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 162
Der Lochthaler No. 10, finger through coin, one-handed and two-handed handling, hole coin with shell
1900 28
The Phantom Coin shell applications, coin travels, coin vanishes
1942/27 122
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 96
Shell Split Move
Related to 1952 274
Erhard Liebenow Turnover Drop move for removing the shell
1969 277
Erhard Liebenow Baffle Drop
1969 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 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 165
Al Schneider Shell Steal Move stealing the shell off a tabled coin under cover of presenting two cards
1980 78
Geoffrey Latta, Derek Dingle From-the-Shell Han Ping Chien Variation brief
Also published here 1981 13
Larry Jennings L.J. Shell Steal
1986 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 26
Eric DeCamps The Stack Steal
1986 19
Eric DeCamps The Pretended Pickup
1986 20
Eric DeCamps The Shell Sneak
1986 22
Eric DeCamps The Retention Pickup
1986 24
Gary Kurtz Coin-on-Shell Drop solid sound, bottom of page
1990 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 148
David Harkey Deadlift Principle lifting the shell off a coin via natural moisture on finger tip
1991 100
Coin shell unnesting shell remains in finger palm when coin is dropped out
1991 5
Dan Strange Purse Palm change shell picked off of coin on back of spectator's hand into Purse Palm
1991 6
Paul Gertner Taking Shell Off under card in Matrix routine
1994 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 55
Karl Fulves Shell Game for magicians, shell dropped onto coin, coin vanishes
1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
18
Shell Unload
Related to 1996 70
Allan Ackerman A Clean Start choreography to have coins examined while holding out shell, magnetic ring
1997 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 13
Allan Ackerman Some Put-Ons getting shell from magnetic Harlin ring onto another coin
- In-Your-Hands-Put-On
- Tabled-Put-On
1997 16
Allan Ackerman A Good Pick-Up coin moved on table, simultaneously shell stolen off another coin, magnetic Harlin ring
1997 19
Richard Bartram, Jr. Transposition Treatment
1997 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 156
David Regal Han Ping Chien with shell
1999 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 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 13
Reed McClintock New World Chink-a-Chink four coins move in four different positions in one hand
2003 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 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 184
Purse Palm Morrit grip, separating coin from shell
2010 190
Un-nesting Sleight Un-nesting shelled coin
2010 64
Al Schneider, Max Nelson Max Al Ping Chen I Chien, coins are put on the table one by one, shell
2011 83
Al Schneider Shell Pick Up behind card
2011 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 28
Luis Piedrahita Unload Move
2011 75
Luis Piedrahita Shell Unload Move while showing coins on table
2011 82
Shell Unload Morritt Grip, purse palm
2011 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 39
Geoffrey Latta Slippery Silver four coins across, shell
2017 82
Geoffrey Latta One-Handed Shell Split Production
Related to 2017 171
Josh Janousky, Charlie Justice Fingertip Deshell shell temporarily sticks to thumb via pressure
Related to
  • "Fingertip Deshell" (Charlie Justice, Covert Coins DVD)
2017 27
Coin shell unnesting
2018 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 399
Charlie Justice Justice De-shell Move
2020 401
Avi Yap Sticky Dislodge Dislodging shell from tabled coin using sticky palm / base of thumb
2021 9
Avi Yap Sticky Dislodge base of thumb picks up shell with natural stickiness
2022 4