Shell Moves

73 entries in Coin / Sleights / Shell Moves
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Coin Duplication making two out of one coin one-handed, shell
Related to 1890
More Magic
162
Der Lochthaler No. 10, finger through coin, one-handed and two-handed handling, hole coin with shell
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
28
The Phantom Coin shell applications, coin travels, coin vanishes
 		1942/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
122
Jerry Lukins Shell Move coin stolen from shell, one handed
 		May 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 12)
117
J. B. Bobo Mystery with a Shell Half short flurry, method to separate shell from coin
 		1947
Watch This One!
96
Shell Split Move
Related to 1952
Modern Coin Magic
274
Erhard Liebenow Turnover Drop move for removing the shell
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
277
Erhard Liebenow Baffle Drop
1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
278
Derek Dingle Han Ping Chien out of Shell onto spectator's hand
 		1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #4)
921
Derek Dingle Shell Un-Nesting
1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #4)
924
Larry Jennings Shell Un-Nesting
1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #4)
924
Geoffrey Latta, Derek Dingle From-the-Shell Han Ping Chien Variation
Also published here July 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 7)
76
Shell Coin Production producing a second coin
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
157
Stack with Shell in Spectator's Hand stack with shell on top placed into spectator's hand, top coin (really shell) apparently removed
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
165
Al Schneider Shell Steal Move stealing the shell off a tabled coin under cover of presenting two cards
 		1980
Al Schneider On Close-Up
78
Geoffrey Latta, Derek Dingle From-the-Shell Han Ping Chien Variation brief
Also published here 1981
Geoffrey Latta on Cards and Coins
13
Larry Jennings L.J. Shell Steal
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
24
Larry Jennings Stack with Shell in Spectator's Hand stack with shell on top placed into spectator's hand, top coin (really shell) apparently removed
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
26
Eric DeCamps The Stack Steal
1986
The Coin Connection
19
Eric DeCamps The Pretended Pickup
1986
The Coin Connection
20
Eric DeCamps The Shell Sneak
1986
The Coin Connection
22
Eric DeCamps The Retention Pickup
1986
The Coin Connection
24
Gary Kurtz Coin-on-Shell Drop solid sound, bottom of page
 		1990
Unexplainable Acts
70
Clip Steal lifting shell from coin, tabled
 		Sep. 1990
The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 3)
8
David Neighbors Clip Switch transformation
 		Dec. 1991
The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4)
3
Roger Klause Shell Unload
1991
Roger Klause: In Concert
148
David Harkey Deadlift Principle lifting the shell off a coin via natural moisture on finger tip
 		1991
Simply Harkey
100
Coin shell unnesting shell remains in finger palm when coin is dropped out
 		1991
Strange Happenings
5
Dan Strange Purse Palm change shell picked off of coin on back of spectator's hand into Purse Palm
 		1991
Strange Happenings
6
Paul Gertner Taking Shell Off under card in Matrix routine
 		1994
Steel and Silver
49
David Roth The Roth Substitution apparently coin placed into hand with other coins, but really only shell taken off one coin already there
 		1994
Steel and Silver
55
Karl Fulves Shell Game for magicians, shell dropped onto coin, coin vanishes
 		1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
18
Shell Unload
Related to 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
70
Allan Ackerman A Clean Start choreography to have coins examined while holding out shell, magnetic ring
 		1997
I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards
10
Allan Ackerman, Looy Simonoff Some Put-Downs methods to release coin/shell from magnet Harlin ring
  • Slide Put-Down
  • Roll Over Put-Down
  • Looy's Put-Down
 		1997
I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards
13
Allan Ackerman Some Put-Ons getting shell from magnetic Harlin ring onto another coin
- In-Your-Hands-Put-On
- Tabled-Put-On
 		1997
I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards
16
Allan Ackerman A Good Pick-Up coin moved on table, simultaneously shell stolen off another coin, magnetic Harlin ring
 		1997
I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards
19
Richard Bartram, Jr. Transposition Treatment
1997
Trephine
65
David Neighbors Masking Move brief, hiding hollow sound of shell when tabling coins
 		Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
18
Charlie Justice One-Hand De-Shell
  • Application (apparent pick-up of a coin on left fingers to join a coin already in right hand)
 		Mar. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 7)
73
Eric DeCamps Shell Pick-Up Move two coins apparently picked up from table, really shell nested and addition coin brought in
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
156
David Regal Han Ping Chien with shell
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
160
Reed McClintock Three with CSB three different coins travel under tabled cross of two cards, then transpose in hand and travel back to under cards and purse
Inspired by 2002
Knuckle Busters Vol. 2
1
Reed McClintock Ninth Dynasty four coins produced, they travel to right hand one by one, last one appears on table, then five more cards appear on table under fingertips
 		2002
Knuckle Busters Vol. 2
13
Reed McClintock New World Chink-a-Chink four coins move in four different positions in one hand
 		2003
Knuckle Busters Vol. 4
4
Rick Merrill The French Drop Sequence
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
21
Spellbound with Shell silent addition
 		May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
28
Robert Bengel Stack with Shell in Spectator's Hand stack with shell on top placed into spectator's hand, top coin (really shell) removed by spectator
 		Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
39
Shell Vanish one of two coins picked up
 		2007
Abyss
11
Stack with Shell in Spectator's Hand stack with shell on top placed into spectator's hand, top coin (really shell) apparently removed
 		2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 3)
7
Luis Piedrahita El Volteo Timoteo apparently showing both sides of a coin shell, example of turning four coins over on the table
Also published here 2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 10)
254
Luis Piedrahita El Volteo Timoteo apparently showing both sides of a coin shell, example of turning four coins over on the table
 		2010
Nanomagias
184
Purse Palm Morrit grip, separating coin from shell
 		2010
Nanomagias
190
Un-nesting Sleight Un-nesting shelled coin
 		2010
Moments
64
Al Schneider, Max Nelson Max Al Ping Chen I Chien, coins are put on the table one by one, shell
 		2011
Al Schneider Magic
83
Al Schneider Shell Pick Up behind card
 		2011
Al Schneider Magic
380
Luis Piedrahita El Volteo Timoteo apparently showing both sides of a coin shell, example of turning four coins over on the table
Related toAlso published here 2011
Monedas Y Otras Historias
28
Luis Piedrahita Unload Move
2011
Monedas Y Otras Historias
75
Luis Piedrahita Shell Unload Move while showing coins on table
 		2011
Monedas Y Otras Historias
82
Shell Unload Morritt Grip, purse palm
 		2011
Monedas Y Otras Historias
111
Helder Guimarães Coin Shell Nesting Handling
Spring 2015
Quarterly (Issue 2)
50
One-Handed Unnesting
Related to May 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 5)
29
Geoffrey Latta The T.P. Bottom Steal "Tenkai Pinch", stack of coins held at fingertips, bottom coin stolen away, with shell handling
Inspired by 2017
The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins
39
Geoffrey Latta Slippery Silver four coins across, shell
 		2017
The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins
82
Geoffrey Latta One-Handed Shell Split Production
Related to 2017
The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins
171
Josh Janousky, Charlie Justice Fingertip Deshell shell temporarily sticks to thumb via pressure
Related to
  • "Fingertip Deshell" (Charlie Justice, Covert Coins DVD)
 2017
Just Joshin'
27
Coin shell unnesting
2018
Pure Imagination
234
David Neighbors Mask Move drop shell on coin
 		July 2019
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2))
150
David Bestue Unshelled unnesting move as coin is placed onto shelled coin
 		Aug. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 8)
64
Removing a Coin from a Shell
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
399
Charlie Justice Justice De-shell Move
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
401
Avi Yap Sticky Dislodge Dislodging shell from tabled coin using sticky palm / base of thumb
 		2021
Stylo
9
Avi Yap Sticky Dislodge base of thumb picks up shell with natural stickiness
 		2022
Avi
4