192 entries in Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Take
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Pass 3 fake pick-up
1876 150
Pass 4 (Le Tourniquet) "French Drop"
1876 150
Pass 5 (La Pincette) French Drop from natural grip
1876 151
Das Changieren false transfer, multiple methods with different props
1899 139
The French Drop, or Tourniquet
1902 152
John Northern Hilliard The Hilliard Pass coin ends up in back clip
1909 245
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der ertappte Ausreisser french drop
1930 16
Laurie Ireland Penny Up the Sleeve back thumb palm vanish and reproduction
1931 30
Harry Valcarte Believe It or Not Vanish odd method
1933 31
Harry Valcarte Surprise Vanish
1933 32
Jean Hugard The French Drop
1935 3
Jean Hugard The French Drop - Variation back clipped
1935 4
Jean Hugard The Pinch french drop variation
1935 4
Jean Hugard The Pick Up false take from palm
1935 5
Dime and Half Dollar Vanish half dollar vanishes
1935 25
Modification of the French Drop sleeving while doing a french drop
1935 49
John Ramsay Slow Motion Vanish with cigarette
1935 58
John Northern Hilliard Another Hilliard Vanish back palm
1938 669
8 - Lift Up Vanish pick up from left fingers
Related to 1941/27 72
10 - Le Tourniquet Vanish. (The "French" Vanish)
1941/27 73
Harlan Tarbell 11 - Tarbell's Improved "French" Vanish
1941/27 74
Paul LePaul 12 - Le Paul's Improved "French" Vanish
1941/27 74
French Drop
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The Wrist Vanish coin on back of left hand, picked up with right hand, secretly slid into sleeve under watch wrist band
1942 7
Eddie Joseph The Clip Pass coin ends up clipped at back of first and second finger
1942 31
Eddie Joseph A Real Fooler for the Magicians spider grip vanish with thumb back palm
1942 42
, Walter B. Gibson "Free" French Drop like spider grip vanish, as a fake french drop, as a switch, pretending to be a master sleever
Jan. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 52)
213
Jack Miller Twist It! coin starts flat between first and second fingers
Nov. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 96)
390
Jean Hugard Coin Interlude on the french drop
Jan. 1945 96
Arthur H. Buckley The French Drop (Improved)
1948 86
The French Drop (Le Tourniquet Vanish)
1952 37
Dr. E. M. Roberts The Reverse French Drop
1952 38
Bluff Vanish pretending to take a coin from a handful of change
Variations 1952 59
Franklin M. Chapman Smart Coin Trick coin balanced on finger, other hand takes it, hidden on the back of the hand
VariationsAlso published here
  • The Bat
1952 83
Tenkai Ishida False Transfer a bit like a retention vanish perhaps, unclear
Also published here 1953 12
The French Drop with added touches from Dai Vernon, showing the Vernon Touch
Related to 1957 32
Edward Marlo The Spider Vanish
Variations 1957 8
Jerry Andrus Squeeze Vanish reverse pumpkin seed vanish, coin ends up on fingers of holding hand
1957 7
Jerry Andrus Index Finger Vanish coin balances on first finger of right hand, left hand grabs it, ends up in thumb palm of holding hand
1957 8
Jerry Andrus Roll Vanish
1957 8
Jerry Andrus Drop Vanish
1957 8
Nate Leipzig False Transfer
1963 118
Nate Leipzig False Transfer with back palm
1963 119
Pumpkin Seed Vanish
1967 84
Derek Dingle, Roy Benson The French Drop
Related to 1971 51
Stephen Juhaz Shepard, Emile Clifton Juhaz Vanish handful of coins, one is apparently removed and then vanishes
1973
Magick (Issue 80)
398
Tenkai Ishida False Transfer a bit like a retention vanish perhaps, unclear
Also published here 1974 128
French Drop brief
1975 15
Frank Shields Shields' French Drop
1975 3
Frank Shields Pivot Coin Vanish
1975 6
Tony Slydini The Fake Take
Related toVariations 1976 26
After the French Drop sleeving clean-up
1976 105
Karl Fulves A Coin Swindle marked coin through trouser into pocket, fake pick-up from handful of coin
1977 93
Pumpkin Seed Vanish
July 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
116
The French Drop with two exercises
1978 161
Bill Tarr A Casual Vanish retention style
1978 126
Paul LePaul Paul Le Paul's French Drop
1978 130
Rainer Teschner Nehme-Griffe: a) on the French Drop
1979 16
Rainer Teschner Nehme-Griffe: b) coin picked up from left fingers
1979 17
David Harris French Drop Cop
June 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 6)
351
Edward Marlo Marlo's Spider Grip Vanish
1981 64
David Roth Thumb Palm Spider Grip Vanish
1981 76
Sol Stone Shirting the Issue complete vanish, coin ditched into shirt between two buttons
1981 249
Edward Marlo Spider Vanish
1981 78
John Carney Fingertip Coin Vanish
Also published here 1981 38
Bluff Vanish pretending to take a coin from a handful of change
1981 10
Edward Marlo Spider Vanish brief
1981
Babel (Issue 2)
6
John Ramsay Coin Vanish
1981 43
Meir Yedid The French Drop
1982 16
Michael Rubinstein The Back Clip French Drop
Related to
  • Ernie Simon vanish in MUM, May 1975, p. 24
1982 13
Michael Rubinstein The Rubinstein Vanish coin starts between first and second fingertip
1982 16
Ross Bertram Fake Pick-Up from Hand coin slid under bigger coin
1983 73
Spider Vanish
Nov. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 31)
607
Mike Gallo Pretend Take Vanish brief
June 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 6)
929
John V. Hope The French Flop coin through glass featuring French Flop vanish sleight
Dec. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 12)
997
Shiv Duggal Loser
Apr. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 36)
706
Bluff Vanish apparently taking coin from group, credit information
1984 31
Michael Skinner Skinner's Spidergrip Vanish
Related to 1985 14
Edward Marlo Spider Vanish
1985 71
Ben Harris P.U.P. - Pick Up Palm
Inspired byAlso published here 1985 13
Larry Jennings French Drop
1986 112
Ben Harris Pick Up Palm (P.U.P.)
Also published here 1986 3
Edward Marlo Spider Grip Vanish here with small egg
1987 28
Gary Kurtz Vanish and Reproduction
  • Fingertip Take
Also published here 1988 2
Gary Kurtz Fingertip Take and Change-over
Also published here 1988 4
Bob Kohler Spider Vanish Handling
1989 5
Michael Skinner, Ross Bertram, Edward Marlo Skinner's Spidergrip Vanish
1989 50
Christoph Borer Coin Vanish
1989 3
John Carney The Carney Vanish
Also published here 1989 15
Bob Kohler Spider Vanish Handling
1990 110
Gary Kurtz Vanish and Reproduction
  • Fingertip Take
Also published here 1990 23
Gary Kurtz The Fingertip Take and Change-Over
Also published here 1990 25
Alexander de Cova Coin Vanish complete with body servante
Also published here 1990 26
Wesley James WJ Snap Retention Pass Fingertip Retention Pass
1990 28
Gary Ouellet Coin Drops on the French Drop
1990 115
Gary Ouellet The French Canadian Drop
1990 117
Gary Ouellet The Revolver French Drop Variation
1990 119
Al Schneider The Schneider Retention Drop French Drop Variation
1990 121
Mike Gallo The Michael Gallo Drop French Drop Variation
1990 121
Gary Ouellet The Ultimate French Drop French Drop Variation
1990 123
John Carney Fingertip Coin Vanish
Also published here 1991 38
Bob Kohler Bertram Spider Vanish Handling
1991 30
Maurice Rooklyn Coin Vanish coin tossed up and caught with other hand apparently, originally with ball
Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
146
Ronnie Ramin Retention Spider Vanish
1991 8
Carl Albright The Spinning French Drop
May 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 5)
2070
Eric Wolf Pivotal Pinch with retention of vision
June 1992
The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 2)
8
Steve Dusheck The Dusheck Drop coin balanced on index finger, other hand apparently takes it
1992 64
James Chartier Complete Coin Vanish - and Back coin balanced on finger is grabbed by other hand, balanced on upright back of hand
Oct. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 10)
2419
Coin Vanish pick up from hand and let it fall again, credited to Jennings with a question mark
1994 15
Spider Vanish with thumb palm, brief
1994 2
Mike Gallo The Eight-Legged Coin Vanish
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1995 1086
The Full-Face French Drop
1995 39
R. Paul Wilson Fingertip Vanish one of two coins taken, or both taken one by one
1995 18
Jimmy Wilson J. W. Palm without proper credit
1995 82
French Drop
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
80
Walter B. Gibson Spider Grip Vanish
1996 27
Paul LePaul, Ron Aldrich Horizontal French Drop
1997 116
Tom Stone On the Spider Grip Vanish
1997 11
Ueda Pinch-Away Vanish one of several is apparently taken
Winter 1998 142
George McBride Spider Grip Vanish Variation
1998 76
False Pick-Up Transfer coin picked up from left fingers
1998 13
Slide Back Vanish behind other coins
Also published here 1999 7
Pivot Vanish
1999 15
Gary Ouellet The French Canadian Drop
1999 168
Spider Vanish
2000 11
R. Paul Wilson French Twist coin spins once before French Drop
Mar. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 3)
60
Geoffrey Latta False take from fan of coins coin really slid behind others, brief, uncredited
2001 10
John Carney, John Ramsay False Transfer
2002 108
Mike Gallo Thumb Palm Spider Vanish
2002 5
False Pick-Up
2002 2
Tony Slydini Fake Take
2003 9
Bob Fitch Undropped french drop applications
  • 1. Production of first coin
  • 2. Penetration
  • 3. Transposition
  • 4. Transposition
  • 5. Feint
  • 6. Repeat Production
  • 7. Doubling
  • 8. Doubling no. 2
  • 9. Doubling no. 3
  • 10. Transposition no. 2
  • 11. Vanish and Penetration
  • 12. Final Feint Vanish
2003 233
Paul LePaul French Drop Variant
2005 12
False Take from left fingertips
May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
29
Tony Slydini Fake Take
2006 17
Christoph Borer Coin Vanish
2006 39
Andrew Galloway Pick Up Vanish
2006 9
Edward Marlo, Walter B. Gibson Spider Vanish
2007 142
Fake Pick-Up
Mar. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 3)
17
Mike Gallo Eight-Legged Spider Vanish
Also published here 2007 xxxii
Curtis Kam False Transfers general tips
2008 33
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi On the French Drop
June 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 6)
17
Fred Robinson Pick-up Vanish coin drops back into other hand
Related to 2009 267
Lennart Green Torniquete Lennart french drop variation
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 9)
213
Luis Piedrahita La Falsa Cogida false take among of a coin, among other coins on hand
2011 64
Gary Ouellet French Canadian Drop
2011 100
Roberto Giobbi The Rossini Insight "It's Better to Take Than to Put", on false transfers
2012 139
False Take from Greater Magic
Jan. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 1)
35
Walter B. Gibson Spider Grip Vanish
Feb. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 2)
51
False Take mime taking coin from pile on table, brief
2012 6
Fred Robinson Fred Robinsons Münzverschwinden coin drops back into other hand
Related toAlso published here May 2013 20
Alexander de Cova Revolver "Ein natürlich aussehendes Münzverschwinden"
coin vanish, starts by turning coin over between fingers of both hands multiple times
Also published here July 2013 27
Alexander de Cova Ein Münzverschwinden complete with body servante
Also published here 2013 67
Jean Caroly Spider Grip Vanish with a stone
2014 29
John Ramsay The Ramsay Coin Vanish
2014 40
Roberto Giobbi Coin Vanish Actus Interruptus application
May 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 5)
24
Fred Robinson Robinson Vanish coin drops back into other hand
Related toAlso published here 2015 250
Alexander de Cova Revolver Vanish coin vanish, starts by turning coin over between fingers of both hands multiple times
Also published here 2015 203
Alexander de Cova Der French Drop details on execution
  • Der Drill
2015 234
Fred Robinson Pick-up Vanish brief
Related to 2016 8
Fred Robinson Pick-Up Vanish
2016 92
Vertical Thumb Palm Vanish
2017 59
Tomoya Horiki Auto Vanish 2 (オート・バニッシュ2) Coin vanish by squeezing it with fingertips
2017 68
Walter B. Gibson Spider Grip Vanish
Related to
  • "Misdirection Drop" (Walter Gibson, The Sphinx, Feb. 1919, p. 239)
2017 112
Jamy Ian Swiss On the French Drop detailled discussion
Related to 2017 186
Tomoya Horiki Isolation Vanish Coin held between fingers, seem to "float" and remain isolated as hands move around it (something like contact juggling), then coin vanishes, inspired by Jerry Andrus and Troy Hooser
2018 29
Jeremiah Zuo The Drop Vanish coin held with left forefinger and thumb and apparently taken by right hand
  • The Vanish
  • The Left Hand's Action
  • The Right Hand's Action
  • Other Comments
VariationsAlso published here 2018 6
Jeremiah Zuo Silent Drop doing the Drop Vanish while secretly holding out another coin
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2018 16
Luiz Castro Speedy coin vanish, hold-out on sleeve
May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
82
Fake take penny sliding behind nickel as it is apparently taken in other hand
2018 46
Scott Robinson Visual Retentive Vanish can be used as a vanish, switch or change
Inspired by
  • "The Ramsay Coin Vanish" (John Ramsay, The Ramsay Legend, 1975, p. 4)
Also published here
2018 58
Geoffrey Latta, Scott Robinson Latta coin-fan false take with Scott Robinson’s finesse
2018 108
Coin vanish from deck coin on top of packet is made to vanish, secretly being transferred beneath packet
2018 159
Geoffrey Latta Coin false take coin slid behind coin fan
2018 298
Edward Marlo Spider Vanish
2019 75
Alexander de Cova False-Transfer Subtlety
  • Notizen
put vs. take
Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
52
Spider Grip Vanish
2019 173
Fred Robinson Pick-Up Vanish
2020 220
Michael Rubinstein Spider Grip Vanish Variation
2020 276
Moritz Mueller Slide of Hand Vanish coin slides into back thumb palm and along back of hand
  • As a Complete Vanish
  • Complete Vanish with Short Sleeves
2020 394
Marc DeSouza Spider Vanish Variation nowhere palm
2020 407
Roberto Giobbi Practical Examples use of gaze
  • The Eye Onstage
  • Zarrow Shuffle
  • Elmsley Count
  • Coin Vanish
2021 41
Benjamin Earl New Theory French Drop
  • The Isolated Take
  • The Isolated Place
  • The Isolated Place & Take
  • A New Motivated Action
2021 111
Daryl Martinez Slide Back Vanish
Also published here 2021 116
Moritz Mueller Gedanken zur Falschübergabe
  • Put vs. Take (Puke)
  • Gewicht
    • 1. Der Gesamte Körper
    • 2. Die Arme
    • 3. Die Hände
  • Blick
2021 32
Geoffrey Latta Pullback Vanish top coin from fan taken into other hand
May 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
42
Jeremiah Zuo 1. The Drop Vanish coin held with left forefinger and thumb and apparently taken by right hand
  • The Vanish
  • The Left Hand's Action
  • The Right Hand's Action
  • Other Comments
Also published here Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. Christmas Special)
1
Jeremiah Zuo 7. Silent Drop doing the Drop Vanish while secretly holding out another coin
Also published here Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. Christmas Special)
24
Jeremiah Zuo 8. Silent Drop 2 improved, doing the Drop Vanish while secretly holding out another coin
Inspired by Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. Christmas Special)
26
Sebastian Midtvaage French Spider spider vanish from French Drop position
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
102
Hide Kimoto Lapping without a Lap coin apparently picked up from back of other hand
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2006
2022 475
Edward Marlo Spider Grip Vanish
Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
988