Ditching Coins

115 entries in Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Breast Pocket Ditch as sleeve is pulled up, here with a watch
 		Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 47
Carl Willmann Simplified Coin Vanish Routine coins vanished one by one, ditched behind table one by one
Inspired by Jan. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 1) 11
Fr. Maubach Der wandernde Thaler ditching coin into breast pocket while removing wand from under arm, or ditching coin between neck and collar
 		Aug. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8) 118
Sam Margules A New Impromptu Coin Vanish with handkerchief, complete, with pocket ditch
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 53
Unknown 2 - Top Pocket Vanish complete vanish
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 69
Unknown To Get Rid of Coin After Vanish it in Hand
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 82
Edward Marlo Two Ideas hooked coin in sleeve, pocket ditch for complete vanish
 		1942 Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks 19
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 Coin and Money Magic 7
Eddie Joseph The Strop Vanish coin in left palm stroked with card or business card, vanishes, ditch in breast pocket
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 10
Eddie Joseph The Cross Leg Vanish coin "lapped" between legs, without table
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 15
Eddie Joseph The Pencil Vanish coin balanced on pencil, right hand strokes it and it vanishes, left under arm pit
Related to 1942 Coin and Money Magic 16
Eddie Joseph The Friction Exchange coin hidden in fold at elbow switched for visible coin
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 30
Eddie Joseph The Getaway importance of ditching coin before revealing vanish, coin ditched under belt
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 37
Eddie Joseph The Tie Hold-Out slit in tie
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 42
J. B. Bobo Knee-zy Vanish coin travels from knee to knee, then vanishes
Variations 1947 Watch This One! 91
Francis Carlyle A Coin Vanish and Reappearance coin slid under tight shirt cuff
 		1948 Principles and Deceptions 91
Max Malini Jacket Pocket Ditch
Related to 1952 Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1) 157
Dai Vernon Knee Hold-Out
Related to
  • Revelations Video Series No. 5
Also published here 		1952 Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1 ) 157
Max Malini Spectator's Shoulder Hold-Out coin temporarily left on spectator's shoulder
Also published here 1952 Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1) 157
J. B. Bobo The Bobo Complete Coin Vanish from thumb palm to outer breast pocket
Related to 1952 Modern Coin Magic 49
J. B. Bobo Complete Thumb Palm Vanish to outer breast pocket, while pulling up the sleeve
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 50
Unknown Knee-zy Vanish coin through knee, twice
Related to 1952 Modern Coin Magic 50
Unknown With a Handkerchief - Number One coin is dropped into the outer breast coat pocket
Variations 1952 Modern Coin Magic 53
Jimmy Buffaloe With a Handkerchief - Number Two coin vanishes under a handkerchief on the table, back palm to side pocket
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 55
Milton Kort With a Handkerchief - Number Three coin is thrown into outer pocket
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 56
Wallace Lee, Unknown In a Spectator's Pocket Three Methods
a. into spectator's outer breast pocket, back palm
b. into spectator's outer breast pocket, thumb palm
c. hand is put into spectator's outer breast pocket to pull him closer (Wallace Lee Method)
Related to 1952 Modern Coin Magic 57
Dr. E. M. Roberts, Louis Tannen, Unknown Cuffing two methods
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 96
Eddie Joseph Half a Penny coin transforms into other coin, while doing heads or tails, ditching coin in breast pocket
 		1952 Tricks for Informal Occasions 3
Tenkai Ishida A Follow-Up coin vanishes from silk, with ditch in breast pocket
 		1953 Six Tricks by Tenkai 12
Unknown Breast Pocket Ditch with handkerchief cover
 		1969 Monedas, monedas... (y monedas) 28
Unknown Coin under Wrist Watch Band
1969 Monedas, monedas... (y monedas) 56
Harry Milliken The One Hand Complete Coin Vanish ditch into breast pocket
Variations 1973 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum 74
Harry Milliken "and Here's Your Change" one-handed change of half dollar into quarter, ditch in breast pocket
Inspired by 1973 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum 75
Bob Driebeek Der sichtbare Topit slit in tie
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, Sep. 1974
 Nov. 1975 Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1&2) 29
Fred Robinson Dropit
Related to May 1976 Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 9) 258
Slydini Leave and Take on ditching items when picking up something else
 		1976 The Best of Slydini ...and More 30
Harvey Rosenthal Jacket Sleeve Miracle coin rolled into jacket sleeve near shoulder and vanishes, ditch in breast pocket, also as transformation or transpo
  • The Vanish
  • Miracle Coin Change
  • Copper Silver Transpo
 		1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #1) 884
Unknown Pocket Vanish pocket ditch with handkerchief
 		1976 Now you see it, now you don't! 101
Roger Klause Elbow Swindle vanish of one or multiple coins after elbow catch, pocket ditch
Variations 1977 Close-up Cavalcade Finale 23
Harry Lorayne Complete Vanish (Standard Method)
1977 The Magic Book 161
Karl Fulves Invisible Pockets two coins pressed to shirt with both hands, coin travels across, then coin vanishes ("playing the shirt", coin tossed into shirt)
Related to 1977 The Magic Book 85
Unknown Coin Vanish under Silk pocket ditch
 		Mar. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1) 12
Bill Wisch Using the elbow as a servante
  • Loading the Elbow Crease
  • Acquitment of the object
Related to 1979 Wisches 13
Bob Fitch Spell-bound "Extras - Variations - 3)"
short note
 		1980 Topit Again & Again 7
Bob Fitch Heads or Tails "Extras - Variations - 9)"
 		1980 Topit Again & Again 7
Danny Korem Telling Tails Vanish Vanish
 		1981 CoinMagic 224
Sol Stone Shirting the Issue Complete Vanish
 		1981 CoinMagic 249
Derek Dingle Breast Pocket
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 176
Curtis Kam In the Side Pocket
1982 All the World's a Stage 52
Ross Bertram The Waisted Coin half dollar disappears, reappears under foot
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 6
Ross Bertram Atomized Coin complete vanish with coin ditch in breast pocket
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 19
Ross Bertram Terminal Coins using B.U.D.
  • Terminal 1 (four coins vanish)
  • Terminal 2 (four coins vanish without jacket)
  • Terminal 3 (four coins travel to other hand at once)
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 41
Ross Bertram The Texas Toppit using western style trouser pockets as topit
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 44
Ross Bertram Can You Toppit? (Here's how) complete, ditch of coin in trouser pocket
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 45
Unknown Thumb Palm & Breast Pocket Ditch
1985 Expert Coin Magic 121
Unknown Breast Pocket Ditch
1985 Korem without Limits 69
Danny Korem Trouser Pocket Ditch
1985 Korem without Limits 73
Joaquín Navajas JK. Desaparición complete coin vanish, to top pocket of shirt or jacket
Also published here 1985 Monedas Personales 35
Karl Fulves Getaways on complete vanishes, intro
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4) 62
Karl Fulves Getaway I complete vanish of coin with bill, servante at belt, also as transformation
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4) 62
Karl Fulves Getaway III "playing the shirt" with coin under cover of bill
Related to 1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4) 68
Steve Dusheck Jumbo Coin Vanish with topit
Inspired by
  • The Topit Book, Michael Ammar, p. 23
 1985 The Dusheck Vest 14
Fred Kaps The Tie-Topit slit in striped tie design
 		1986 It's So Simple 14
John V. Hope Trouser Pocket Topit see title
Related to June 1987 Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 6) 1359
Unknown Procedures for the Vanish of the Coin several methods including lapping, false transfer, cuff, sleeving, ...
 		1988 The Magic Way 25
Tony Kardyro Never Was No. 8, coin vanishes with handkerchief, unload under band of wrist watch
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 10
Karl Fulves Higher No. 16, coin placed in eye like monocle, performer slowly turns around and coin vanishes, reappears on top of head (duplicate)
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 22
Unknown Pocket Ditch as sleeve is pulled up
 		1990 Impossibilia 125
Alexander de Cova Coin Vanish complete with body servante
Also published here 1990 Horizons 26
Alexander de Cova Anmerkung body servante to switch or ditch coins
 		1990 Das Buch zur Body-Servante 10
Rocco Silano Jumbo Coin Vanish unload into jacked pocket
 		1990 If it fits... Sleeve it! 23
Michael Ammar Propelled Topiting as other object is thrown from hand to hand
 		1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 179
Gary Kurtz Lapping Coin into Purse coin secretly unloaded in purse
 		1991 Relentless 23
Chris Kenner Side Pocket Ditch while displaying silk
 		1992 Totally Out Of Control 82
Chris Kenner Jacket Pocket Ditch as wand is removed from under arm
 		1992 Totally Out Of Control 139
Alexander de Cova Anmerkung body servante to switch or ditch coins
 		1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 140
Troy Hooser Coin Ditching in pocket, while opening jacket
 		1992 The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 3) 8
Richard Bartram, Jr. French Change in French Drop position, with clean up
 		1993 Mystification 27
Unknown Coin Ditch into side jacket pocket
 		1995 Natural Selections 40
Karl Fulves Bare-handed Vanish No. 56, coin vanishes in handkerchief, ditch into rolled-up sleeve
 		1995 Easy Magic 78
Gary Kurtz Lapping Coin into Purse
1995 ca. Relentless (revised edition) 19
Joshua Jay Watch Hold-Out Vanish bare-handed complete coin vanish using watch as hold-out
Related to Oct. 1998 Onyx (Issue 5) 27
Joshua Jay Watchama-Call-It bare-handed complete coin vanish using watch as hold-out
Related toAlso published here 1999 Magic Atlas 127
Joshua Jay Watchama-Call-It bare-handed complete coin vanish using watch as hold-out
Also published here Jan. 1999 Onyx (Issue 6) 14
Jay Sankey Pocket Drop Vanish handling for ditch in breast pocket
Related to 2004 Sankey Unleashed 48
Karl Fulves Holdout Secrets - Part Two on ditching on the spectator, see also following items
Related to 2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 312
Curtis Kam Ditching
  • Ditching that extra coin
  • Digging Ditches? Check These Out
  • Deeper Ditches
 		2008 The Pocketbook 19
Fred Robinson Drop-it: Blow-it coin tossed in outer breast pocket, complete vanish
Related to 2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 257
Troy Hooser Breast Pocket Ditch Point to your face while ditching stack of coins into breast pocket of jacket, magnetic
 		2010 Moments 77
Patrick Page, Max Malini Complete Coin Vanish pocket ditch
Related to Nov. 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11) 15
J. B. Bobo Complete Thumb Palm Vanish
Related to 2011 ZauberKunstStücke — Band 3 11
Max Malini, Patrick Page A La Malini dumping object in pocket while pulling on the sleeve
Related to 2011 Magic Page by Page 135
Pete McCabe Schrödinger's Coin coin held between thumb and first finger, vanishes when hand is turn over to show other side, appears again, then is really gone
 		Jan. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 1) 31
Alexander de Cova Ein Münzverschwinden complete with body servante
Also published here 2013 Horizons — Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1986 67
Benjamin Earl The SDS Vanish "Slip, Ditch & Smoke", complete vanish
 		2016 Eye Candy 7
J. B. Bobo Breast Pocket Ditch
2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 270
Akira Fujii Squeeze Shot coin is shot out of fist
  • The Basic Move
  • One Coin Across
  • Two Coins Across
  • In the Air
  • The Complete Vanish (into breast pocket)
Related to June 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6) 85
Chong Huang Coin through Ring Vanish coin vanishes when pushed through ring, breast pocket ditch
 		July 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7) 64
Luiz Castro Speedy coin vanish, hold-out on sleeve
 		May 2018 Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5) 82
David Roth David Roths Open Servante open pouch on table to drop things inside as alternative to lapping or topit
 		2018 Burners — Vol. 6 97
Joaquín Navajas JK desaparición complete coin vanish, to top pocket of shirt or jacket
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 Monedas Personales Y Más 41
Rick Holcombe Coin Vanish and Ditch on the back of the hand, then ditched into breast pocket
Inspired by Sep. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 9) 73
Michael Rubinstein Matting ditching coins under mat
Related toAlso published here
  • Knockout Coin Magic video, 1986
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 79
Michael Rubinstein Matting Variation ditching coin under mat
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 132
Michael Rubinstein Pocket Ditch
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 205
Unknown Pocket Ditch into breast pocket
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 289
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 Rubinstein Coin Magic 394
Bill Wisch The Elbow Servante
  • Loading the Elbow Crease
  • Recovery
Related toAlso published here
  • "An Arm Servante Technique" (Bill Wisch, MUM, Mar. 1982)
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 448
Unknown Pick-Up From Floor Vanish slid under shoe
 		Dec. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12) 549
Max Malini Cross-Body Pocket Ditch as a complete coin vanish
Related to 2022 Max Malini 110
Max Malini Seated With No Table coin left on knee with forearm covering it, credited to Vernon in Stars of Magic
Also published here 2022 Max Malini 116
Max Malini Standing With No Table coin temporarily left on spectator's shoulder
Also published here 2022 Max Malini 117
Paul Chosse Spittoon Coin Vanish Anecdote as clean up to get rid of gaffed coin
 		2022 Max Malini 122
Steve Draun Perfect Coin Vanish coin ditch behind wrist watch retrieval
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2002
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 73
Dean Dill Ditch on Open Pile of Coins
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2002
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 79