Shell Moves

60 entries in Coin / Sleights / Shell Moves
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Coin Duplication making two out of one coin one-handed, shell
Related to 1890 More Magic 162
Unknown Der Lochthaler No. 10, finger through coin, one-handed and two-handed handling, hole coin with shell
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 28
Unknown 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 — Volumes I, II, III and IV (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
Unknown 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
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
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
Unknown Clip Steal lifting shell from coin, tabled
 		1990 The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 3) 8
David Neighbors Clip Switch transformation
 		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
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
Unknown 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
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
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
Unknown Purse Palm Morrit grip, separating coin from shell
 		2010 Nanomagias 190
Unknown 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
Unknown Shell Unload Morritt Grip, purse palm
 		2011 Monedas Y Otras Historias 111
Helder Guimarães Coin Shell Nesting Handling
2015 Quarterly (Issue 2 (Spring 2015)) 50
Unknown 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
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
Unknown 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