Flourishes

108 entries in Coin / Sleights / Flourishes
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Die springenden Münzen flourish to make a coin jump into the air
Inspired by
 Sep. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 9)
137
Arthur Toskana Ein Münzen-Jongliertrick juggling stunt, throwing or flicking coin up and catching it
 		Feb. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 2)
29
The Coin Roll
1909
The Art of Magic
246
Advanced Flourishes 1. The Steeplechase (coin roll)
2. The Coin Turn Over (multiple coins spread turnover)
3. Vanish and Recovery of Stack of Coins
 		1935
Coin Magic
47
Jean Hugard Manipulations and Advanced Flourishes I. With Four Coins
II. With Four Coins
III. With Five Coins
IV. With Five Coins (including Roll Down)
 		1935
Coin Magic
79
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Coin Star on tips of fingers
Related to
 1938
Greater Magic
719
A New Coin Flourish "The Steeplechase With Two Coins Rolling Separately"
 		1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
52
Manuel Manuel's Coin Star
Variations
 1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
137
Manuel The Four Coin Flourish roll out
Related to
 1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
139
Allan Shaw The Coin Roll
1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
140
Frederick Braue Coin Tapping Count normal but elegant count of coins from glass to hand
 		Mar. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 10)
42
Flourish with 3 Coins coins on back of hand, tossed and caught
 		Oct. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 5)
161
Frank Garcia, Dai Vernon Quick Silver continuous coin production, with coin roll, based on a Vernon idea
 		June 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 127)
511
Arthur H. Buckley The Roll Down Production for Four Coins roll out
Related to
Variations
 1948
Principles and Deceptions
66
John Brown Cook "The Multiple Roll Out" multiple times from larger stack
 		1948
Principles and Deceptions
114
Seymour Kessler Seymour Kessler's Coin Roll Color Change coin changes on the second coin roll
 		Apr. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 11)
414
Ross Bertram Devaluation half dollar changes into dime during coin roll flourish
Also published here
 Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
652
Paul Rosini The Coin Star described by Al Leech
 		1950
Magical Gems
38
Martin Gardner* Poker Chip Faro Shuffle one handed, tabled, flourish
 		Jan. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 8)
739
Checkers (3)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
rolling a dime on a checkerboard in circles
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
The Coin Roll
Also published here
 1952
Modern Coin Magic
201
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Coin Star with wax on one coin
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
202
Roll Down Flourish with Four Coins four coin roll-out
Related to
 1952
Modern Coin Magic
204
The "Turnover" with Forty Coins
1952
Modern Coin Magic
320
The Jumping Sixpence coin turns or jumps from wrist
Related to
 1952
Modern Coin Magic
337
Coin Flourish two coins are switched openly
 		Nov. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 268)
1070
Dai Vernon Five Coin Star
Related to
 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
98
Milton Kort The Kort Star Coin Star, coin at each end of the fingers
 		1962
Kort Is Now In Session
31
Nate Leipzig Thumb Roll
1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
106
Coin Roll
1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
107
Nate Leipzig Boomarang Coin coin spinned on table flourish
 		1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
108
Bobby Bernard School For Croupiers coin flourishes, cutting the aces and dice stacking to a croupier presentation
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
225
Juan Tamariz E-Qui-Li-Brio coin roll flourish
Also published here
 1969
Monedas, monedas... (y monedas)
17
Ellison Poland The Wrist Breaker coin turns or jumps from wrist
Related to
  • The Jumping Sixpence (Modern Coin Magic, 1952)
  • "Flip A Coin" (Here Is Your Hobby - Magic, Byron Wels))
Variations
 1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
133
A Coin Flourish three coins held, center one is rolled out, spun and pivoted back between the other two, one-handed
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
141
Joseph K. Schmidt Coin Flourish one-handed, three coin stack, middle coin spun out and rotated, also popular with poker chips, see also p. 326 & p. 332
Variations
 Jan. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3)
315
Chip Shuffle / Coin Faro flourish
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
390
Stanley Collins A Flourish two balls moved around between the fingers, suggested with coins by Fulves
 		May 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 7)
623
Amedeo Vacca Cinquevalli Coins balancing coin on top of other, top one spins
 		1974
Amedeo's Continental Magic
81
Patrick Page The Steeple Jack coin roll
 		1974
Tricks with Coins
14
Juggling with Coins coin snatched from elbow etc.
 		1974
Tricks with Coins
58
The Spinning Coin in hat, flourish
 		1974
Tricks with Coins
63
Fred Robinson Edge Spinners bar bets and flourishes with coins
  • Finger Flicker, coin spinning
  • Thumb It, coin spinning with two hands
  • Tri-Van, sleeving technique while coin spins
  • Bottoms Up, coin spins on reversed tumbler
  • Nicked, how to hear on which side a coin lands on
  • Off Balance, coin lands always on the same side
  • Smash and Grab, spun coin vanishes by hitting a match box on it
  • For Two Pins, coin spins held by two pins
  • Skittled, coin is knocked over with an other coin
 		May 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 9)
106
Frank Shields, Ellison Poland Dime on the Wrist coin turns or jumps from wrist
Inspired by
 1975
Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields
3
Frank Shields 10c Coin Star five dimes balanced on tips of fingers
Related to
 1975
Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields
5
Coin Roll
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
108
Karl Fulves* A Flourish and a Trick one-handed, three coin stack, middle coin spun out and rotated, effect where it is done under cover of a handkerchief and a sympathetic effect happens when center coin in another three-coin stack is turned over
Inspired by
 1977
The Magic Book
99
José de la Torre My Roll Down
1977
Magicana of Havana in New York
44
Ross Bertram Devaluation half dollar changes into dime during coin roll flourish
Also published here
 1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
6
Perpetual-Motion Coin Myth impossible rotating coin flourish, mentioned by Bad Water Bill
 		1978
Las Vegas Close-Up
148
Bobby Bernard, T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Coin Star with anecdotes about Nelson Downs
 		1978
Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic
24
Bobby Bernard The Bernard Lesson on the Coin Star
  • The Coins
  • The Condition of the Hands
  • Performing the Coin Star
  • Placing the Coins on the Fingers and Thumb
  • The Vanish
  • The Production
 		1978
Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic
28
Coin Roll
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
156
Dana Betz The Betz Poker-Roll coin roll-out in which coins are rolled across table
Also published here
 1979
Close-up Entertainer
104
The Coin Star
1980
Al Leech's Legacy
59
Sol Stone Half and Half Rollout Flourish with transformation
 		1981
CoinMagic
118
Ron MacMillan The Basic Spread four coin roll out
 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
49
Ron MacMillan The MacMillan Spread four coin roll out
 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
50
Arthur H. Buckley The Buckley Spread four coin roll out
 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
51
Ron MacMillan Spread Vanish and Coin Star
1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
54
Ron MacMillan Coin Roll or "Steeplechase"
1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
57
Ron MacMillan Alternative Handling for the coin roll

 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
58
Ron MacMillan Palming Excercise palm + coin roll
 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
59
Peter Reilly Peter Reilly's Coin Production producing coins one by one and let each roll down your fingers
 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
59
Ron MacMillan The Coin Juggling Throw the coins wil spin in the air for some seconds as in Pierre Brahma's act
 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
61
Ron MacMillan The Coin Star
Related to
 1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
68
Steve Beam Multiple Coin Spinning stack of coins is spun and they all fall with the same side up
 		1982
Steve Beam On Coins — Volume II
41
Ross Bertram The Coin Star anecdote
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
83
Michael Powers Flourish Coin Production coin produced, coin roll, a second coin produced
 		1983
Powerful Magic
64
John Riggs 5 Coin Star in a circle formation, predated by Alex Elmsley 1952
Related to
 1984
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 3)
42
Roll Down roll out flourish
 		1985
Korem without Limits
73
Frederick Braue Coin Tapping Count fairly counting coins from glass into hand for good visibility (1944)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
2
Karl Fulves* Interlude "The Chase"
coin roll effect in which the coin changes back and forth to copper and silver, also idea for hinged coin gaff, posed as a problem
 		1985
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 1)
10
Chips three impromptu magic items and gags with chips
  • Das Poker Chip Faromischen
 		Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
119
Münzen seventeen impromptu magic items and gags with coins
 		Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
133
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
Dai Vernon, Manuel Five Coin Star
Inspired by
Related to
 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
204
Dai Vernon On the Origins of the Steeplechase Flourish
1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
147
Flip Out No. 24, coin spins strangely when tossed up
 		1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
36
The Pivot No. 25, two coins held between fingers, first finger flips it to back, poker chip flourish
 		1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
37
Alex Elmsley The Rosette roll down with five coins
Related to
 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
19
Perpetual-Motion Coin Myth impossible rotating coin flourish, mentioned by Bad Water Bill
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)
217
Dana Betz The Betz Poker-Roll coin roll-out in which coins are rolled across table
Also published here
 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
135
Der Roll Down Griff roll-out
 		1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 3)
107
Simon Lovell The Supra-Selling of the Lemming Man
  • Selling the Roll Out (four-coin roll-out flourish)
  • Selling the Six-Dice Stack
  • Grandfather's Beer (beer production from dice stacking cup)
 		1997
Virtual Foolery
16
David Stone Eureka Koin coin accidentally dropped, it jumps back into hand
Also published here
 1999
Mietek — Lecture Notes
44
Simon Lovell Coins, Dice and Grandfather's Beer! some bar bets, then full glass of beer produced
  • Stage One - Selling the Roll Out
  • Stage Two - Selling the Six Dice Stack
  • Stage Three - Grandfather's Beer
 		2000
Son of Simon Says!
143
David Stone Eureka Koin coin accidentally dropped, it jumps back into hand
Also published here
 2001
X-Rated
17
Brett Wolf Coin Star set-up behind other hand
 		2002
The Book of Secrets
111
Reed McClintock Tabled Coin Star coins appear under fingertips on table while spectator was looking up
 		2002
Knuckle Busters Vol. 2
16
Arthur H. Buckley Four Coin Roll Out four coin flourish between fingers.
Related to
 2003
Knuckle Busters Vol. 4
8
Walter Rollins Chip Tip on the one-handed chip/coin faro shuffle
 		2004
Charlatan (Issue 8)
98
Brett Wolf Coin Star Handling
Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
29
Giacomo Bertini Coin Star Handling
Also published here
 June 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 10)
90
Doug Conn Coin Star Palm coin star, followed by palming two coins
 		Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
53
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 Air Coin Roll(エアーコイン・ロール) Creating illusion of a coin rolling down your fingers without any coins
Related to
 2017
Coinlang.
17
Geoffrey Latta Fingertip Twirl coin twirled at the fingertips, one-handed
Also published here
 2017
The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins
18
Johnny Thompson Jump Gag coin seems to jump out of hand
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
94
Coin Rollout
Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
79
Michael Rubinstein Rubinstein Fidget Move coin twirls through fingers
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
57
Geoffrey Latta Fingertip Twirl coin twirled at the fingertips, one-handed
Also published here
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
130
Mike Gallo A Poor Man's Roll Down roll out
Inspired by
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
385
Kainoa Harbottle Steeplechase Shuttle Pass
Also published here
  • "Rolling Shuttle Pass", Coins on Edge, 2003
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
414
Giacomo Bertini Coin Star Handling
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
628
Marc Simpson Floating Roll coin moves along fingers of out-stretched palm
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1211
Scott Baird COINtortionist four-coin production with coin roll, one-handed
Inspired by
 Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
650
John Cornelius A Flourish with A Single Coin flipped between fingers
 		2025
Conover — Volume 3: Cylinder & Coins
115