55 entries in Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Cigarette, Pencil, ... through Coin
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ernest W. Brady You Son of a Witch coin is pierced with pin and is unharmed again
Aug. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 392)
397
Paul Morris Nail Through Half Dollar (originally from Hugard's Magic Monthly)
1966 478
Bob Ostin A Routine for the "Pencil Through the Penny" with small piece of paper
1968 50
Lin Searles Thru A Quarter
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
674
David Stahl Nickel-Load-E-In cigarette through marked coin, coin then vanishes and appears inside sealed envelope
1978 16
Karrell Fox Poka-Cola bet: getting cigarette into bottle while spectator hold coin on its mouth, penetration
1979 55
Mark Weston Hong Kong Coin Visible Release chinese coin penetrates pencil
Nov. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 11)
942
Michael Ammar Pencil Thru Quarter
VariationsAlso published here 1980 2
Fred C. Baumann Knife Through Coin
July 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 7)
513
Jim Sutton, Tom Craven Poor Man's Pencil Thru' Quarter paper napkin cover
May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
635
Bob Chesbro Cigarette Thru Quarter
1982 16
Ross Bertram Hole-y Smoke using coin with hole
1983 199
Stephen Tucker The Hole Idea after cigarette through coin, coin is moved on coin, half of hole remains on rim
1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
22
Derek Dingle New Wave Cigarette Through Quarter
Winter 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)
392
Ben Harris Silver Through Silver spoon handle penetrates coin, then coin vanishes
1985 94
Michael Rubinstein Cigarette-Through-Coin Clean-Up
Sep. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9)
1257
Mike Gallo I'd Rather Switch beginning for cigarette through coin, coin is apparently taken from a handful of change
1989 450
Bob King Cig Through Quarter Get Away
1989 18
Gary Ouellet The Anxiety Factor cigarette through coin
1990 315
Rocco Silano Cigarette Through Quarter
1990 65
David Williamson Kung Fu Quarter
Inspired byAlso published here 1990 ca. 3
Michael Ammar Pencil Thru Quarter
Also published here 1991 161
Michael Ammar Trade Show Climax coin permanently stuck on pencil
Variations 1991 166
David Williamson Pencil Thru Quarter Finesse extraction move
1991 283
Wylee Packer Q(uarter)-Tips Q-Tips through quarter
July 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 7)
2242
Michael Close, Karrell Fox Ruthless Peephole combining cigarette through quarter routine by Karrell Fox and Dan Harlan's Card-toon
1994 28
Jackie McClements Softmint just a hole in coin as gaff
1994 8
Jim Artle Cigarette Through Quarter with marked coin, coin then vanishes and ends up between layers of matchbook
Nov./Dec. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 6 No. 32)
369
Tommy Wonder Cigarette Through Quarter: A Handling
1996 257
Tom Stone Zen and the Art of Fooling Colleagues magician's joke, cigarette through coin with chinese coin, sucker
1996 45
Michael Kaminskas Target Practice karate coin with pencil, as a climax coin permanently stuck on pencil
Inspired by 1996 85
Bob King Pen Through Quarter with sleeving
Also published here 1996 4
Richard Sanders Sanders on The Belanger Cigarette Through Quarter using Paul Belanger Cigarette Through Quarter by Camirand Academy of Magic
May/June 1996
The Magic Menu (Vol. 6 No. 35)
406
Joe Rindfleisch Above-Board Pencil Through Coin
Aug. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 8)
2829
Steve Beam Leftovers on mindspring website, 4F, Allan Slaight, Les Berry, Noel Coughlin, Doug Canning, Mike Beam, tip on Cigarette through Quarter by Mike Gallo, Abacus, Bill Robinson
1997 1284
Bob King Two-Bit Bic-Traction pen through quarter with sleeving
Also published here Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
68
Joshua Jay Paintbrush Penetration Paintbrush and coin routine - coin vanishes and appears, paintbrush disappears and jumps behind ear, finally paintbrush penetrates coin
Variations 1999 135
Don Alan Burning Sensation (Cigarette Through Quarter)
2000 27
Joshua Jay Paintbrush Penetration paintbrush and coin routine: coin vanishes and appears, paintbrush disappears and jumps behind ear, finally paintbrush penetrates coin, updated handling
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 7)
93
Bob King Pen Through Quarter with sleeving
Also published here 2003 3
David Williamson Pencil Pusher
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 3
Jon Allen The Hole pen through coin, with a ring
2003 2
Derek Dingle New Wave Cigarette Through Quarter using flap coin and coin with just a hole
2004 11
Michael Rubinstein Marked Bill Through Coin
Also published here June 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 6)
24
Bob Ostin Spectator's Choice Coin Penetration coin of any denomination is given to the performer and penetrated with a pencil
Variations
  • "Spectator's Choice Coin Penetration" in "Abracadabra" Nr. 2355. March, 1991.
2005 85
Miguel Ángel Gea Hole Stretched to Infinite pen through coin, then hole in made bigger until coin is gone
  • No Sleeves Variant
2005 (ca.) 12
Anthony Owen The Amazing Karate Pencil Of Death coin through pencil
Also published here 2007 31
Miguel Gómez La moneda atravesada por la aguja (Magia para economias remendadas), coin is pierced with a needle
2007 69
Curtis Kam The lesson of the Cigarette through Quarter
2015 14
Anthony Owen The Amazing Karate Pencil of Death coin through pencil
Also published here 2017 99
Joaquín Navajas Cigarillo a través de la moneda cigarette through coin
2019 109
Michael Rubinstein Signed Bill Through Coin
VariationsAlso published here 2020 299
Michael Rubinstein Display Position for cigarette through coin type routines
2020 301
Michael Rubinstein Three Quarters of a Trick combination of Smiley Jr., Bent Coin Routine, Bill Through Coin
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Penguin Two Live lecture, 2016
2020 309
Joshua Jay Paintbrush Penetration paintbrush and coin routine: coin vanishes and appears, paintbrush disappears and jumps behind ear, finally paintbrush penetrates coin, updated handling
Inspired byAlso published here 2022 1247