Animation

92 entries in Coin / Effect Themes / Animation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
With words to make a groat or a testor to leape out of a pot, or to run alongst upon a table coin crawls out of cup along table, thread pulled by stooge, recommended at night with candle light to make it more deceptive
 		1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIV)
185
The Animated Coin, which answers Questions, etc. coin jumps around in glass, threaded coin or gimmicked glass, as question-answering coin
 		1876
Modern Magic
185
The Walking Shilling
1890
More Magic
125
The Climbing Coin "A Florin made to climb up the face of a small Wooden Pillar, into a Box at top", mechanical
Related to
Variations
 1890
More Magic
181
Ein kleiner Zauberscherz coin clings to wall or door
 		Dec. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 4)
59
Die frei an der Wand hängende Münze coin sticks to wall, no preparation
Also published here
 1900
Magische Gesellschaftsspiele — I. Teil
37
Die frei an der Wand hängende Münze coin sticks to wall, no preparation
Also published here
 Aug. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8)
127
Carl Willmann Der Thaler am Hutrand coin stands upright on edge of top hat, as interlude for production
 		Mar. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 3)
40
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XIX. Suggestion eines Obolus
  • 1. Ein Autodafé (coin folded in paper vanishes in a flash)
  • 2. Phönix (coin appears in glass, covered with silk)
  • 3. Die wahrsagende Münze (coin in glass jumps, to answer questions, coding systems)
  • 4. Der Karzer (glass and coin are covered with silk and placed inside a box where they vanish)
 		1903
Moderne Magie
178
Carl Willmann Der dressierte Taler glass covered with newspaper piece, coin vanishes and visibly drops into glass and dances
 		Aug. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8)
121
T. Nelson Downs The Tattling of Toto six selections, penny in glass jumps up and down to communicate with performer
Inspired by
  • French magazine "The Illusioniste"
 1909
The Art of Magic
184
The Trained Half Dollar "Animated Coin", borrowed coin dropped in glass jumps up and down, thread & assistant
 		1909
The Art of Magic
266
Joseph Michael Hartz The Improved Money Column coin climbs up on pillar prop, Davenport Cabinet
Also published here
Inspired by
 1911
Later Magic
655
Joseph Michael Hartz The Improved Money Column coin climbs up on pillar prop, Davenport Cabinet
Also published here
Inspired by
 1911
Magical Titbits
110
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der verzauberte Obolus coin is balanced on pencil, then wrapped inside handkerchief and held over flame, coin is removed but handkerchief is found unharmed
 		1927
Leichte Zauberei
42
Dime and Ginger Ale Bottle dime put on mouth of a bottle jumps into the air
 		1935
Coin Magic
29
Balancing a Coin coin stands upright on outstretched hand
 		1935
Coin Magic
32
The Talking Coin coin dances in glass, answering questions, assistant
 		1935
Coin Magic
40
The Rising Coin up in glass and over lip, thread
Related to
 1938
Greater Magic
693
John Ramsay Hypno Coin coin stands on edge on thumb
 		1939
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)
416
Dr. Stanley Jaks Wenn man gerade keine Karten bei sich hat...
  • coin on bottle stars to move and jump
  • chalk spot on table appears on performer's hand
 		Dec. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
4
Al Baker The Rising Coin - Baker Method coin dropped in glass, rises out and drops out, thread
Also published here
 1941
Magical Ways and Means
42
Eddie Joseph The Coin on the Wall coin sticks to wall
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
36
Eddie Joseph The Eccentric Coin coin clings to blade of knife
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
95
Das Rollende Geldstück coin balances and rolls on edge of knife
 		Mar. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 3)
3
7 kleine Tricks am Tisch
  • bet with matches
  • balancing a pencil
  • balancing three coins
  • balancing a glass on the table
  • coin penetrates filled beer glass and tabletop
  • magnetized cigarette
  • balancing a pencil, different method
 		Sep. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 9)
3
Dr. Harry T. Hoffman Strange Dr. Hoffman dime on mouth of bottle bounces up and down, caused by heat from cigar or coffee
 		1945
Routined Magic
12
Bottle (1)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
coin on mouth of bottle starts to dance
 		June 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 1)
803
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here
 1951
Pet Secrets
22
Everett Lyda Impromptu Atomic Routine several tricks combined into a routine with atomic theme, Glorpy, Adam's Atomic Crystal Spot, break-away pencils
 		1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
40
Nate Leipzig Balanced Coin on hand
Related to
Variations
 1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
110
Nate Leipzig Penny Out of a Glass of Beer coin in a glass of beer rises out of it
 		1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
130
Richard N. Oslund Rising Coin Through Handkerchief
1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
422
Francis J. Baker* Marley's Ghost behind a screen a bell rings and coins move from jar to table, p. 241 for further reference
 		Dec. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 2)
229
Don Nielsen Trance Coin copper coin in match box, silver coin in Okito box, copper travels into Okito box, lifts lid and jumps out, see also p. 486 for credit information and comment by Kenn E. Eastin
Related to
  • "Tribute to Okito" (Dennis Loomis, 1963, Tops)
 Nov. 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 1)
466
Alan Alan The Balance Coins coins cling to fingers, using thread (Dual Control Gimmick)
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
265
Frank Garcia Flip-Over Penny coin turns over on hand, shell
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
285
Morty Rudnick Hair, There and Everywhere imaginary invisible thread is used to animate various things
Variations
 1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
294
Amedeo Vacca Cinquevalli Coins balancing coin on top of other, top one spins
 		1974
Amedeo's Continental Magic
81
Patrick Page The Floating Coin coin dropped into a glass of water floats up and out of glass
 		1974
Tricks with Coins
36
Rising Coin Trick coin rises up from bottom of glass filled with water
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
106
Shigeo Futagawa Handkerchief and Coin handkerchief is moved and coin remains in place
 		1978
Introduction to Coin Magic
13
The Enchanted Coin Pedestal (Rising Florin), "A Florin made to climb up the face of a small Wooden Pillar, into a Box at top", mechanical
Related to
 1978/76
More Classic Magic with Apparatus
144
Karl Fulves* (A) Haunted Halves coins flip over visibly on table or in stack, posed as problem
 		1979
Interlocutor (Issue 37)
147
Albert Verity Crawling 10p Piece coin moves on paper, magnetic
 		1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
49
Steve Spillman Sleight of Hand vs. Magic signed quarter crawls up in glass, jumps and lands on performer's hand
 		1980
The Spill Bar and Grille
1
Dime Museum coin stands up on palm
 		1981
Steve Beam On Coins — Volume I
56
Bobby Bernard Indian Rope Trick Chinese coin threaded on wand, rises up the wand magically. Coin is removed from wand, and penetrates back onto wand
 		1982
The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard
49
Frank Shields Star Power coins adhere to fingertips and apparently fall at command of performer
 		Jan. 1983
Magick (Issue 314)
1567
Richard Bartram, Jr. This Ain't Psychokinesis, Either! coin under glass moves and spins
 		1985
Close-Up of the Damned
21
Barrie Richardson Power of Darkness II marked coin turns over on spectator's palm without him noticing and with his eyes closed
Also published here
 Jan. 1985
Magick (Issue 344)
1717
Roger Klause Delayed Reaction coin is tossed to other hand but is seen a little later, sight gag using muscle pass
Variations
 1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
136
Jay Sankey The Visible Coin Assembly four chinese coin visibly travel on table into one corner, thread
Also published here
Variations
 1986
Sankey Panky
103
Jay Sankey Back-Spin Special selection lost and deck tabled, upright coin is snapped towards deck, it rolls to it and cuts off a packet right at the selection and rolls back to hand
 		Aug. 1986
New Directions (Issue 3)
4
John Kennedy Coin Bubble coin floats inside bubble
 		Feb. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 7)
18
David Roth Limbo in China chinese coins "float"/hang threaded on chop stick
Also published here
 Apr. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 9)
8
Pat Conway The Coin in Beer Glass coin dropped into full glass, it rises out back into the performer's hand
 		1987
The Pat Way to Con
137
Animation No. 7, six copper coins and one silver coin in handkerchief, silver coin apparently doesn't like that and the handkerchief shakes widely, at doorway edge, part of handkerchief behind door, gag
 		1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
9
Ben Harris i) Coins on the Move four chips or foil coins visibly travel on table into one corner
Inspired by
 1989
Premier Elastic Thread & Routines
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David Roth Limbo in China chinese coins "float"/hang threaded on chop stick
Also published here
 1990
Spectacle
89
Richard Bartram, Jr. Balancing the Budget coin balanced on card, defying gravity
 		1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 35)
629
The Lie Detector coin jumps up and down in vase, then vase crashes
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
285
Sandy Spillman Something on My Mind: Telekinesis on telekinesis with coins, bending and moving, jumping coin
 		June 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 12)
9
Coin Jumping out of Glass coin dropped into glass jumps out on command
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
91
Charles McFarland Ghost Coin coin stand up on its edge by itself on the spectator's hand
 		July 1995
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 11)
66
Charles W. Fait Fait's Coins "Unsolved Mysteries"
three coins stuck to forehead, chosen one drops, no method given
 		1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
148
Karl Fulves* Cap Caper
  • coin placed on mouth of bottle wobbles and jumps
  • plastic cap of plastic bottle placed inverted on bottle jumps to answer questions
 		1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
105
Martin Gardner* Two Stunts With A Bottle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
trapping air under pressure in a bottle to blow out a candle, and coin on top of (cold) bottle moves
 		June 1998
MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 10)
72
David Stone Eureka Koin coin accidentally dropped, it jumps back into hand
Also published here
 1999
Mietek — Lecture Notes
44
Barrie Richardson Powers of Darkness II marked coin turns over on spectator's palm without him noticing and with his eyes closed
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Powers of Darkness" (Tony Corinda, marketed ca. 1958)
 1999
Theater of the Mind
74
David Stone Eureka Koin coin accidentally dropped, it jumps back into hand
Also published here
 2001
X-Rated
17
Al Baker The Rising Coin "Baker Method"
coin dropped in glass, rises out and drops out, thread
Also published here
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
180
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
371
Al Baker Miracle Man's Penny Trick marked coin moves out of heap, thread
Also published here
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
724
Al Baker The Miracle Man's Penny Trick marked coin moves out of heap, thread
Also published here
 Feb. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 2)
51
Jay Sankey Prime Time Bend borrowed quarter visibly bends
Also published here
 2004
Sankey Unleashed
120
Bob Ostin The "Stand Up" Coin borrowed coin balanced on back of hand stands up by itself
 		2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
139
Mark Lewis, Johnny Neptune Spooky Pencil animated coin and pencil
  • The Coin Trick and the Spooky Pencil
  • The Pencil Rises in the Fist
  • The Pencil Moves Across the Hand
  • The Pencil Rises Across the Fingers
  • The Pencil Rises from the Bottle
 		2006
Marmaduke the Wonder Mouse
7
Angelo Carbone Precious Metal change held in hand, one coin floats up
 		Mar. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 3)
69
Andy Nyman The Gourmet Coin Trick coin is held upright on the table with finger of a hand, finger is rubbed with other hand, coin then starts spinning
 		2010
Bulletproof
193
Karl Fulves* Moving Coin coin under cellophane of cigarette pack, it rises by shaking
Related to
  • old MUM issue
 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
605
Jeff Prace Slo-Mo Coin coin cut, then the coin visibly moves along in-the-hand spread towards selection
 		Apr. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 4)
56
Jay Sankey Prime Time Bend borrowed quarter visibly bends
Also published here
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2
761
Jay Sankey Metamorph coin clings to matchbook, then melts into it (sticker on matchbook)
Also published here
  • marketed 1990
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3
1176
Jay Sankey The Visible Coin Assembly four chinese coin visibly travel on table into one corner, thread
Also published here
Variations
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3
1237
John Gaughan The Rising Florin
  • The Chamber of Secrets
apparatus in which a coin is seen floating upwards inside a tube
 		Apr. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 4)
28
Marc Simpson Floating Roll coin moves along fingers of out-stretched palm
Also published here
 June 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 10)
63
Tomoya Horiki Standing Coin (スタンでィング・コイン) Coin standing up on edge on magician's palm
Inspired by
 2017
Coinlang.
66
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
Progress Principle
29
Tomoya Horiki Imaginary Thread Coin animation, tied by imaginary thread, balancing coin
Inspired by
 2018
Progress Principle
50
Max Malini The Rising Coin up and down in glass, thread
Related to
 2022
Max Malini
211
Marc Simpson Floating Roll coin moves along fingers of out-stretched palm
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1211