Folding

140 entries in Coin / Gaffed / Folding
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Pass Coins into a Bottle folding coin, hidden in cork
 		1890
More Magic
158
Coin to Bottle Wand mechanical wand to introduce folding coin into bottle
 		1890
More Magic
160
A Hat with a Hole in it
  • The Finger through the Hat
  • The Cork through the Hat
  • The Coin through the Hat
  • The Cigar through the Hat
 		1890
More Magic
306
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • wand for continuous cigarette production
  • wand to ignite candle, chemical or with match
  • coin catching wand, two versions (one with folding coin, continued in next issue)
 		Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
33
Carl Willmann Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
  • continuation of description of coin catching wand with folding coin
  • feather flower tree/bouquet from hollow wand
  • wand that can shoot
 		Apr. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4)
49
Der magische Flaschenstöpsel folding corn in hollow cork with release mechanism
 		Sep. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 9)
136
Der Thalerstab No. 8, coin wand, either with coin attached to rubber band or with folding coin that retracts into wand, for continuous production
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
23
Der magische Flaschenstöpsel No. 16, fake metal cork contains folding coin, spring catapults coin out of cork into bottle
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
48
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Ein neuer Münzentrick folding coin in fake finger, credit information
Related to
  • "New Coin Production from Bare Hands" (T. Nelson Downs, Modern Coin Manipulation, 1900, p. 130)
 Mar. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 3)
38
Coin and Bottle
1935
Coin Magic
41
Coin Through Ring coin wrapped in handkerchief penetrates finger ring
 		1935
Coin Magic
41
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant The Folding Half Dollar a piece of wood transposes with a half dollar
 		1935
They're Off
28
Folding Coins construction and use including: To Make One Coin and a Folded Coin Appear as Three Coins, Formula for Silver Cement to Fill the Gap
 		1938
Greater Magic
676
John Mulholland On the Coin in Bottle
1940
The Jinx (Issue 108)
648
Joseph Ovette A Lulu! coin vanishes and appears in rolled up bill, to small to hold the coin
 		Apr. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 10)
3
Franklin V. Taylor Materialization coin appears with the help of a spring clothes-pin and a handkerchief
Variations Nov. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 22)
91
E.S. Hoffman Cute Coin coin production gimmick
 		Mar. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 31)
129
William H. McCaffrey Coin in Bottle Routine
1943
The Magic 36
31
Orson Welles Fruit Cup coin in egg in lemon in orange in grapefruit using a clothespin
Inspired byAlso published here May 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 61)
250
Franklin V. Taylor Materialization Coin appears with the help of a spring clothes-pin and a handkerchief
 		1945
My Best
195
Chester Morris The Morris Plan Coin in handkerchief secured by a ring, penetrates the ring
 		1945
My Best
210
Samuel Berland Pinched pieces are broken of from a half dollar, last piece transforms into a quarter
 		May 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 105)
423
John Hamilton All Wet moves and subtleties for coin in bottle
 		Aug. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 111)
447
J. B. Bobo The Magic Mint nickel in the hand, half dollar appears, nickel transforms into another half dollar
 		1947
Watch This One!
97
Jack Miltour La bague et la pièce prisonnières coin in handkerchief penetrates finger ring, followed by german translation "Der Ring und das gefangene Geldstück"
 		1947
La Baguette Magique (Issue 16)
8
R. M. Jamison Half Dollar in the Bottle coin starts in bottle
 		July 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 154)
622
Milbourne Christopher Through the Button Hole coin inside handkerchief, ends of handkerchief pulled through button hole is pulled through
 		July 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 2)
560
Bill Williston, Ray Cox Half Dollar in Egg
June/July 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 9 & 10)
10
Coin Through a Ring with a handkerchief, two methods
  • a.) folding coin
  • b.) fake wrapping
Related to 1952
Modern Coin Magic
171
J. B. Bobo The Folding Half introduction
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
286
Ralph De Shong The Half Dollar in the Bottle
1952
Modern Coin Magic
286
Stewart Judah Second Method
Variations 1952
Modern Coin Magic
288
The Magic Mint nickel in the hand, half dollar appears, nickel transforms into another half dollar
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
289
Gene Gordon Biting a Piece from a Coin
1952
Modern Coin Magic
290
Dave Coleman Coin Through a Card (The Folding Quarter) with handkerchief
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
291
Ronald B. Edwards Just A Half magician's joke, tearing up a folding half
 		Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 299)
1197
Karrell Fox That's a Hot One coin vanishes and appears in a folded tissue paper which is to small for the coin, flash paper
 		1954
Kornfidentially Yours
12
Don Alan Sneaky Half Dollar in Bottle coin in bottle combined with Anti-Gravico gimmick
 		1956
Pretty Sneaky
32
Matt Schulien The Half in the Bottle
1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
110
Milton Kort Cup-hola paper cup has small hole at the bottom, large coin placed in cup, manages to fall through the hole
Related toVariations 1962
Kort Is Now In Session
15
Dino Mazza Half-Fast Surprise half dollar from paper which is too small to contain it
 		Aug. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 382)
355
Dino Mazza Dino's Silver Phantasy two coins produced from rolled bill
Related to Mar. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 388)
379
Robert E. Olson Folding Money coin is produced from a smaller container
 		Apr. 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 395/396)
410
Si Weigan Half and Half dollar bill is rolled in a tube and half dollar is produced, half of bill is missing
 		1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 399)
425
The New Folding Half
1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
438
Bob Ostin My Coin in Bottle Routine with cork
 		1968
Fingertip Fantasies
67
Hans-Gerhard Stumpf, George Leitmayr Match Sword Box coin in matchbox is penetrated by six matches
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
91
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. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 1)
466
Al And Nate Box No. 438, coins through hand using coin box, folding coin for unclear effect
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
126
Ellison Poland Bird In Glass Cage
1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
65
Milton Kort Bottom's Up coin drops through hole at the bottom of a glass that is too small, see 1994 reference for Kort credit information
Related to 1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
67
Karl Fulves Money Talks spirit raps with two coins and a pencil
 		1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
44
Alex De Vega Elastic three coins dropped on table, one vanishes or penetrates table, folding coin simulates third coin, with ideas by Karl Fulves and J. G. Thompson, Jr
Also published here
  • "Elastic" (The Sphinx, June 1918, p. 72)
 June 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 8)
969
Francis Carlyle Notes
  • folding coin and bottle through table
  • loading coin on dentist dam
  • spectator sits on card
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
109
Claus "Dixon" Wegener Kleine Tips zur Faltmünze tips for the folding coin, coin in bottle with hollow wine cork, Moneymat
 		1975
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 4)
78
Lawrence Nudelman A $1 Bill That Pays 50% Interest bill rolled up, finger ring placed around, half dollar falls out of bill when unrolled
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 5
3
Karl Fulves Folding Coin Gag for magicians, using welded obvious folding coin
 		1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #1)
880
Darion Sagan, Philip T. Goldstein Half Through coin through hand
 		Aug. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 12)
452
Barrie Richardson Coin In bottle - Mentalism & Molecules folding coin is signed and bottle is broken with a hammer
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)
501
Paul Harris Torn & Restored Coin Three pieces of a coin fuses into one coin
Variations 1977
SuperMagic
42
Eric Mason A Pound With A Bottle coin in bottle, forming a cone with a bill
 		May 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)
574
Peter Crush Peter's Presto Pop-In English penny in tonic bottle by placing the coin on the neck and pushing it in
 		May 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)
575
Folding Coin
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
122
Billy McComb Coin to Bottle with folding coin index
 		1978/76
More Classic Magic with Apparatus
138
Lehrgang der Zauberkunst: Ring Münze Tuch coin in handkerchief is secured with ring, penetration, two methods
Related to 1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 1)
15
Bill Wisch Quick Quarter & Half half dollar changes into quarter and back, travels to pocket, quarter is found under performer's watch, "quarter to half gimmick" (folding)
 		1979
Wisches
17
Michael Ammar Let's Hit the Bottle corked bottle
Also published here 1980
The Command Performance — Premier Issue
28
Steve Dusheck Half Back penny dropped from bulldog clip visually changes into half dollar
Also published here 1980 ca.
Lecture Notes
9
Danny Korem The Tip and the Coin small coin vanishes in thumb tip, variation with folding half
 		1981
The Lost Pages of the Kabbala
94
Mike Caveney Folding Money 32 pennies should travel from a purse into a tube, instead they vanish from the purse and in the tube a Dollar is found, actually too big to fit inside
 		1981
Magicomedy
13
John Carney Le Perrier - Coin In Bottle
Related to 1981
Encore II
40
Tom Gagnon Thumb-Tipping Quickies credit information on using a folding coin with a thumb tip
 		1981
Sleightly Original
1
Tom Gagnon Coin to Pocket Ruse coin travels from coin to pocket and back
Inspired by 1981
Sleightly Original
3
Tom Gagnon Thumb Tip Coin Vanish
Related to 1981
Sleightly Original
4
Tom Gagnon Flip Up Production invisible coin flipped into air, it appears
Inspired byAlso published here 1981
Sleightly Original
6
Tom Gagnon Bomb Bay coin produced in empty hands
Also published here 1981
Sleightly Original
10
Tom Gagnon Double Duty Departure two coins vanish one by one, two folding coins and thumb tip
 		1981
Sleightly Original
13
Tom Gagnon Twofold Vanish two coins vanish one by one, two folding coins and thumb tip
 		1981
Sleightly Original
16
Tom Gagnon Coin-cidence coin appears and vanishes in bare hands
 		1981
Sleightly Original
18
Tom Gagnon Flash Coin Production coin appears one-handed
 		1981
Sleightly Original
22
Tom Gagnon Miser's Daydream featuring a continuous coin production sequence with folding coin and thumb tip
Inspired by 1981
Sleightly Original
26
Tom Gagnon Alchemorphosis five dimes in prescription bottle change into a larger gold coin
 		1981
Sleightly Original
31
Tom Gagnon Contemporary Purse Swindle copper and silver coins in two purses, spectator can never guess the right one, sort of transposition
Inspired by 1981
Sleightly Original
36
Tom Gagnon Optional Display Technique
1981
Sleightly Original
38
Tom Gagnon Twilight's Last Gleaming coins are produced with a small mirror
Inspired by 1981
Sleightly Original
43
Tom Gagnon Newfangled Matrix
1981
Sleightly Original
47
Tom Gagnon The Phantom Coin much on table top
Inspired by 1981
Sleightly Original
54
Tom Gagnon Gypsy Coin coin through handkerchief
 		1981
Sleightly Original
62
Tom Gagnon Soda Jerk coin in bottle with transposition phase, folding copper/silver
Inspired by 1981
Sleightly Original
89
Tom Gagnon Flick Your "Trick" Load flicking a coin under a mirror for use in Twilight Routine
 		1981
Sleightly Original
92
Bobby Bernard A Useful Switch Switching normal coin for folding coin
 		1982
The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard
37
Tom Gagnon Bomb Bay Production coin productions with thumb tip
  • First Method
  • Flip Up Production
Also published here 1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
46
Bob Chesbro Coin to Pocket with repeat
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Impossible Coin to Pocket" (The Blueprint)
 1982
The Tipnician
42
Bob Chesbro Thumb Tip Coin Vanish
Related toVariations 1982
The Tipnician
42
Michael Skinner Slowly Folding slow motion coin vanish using a folding coin
 		Dec. 1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 16)
145
"Magic" Christian Stelzel The Coin in the Bottle bottle is smashed with hammer to bring coin out again
 		1983
Lecture Magic
16
David Gripenwaldt Door to Infinity coin vanishes and reappears in metal ring
Related to Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
76
Thomas Alan Waters, Maurice Fogel Flamulet five envelopes hanging on a stand, attached with a bulldog clip, spectator finds amulet (coin)
 		1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mynd)
545
Patrick Page The Coin Production two methods, one using handkerchief
 		1984
Book of Thumb Tips
27
David Roth Folding Coins Through Table
1985
Expert Coin Magic
52
David Roth Folding Coins Across
1985
Expert Coin Magic
56
Barrie Richardson Mind Sizzler! folding coin is signed and bottle is broken with a hammer
VariationsAlso published here Oct. 1985
Magick (Issue 358)
1789
Tom Gagnon Pop Top coin vanish and appearance, thumb tip and folding coin
 		1988
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)
386
Tom Gagnon The Tipsy Vanish
1988
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)
387
Tom Gagnon The Tipsy Production half dollar production
 		1988
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)
388
Karrell Fox "A New Look at an Old Effect" cone funnel twisted with dollar bill, used to drop coin into bottle
 		1988
My Latest Book
24
John Bannon, Rick Johnsson Vacuum Packed folding coin, removed with tweezers, two handlings
Also published here 1989
Without
1
John Bannon, Rick Johnsson Vacuum Packed folding coin, removed with tweezers, two handlings
Also published here 1991
Smoke and Mirrors
148
John Bannon Care And Feeding of Folding Quarters
1991
Smoke and Mirrors
151
Ted Lesley Die Faltmünze coin in bottle, long article with multiple versions
Also published here Aug./Sep. 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
4
Steve Dusheck Experiment No. 17 folding coin vanishes
Related to 1991
Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic
58
Patrick Page Die Münze in der Flasche
Also published here
  • Pages from Patrick's Notebook
 Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
146
Giovanni Livera Passage to China glass covered with large Chinese coin, three half dollars penetrate into glass, last one under glass, one half dollar visible penetrates through hole in Chinese coin
Related to Dec. 1991
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4)
38
Steve Dusheck Jumbo Coin Catcher folding/hinged jumbo coin gimmick
 		1992
Dusheck's Coin Magic
74
Steve Dusheck Half Back penny dropped from bulldog clip visually changes into half dollar
Also published here 1992
Dusheck's Coin Magic
90
Giovanni Livera Passage to China large Chinese coin covers top of glass, coin penetrate through its too small hole
Related to 1992
Confessions of an Italian Magician
11
Alexander de Cova Fingertip Hints using finger tip instead of thumb tip, coin in purse frame application
Also published here 1994
Secrets No. 1
109
Mark Lefler Deflation coin vanishes piece by piece
 		1994
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 52)
949
Alexander de Cova Fingertip Hints using finger tip instead of thumb tip, coin in purse frame application
Also published here 1994
Seminar 1994
20
Joe Rindfleisch Duo-Torn & Restored Coins two coins are torn and restored together
 		June 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 10)
51
Paul Harris Torn & Restored Coin (revised) three pieces of coin melt together into coin, using folding coin
Inspired by 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic)
145
Michael Kaminskas Hitting the Bottle bottle is produced then coin in bottle, as a climax bottle vanishes
 		1996
Miracle Material
81
Bob King Coin in Bottle with sleeving
Also published here 1996
Five-Star Magic
5
Barrie Richardson Molecules in Motion initialed coin in bottle, then other objects as well like key, button, ring, bottle smashed at the end
Inspired by 1999
Theater of the Mind
30
Orson Welles Fruit Cup coin in egg in lemon in orange in grapefruit using a clothespin
Also published here Feb. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 2)
31
Barry Price The Half Dollar Thru Borrowed Ring
2000
Escamotage 1
10
David Berglas Coin in the Bottle coin in in bottle, as an encore marked coin is put in bottle again and handed out as a souvenir
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
139
Bob King Coin in Bottle with sleeving
Also published here 2003
New Magician Foolers
4
Geoffrey Durham Thirty Years of Coins and Bottles
  • Coin In Bottle 1: coin openly placed in jar magically transports to small bottle that spectator holds
  • Coin In Bottle 2: fairly standard Coin in Bottle effect, much detail on handling and staging
 		2008
Professional Secrets
123
Tom Stone Silver & Sorcery routine for and thoughts on John Ramsay's "Cylinder and Coins"
Also published here 2009
Prey of the Prestidigitator
27
Bob Chesbro, Tom Stone Thumb Tip Coin Vanish
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
Prey of the Prestidigitator
29
Tom Stone Silver & Sorcery routine for and thoughts on John Ramsay's "Cylinder and Coins"
Related toAlso published here 2011
Maelstrom
7
Bob Chesbro, Tom Stone Thumb Tip Coin Vanish
Inspired byAlso published here 2011
Maelstrom
13
Ted Lesley Münze in Flasche coin in bottle, long article with multiple versions
Also published here July 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 8)
15
Alexander de Cova Münzverschwinden
2017
Arbeitsbuch Daumenspitze
73
Alexander de Cova Produktion aus dem Geldbörsenbügel coin or sponge ball production from purse frame
 		2017
Arbeitsbuch Daumenspitze
73
Johnny Thompson Coin in the Bottle
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
51
Johnny Thompson Folding Coin Holder
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
51
Tom Gagnon Tipsy Coin Vanish one of several coins vanishes
Inspired by 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
425
Max Malini Spittoon Coin Vanish coin vanishes from paper cone which is crumpled up and thrown in the trash, reproduced from spectator (optional), variant with coin reappearing under ash tray and folding coin
Related to
  • Elwin T. Shaw's article in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Nov. 1961
 2022
Max Malini
120