978 18
Eddie McLaughlin Moves with the Okito Box 1. Placing the Cover on the Bottom of the Box - Using One Hand
2. Placing the Coin between the Bottom of the Box and the Lid
3. Visible Penetration of Coin through Bottom of Box
4. Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box - Using Both Hands
5. Variation for Placing the Lid on the Bottom of the Box
6. Transfer of Open Box from Hand to Hand
Also published here 1978 34
Arturo de Ascanio Monedas a Traves de las Mesa con una Sola Mano one handed coins through table, with four coins a coin box and a glass
Also published here 1978 42
Coin Through Box and hand
1978 194
Simple Box Penetration
1978 195
John Carney Neato, Okito!! coin through box, box disappears and reappears, transforms into small bottle
1979 5
Nick van Setten Swindle Box four coins penetrate box and table, secret extra box
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1324
Mark Lefler "Throughly" Amazing box penetrates table, first partially then fully
Mar. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 3)
467
Paul Cummins Penetrating Thoughts box through hand
Oct. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 10)
694
Phillip Young Face Up Okito coin penetrates box and hand and falls into hands of spectator
1982 76
Peter Kane On a Shoestring Chinese coin penetrates Okito Box onto string
Also published here
  • Northern Lights magazine
1982 100
Fred Kaps O-Korto For Two long routine in which coins and box penetrate hands and box shrinks so coins do not fit in any more
Related toAlso published here 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
137
Peter Duffie The Jipsum Box spectator puts four coins in box, they penetrate box and hand, repeat, then box penetrates hand leaving coins behind, Bobby Bernard Coin Box
1984 21
David Regal Closing Okito box penetrates hand, coins stay
July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1089
David Roth Coins Through Hand coins penetrate coin box and hand
1985 231
Nick van Setten One Coin Interlude one coin penetrates in and out of Okito box
1985 110
Tony Slydini Slydini On The Okito Box four coins in box penetrate table
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 31)
1367
Sam Leo Horowitz Rutina N° 1 con la Caja de Monedas Okito translation by Ascanio
longer Okito Box routine, two coins penetrate box and deck of cards
Also published here 1992 22
Sam Leo Horowitz Rutina N° 2 con Caja Okito (de 1956) translation by Ascanio
four coins penetrate a deck of playing card, with a glass
Also published here 1992 32
Frank Thompson Box Bounce "an Oktio Box Secret"
coins penetrate box, featuring move in which coins bounce back into hand when stack of coins is dropped into box
Related to 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 5)
50
Steve Draun An Okito Favorite coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain
Inspired by May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
58
Paul Cummins Penetrating Thoughts box penetrates hand
1996 30
Dominique Duvivier Duvivier Coin Box Okito box type of routine done with an extra black plastic box for the coin box itself, Okito box has flexible Boston Box feature
1996 46
Reinhard Müller Okito Twist four coins in box put on inverted glass, covered with handkerchief, only box penetrates to unter glass
June 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 10)
58
Jack Avis Salute to Ramsay metal cap (Oktio box without lid) with four coins, one penetrates hand
1998 18
Milton Kort The Okorto Box Routine Coins in coin box penetrate out through hand, then box penetrates hand
Related to 1999 209
Arturo de Ascanio Monedas a Través de las Mesa a una Mano one handed coins through table, with four coins a coin box and a glass
Also published here 2003 144
Sam Schwartz The Slotted Okito Box with slot box
  • Visual Coin Thru Box
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
247
Sam Schwartz Coin Thru Hand Boston Slot Box
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
362
Tom Stone Okito Osmosis coin penetrates bottom of box
2009 36
Miguel Ángel Gea Monedas atraviesalotodo three coins penetrate box, hand and card case into glass
2009 244
Go-Kito full Okito box through table
2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
432
Sam Schwartz Coin Thru Hand Boston Slot Box
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
440
Sam Schwartz Conversion Coins four silver coins change to copper as they penetrate the bottom of the coin box
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
524
Fred Kaps O-Korto para dos long routine in which coins and box penetrate hands and box shrinks so coins do not fit in any more (translated by Jesus Etcheverry)
Also published here 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 18)
562
Vanni Bossi A Simultaneous Turnover and Steal applied to coin through hand and box
Related to
  • David Lederman (MUM, Vol. 54 No. 9, Feb. 1965, p. 432)
2016 160
Vanni Bossi The Jet Masqué Load from reversed box into fist
2016 162
Vanni Bossi Half-Buck Torture Cell coin Okito box, box filled with water and put on fist, water penetrates box, then coin
2016 164
Iñaki Zabaletta, Manuel Llaser A Través de la Baraja coin penetrates coin box and deck and falls into glass, when repeated coin is found inside the deck next to selection
2019 31
Carisa Hendrix The Polite Pickpocket five coins in spectator's hand, one vanishes and appears on spectator's shoulder, another vanishes, then four coins penetrate coin box and magician's hand
Inspired by 2020 139
Andi Gladwin Oh-Kito four coins, three travel into coin box one by one that is resting onto a shot glass, then the three travel back into the hand, then four coins put in box on top of glass with handkerchief cover, only box penetrates to under glass
  • Boston Box Version
Inspired by
  • last phase inspired by Paul Daniels performance on television
2022 53