Hand

142 entries in Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Hand
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T. Nelson Downs V. Kunststück mit zwei Münzen two coins, they travel from hand to hand in various combinations
 		May 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 5)
69
Nelson Hahne Deviating Dime dime placed on performer's closed hand, covered with half dollar, dime penetrates hand
 		1930
Here's Magic
50
A Coin Through the Hand back of hand
 		1935
Coin Magic
15
Bob Hummer A Rare Coin Stunt coin in closed fist, other hand on top, quick upward motion and coin lies on top of fist
VariationsAlso published here 1941
Six More Hummers
11
Laurie Ireland Through the Palm
1942
Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks
31
Harry Baker Penny-Tration seven pennies counted in spectator's hand, one penetrates it
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 3)
11
Eddie Joseph The Penetration Change coin through hand as secret switch
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
28
Eddie Joseph The Repeat Coin Trick marked coin penetrates into left fist, repeated a few times, then coin travels into spectator's pocket which is loaded during routine
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
71
Nelson Hahne Dime Through Hand
Related to 1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
145
William S. Houghton Another Shell Coin Routine penny coin through hand, coin becomes two pennies, one changes into a quarter, another quarter produced, coin vanishes from spectator's hand, dull/shiny double-headed coin
 		1943
The Magic 36
47
Tom Sellers The Penetrative Coins four coins penetrate the hand one by one
 		1943
Twenty Tricks
15
3. Die Durchdringung der Materie coin penetrates hand, with matchbook
 		1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1)
12
John Ramsay Coin Through Hand
1948
John Ramsay's Cylinder and Coins
19
Don Tanner Coin Thru the Hand two methods (sticky and sleeving)
 		Aug./Sep. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
10
Ross Bertram The Porous Paw
Variations 1951
Stars of Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
135
Bob Hummer A Rare Coin Stunt coin in closed fist, other hand on top, quick upward motion and coin lies on top of fist
Also published here 1952
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952)
5
Ross Bertram, Clyde Cairy, Through the Hand three methods a. Inside out (Clyde Cairy Method) b. through the fist, rubbing c. Inside out (Ross Bertram Method)
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
66
Coin through Hand
1952
Modern Coin Magic
183
John Ramsay Coin through Hand with extra coin
 		1952
Modern Coin Magic
185
J. B. Bobo Routine No. 1 With a Single Coin
1952
Modern Coin Magic
341
Eddie Joseph Slow Penetration Through Hand repeated
 		1952
Tricks for Informal Occasions
34
Fay Smith Follow Up on Hummer's Rare Coin Stunt coin penetrates from back of the hand into fist, reversed Hummer effect
Inspired by 1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
14
Tommy Vanderschmidt No Rivet coins through hand, covered by match box drawer, cap and pence variation
 		Oct. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 291)
1163
Harry Baker Penny-Tration seven pennies counted in spectator's hand, one penetrates it
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
36
Edward Marlo Hand Penetration wrapped in paper
 		1957
Coining Magic
17
Fred Kaps Coin Through Hand penny is put on back of closet hand and covered with a silver dollar, penny penetrates hand
 		1960 (ca.)
Kaps on Coins
5
Tony Kardyro X Change half Dollar and Quarter change places, then both penetrate hand
 		Apr. 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 12)
54
Milton Kort Magnetic Stack of Quarters
1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
457
John Mulholland The Mulholland Box cross-breeding of Okito and Al-'N-Nate
  • To Cause Six Coins to Disappear Inside A Closed Box
  • To Return The Six Coins to the Box
  • Coin Penetrating Box and Hand
  • Another Coin Penetration
 		1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
491
Milton Kort Paul Fox Coin Cups Routine coins penetrate cup and hand, then cup penetrates and coins remain
 		1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
495
Milton Kort, Walter Wilson, Ron Bauer The O-Korto Box Routine coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain, two routines
Related toVariations 1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
497
Stewart Judah "Mystic Coins" Routine coins and chrome cap
Also published here 1966
The New Modern Coin Magic
506
Tony Slydini One Coin Routine many phases, featuring lapping vanishes, retrievals, hand penetration
  • Slydini "Touches"
VariationsAlso published here 1966
Slydini Encores
35
Jack Ganson German Box Routine six pennies penetrate hand and handkerchief
 		1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
57
Dan Tong Perambulating Coins various travels and hand penetration with penny and nickle, using gimmick with penny/nickle glued together
 		1969
HEX!
70
Eddie Joseph Crash Entry empty left hand wrapped in handkerchief with rubber band around wrist, coins in right hand slapped against wrapped hand, coins penetrate handkerchief and hand into left hand
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
86
Jules Lenier Triple Penetration coin through hand, three phases
 		1970
Triple Penetration
2
Tom Fitzgerald Penny-Tration one of three coins penetrates hand, moving two coins quickly to produce optical illusion of third coin
 		Nov. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 39)
237
Horace E. Bennett Marked Coin Thru Hand three times, with extra coin
 		Dec. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 43)
267
George Sands Coins Through Hand two coins one back of closed fist penetrate hand, one by one
 		1971 ca.
Sandslide
10
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
Tony Kardyro Stand Up Quarter and Half Penetration quarter and half penetrate back of performer's hand
 		1973
Close-up Cavalcade
96
Jochen Zmeck Durch die Hand two phases, first phase as in Genii
Inspired by
  • Loyd, Genii magazine
 1974
Das Zmeckt!
14
Tenkai Ishida Penetrating Coin hand on knee, coin penetrates hand
Also published here
  • Tenkai's "My Fifty Years In Magic"
 1974
The Magic of Tenkai
76
Al Schneider Dynamic Coin one coin routine
 		1975
Al Schneider On Coins
87
Scotty York A Triple Penetration of a Coin Through the Hand three times, two coins
Variations 1975
Coins
3
John Ramsay Coin Through Hand
1975
Coins
3
Jerry Mentzer Penny thru Hand penny grows to dollar-sized penny during hand penetration
 		1975
Super Cents
7
Derek Dingle Coins Thru the Hand
  • Stand-Up Coins Thru The Table
  • In The Spectator's Hand Version (coins penetrate performer's hand and drop into spectator's hand)
 		1976
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #4)
924
Tony Slydini Applying the Moves short coin routine, vanish, reproduction and through the hand
 		1976
The Best of Slydini ...and More
28
Tony Slydini Another Routine short coin routine, vanish, reproduction and through the hand
 		1976
The Best of Slydini ...and More
28
Tony Slydini One Coin Routine eleven phases, featuring lapping vanishes, retrievals, hand penetration
Related toAlso published here 1976
The Best of Slydini ...and More
70
Darion Sagan, Philip T. Goldstein Half Through coin through hand
 		Aug. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 12)
452
Anath Viswanathan Coin Through Hand same movement as reference
Inspired by June 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 10)
591
Ross Bertram The Porous Paw
1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
16
Ross Bertram Through the Hand
1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
21
Ross Bertram A Penny-Tration extra coin
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
30
Ross Bertram The Penetrating Coin - Method #2
1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
31
Bobby Bernard, Bob Hummer The Hummer Coin Penetration
1978
Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic
22
Lewis Ganson Coin through Box and Hand
1978
A new look at the Okito Box
8
Coin Through Hand
  • ....and back again
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
146
Bob Hummer A Rare Coin Stunt coin in closed fist, other hand on top, quick upward motion and coin lies on top of fist
VariationsAlso published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
19
Steve Beam Through the Hand through back of hand into glass
 		1981
Steve Beam On Coins — Volume I
55
Phillip Young Up Through the Slot coin through back of the hand
 		1982
Fingers don't Entertain, People Do
67
Stephen Tucker Blood-Money coin through hand, then blood appears on coin
 		Jan. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 9)
170
Paul Brignall Suckered coin vanish and coin through hand, sucker element
 		Mar. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11)
206
William Goldman Coined three coins penetrate hand one by one
 		Apr. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 12)
222
John Carney The Particle Push coin through hand, several phases
 		Mar. 1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 7)
60
Stephen Tucker Yippee! coin through hand or table, with a coin half
 		Mar. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 23)
441
Mike Gallo Making Change - Backward silver dollar kicker
 		June 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 6)
929
John M. Bauman Back Handed three coins penetrate back of hand
 		Nov. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 11)
989
Michael Weber Coin Through Spectator's Hand seven coins counted into spectator's hand, one magically removed, sticky
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1984
Side Effects
[3]
Mike Gallo More Than a Penetration coin penetrates hand three times, then coin grows in two step
Inspired by 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
104
David Roth Coins Through Hand coins penetrate coin box and hand
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
231
Stewart Judah Mystic Coins coins and chrome cap
Also published here July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
157
Michael Weber Coin Through Spectator's Hand seven coins counted into spectator's hand, one magically removed, sticky
Also published here 1985
Seminarheft
[4]
Larry Jennings The Chinese Connection in spectator's hand where they change into chinese as a climax
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
75
Hank Miller Added Touch coin through Specatator's hand with nice subtlety
 		Dec. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 12)
1581
Gary Kurtz Coin Through the Hand
  • Coin Through Hand Vanish
 		1988
Accumulations
7
Bruce Berkowitz The Upsy-Daisy Change through the fist
 		Dec. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 12)
1725
Bob Hummer Slap Coin No. 9, coin in closed fist, other hand on top, quick upward motion and coin lies on top of fist
Also published here 1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
12
Bruce Elliott Slap Coin Variation several coins penetrate from inside fist to top
Inspired by 1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
13
Gary Kurtz Variation on Ramsey's Coin Through the Hand
1989
Full Frontal Assault
10
Michael Close Chicken Teryaki coin through hand, c/s transpo
 		1993
Workers Number 3
89
Fred Kaps Münze durch den Handrücken small coin penetrates fist, using bigger coin
 		1993
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 55 No. 2)
27
Steve Draun An Okito Favorite coins penetrate hand, spectator cannot place coins into box, box penetrates hand and coins remain
Inspired by May 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 9)
58
Through the Hand
1994
Steel and Silver
85
Ray Kosby Coin Thru Hand With Conservation of Linear Momentum
1994
Tricks
8
Mike Bornstein Ultra Coin Penetration stack of coin through hand of performer, rolled bill as cover tube
 		1994
"Eye Popper" Money Magic Book #5
54
Karl Norman The Coin Collection copper and silver coins change places with silver coin, twice, coins travel to empty box, climax: coins pentrate the hand
 		1995
40 Years at the Forks
30
Anthony Davis Skin Graft pealing of some skin, also to remove a coin from under skin
 		Mar. 1995
The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 1)
5
David Acer Through the Hand into glass
 		1995
Natural Selections
42
Felix Farrell Back to the Future coin penetrates back of the hand and appears inside closed fist
 		1995
Aus dem Effeff...
92
Ray Kosby Jumbo Coin Thru Hand jumbo coin and half dollar switch places
 		Feb. 1995
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 9)
1
Paul Cummins Multiple Choice
1996
from a shuffled deck in use... Part Two
32
Paul Cummins Pitchin' Penetration with dollar kicker, backclip, clean
 		1996
from a shuffled deck in use... Part Two
34
Milton Kort Okito Less Box Routine with invisible Okito box, four coins through hand
 		1997
L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians
27
Paul Cummins Pitchin' Penetration half dollar through performer's hand three times, second half dollar appears, they change into a single silver dollar
 		July 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 11)
68
Jack Avis Salute to Ramsay metal cap (Oktio box without lid) with four coins, one penetrates hand
 		1998
Vis à Vis
18
Milton Kort Going, Going, Going, gnioG, Gone Coin through hand four times, then vanishes (sequences include those by Felicien Trewey, Jose Frakson)
Inspired by 1999
Kort
151
Milton Kort The Okorto Box Routine Coins in coin box penetrate out through hand, then box penetrates hand
Related to 1999
Kort
209
Milton Kort The Invisible Okito Box Four coins penetrate through hand one by one (presented as Invisible Okito Box for magicians) first published in The New Tops, vol. 34, no. 2, Feb 1994
 		1999
Kort
243
Chuck Smith Cap and Pence
2000
Why Not?
3
Patrik Stenberg The Stenberg Penetration coin through spectator's hand, muscle pass
Also published here Oct. 2002
MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 2)
64
Al Baker Stack of Coins through the Hand
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
740
David Ben Wonder Coin coin through hand, coin above chose card, melts through cards in second phase leaving hole, see also Bob Farmer's "Journey to the Center of the Deck" (Linking Ring Sep. 1983)
 		2003
Tricks
85
Bob Fitch Flipped applications of flipping coin and catching it on hand
  • Phase 1: Production
  • Phase 2: Vanish and Reappearance
  • Phase 3: Feint
  • Phase 4: Mid-air Disappearance and Reproduction
  • Phase 5: Penetration
  • Phase 6: Revolve Penetration
  • Phase 7: Reverse Penetration
  • Phase 8: Crazed
  • Phase 9: Vanish and Reappearance
  • Phase 10: Disappearance and Ditch
  • Phase 11: Reproduction and Jumbo Climax
 		2003
Mystery School
236
Nathan Kranzo "Flesh and Bone?" three coins through hand one by one, they fall into the spectator's hand
 		2003
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 10)
37
Miguel Ángel Gea Coins Through Everything through hand, table and a glass
 		2005 (ca.)
Magic with Coins from the Profound of Madrid
2
Curtis Kam Fourth Verse: Leave 'em Laughing comment on "Thru and Thru", no details
Related to
  • "Thru and Thru" (Curtis Kam, Palms of Steel 3: Silverado)
 2006
Mr. Eclectic
13
Gunnar Bårdsen Down Payment
Inspired by Feb. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)
31
John Ramsay Coin Through Hand
2006
Diverting Coin Magic
42
Ken Krenzel Silver Fist
Apr. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 4)
36
Curtis Kam Coin through Hand
Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
24
John Ramsay The Partial Penetrating Coin coin visibly penetrates hand
 		Nov. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11)
58
John Ramsay Coin Through Hand
Nov. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11)
73
Shiv Duggal Cash in Hand coin through hand, back up, coin vanishes and reappears
  • The First Penetration
  • The Second Penetration
  • The Final Penetration
 		July 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 7)
39
Miguel Ángel Gea A través de la mano coin penetrates hand several times
 		2009
Esencias
155
Ian Kendall Stigmata
  • Part 1: Up
  • Part 2: Down
 		Jan. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 1)
21
Michael Weber Sevin seven coins counted into spectator's hand, one magically removed, sticky
Also published here 2010
The TAOM Intelligencer
[1]
Michael Weber Sevin coin through spectator's hand, clean
Inspired byAlso published here 2011
Knew & Improved
[1]
David Acer Money Flies rope taken out of small purse, four coins produced from rope, then each coin travels into glass, last changes into many smaller coins
Part 1: Cord Coin Holder
Part 2: Flight of the First Coin
Part 3: Flight of the Second Coin
Part 4: Flight of the Third Coin
Part 5: Hands-Free Coin-to-Glass (Richard Sanders)
Part 6: Through the Hand
Part 7: From Pocket to Glass
Part 8: Through the Glass
Part 9: From Another Pocket to Glass
Part 10: The Big Finish
Also published here 2011
More Power to You
93
Michael Weber Sevin seven coins counted into spectator's hand, one magically removed, sticky
Also published here 2011
Denverismilitude
[1]
Michael Weber Sevin seven coins counted into spectator's hand, one magically removed, sticky
Also published here 2011
California Carmageddon
[1]
Michael Weber Sevin coin through spectator's hand, clean
Inspired byAlso published here 2012
Blackpool Twenty Twelve
3
Eric Stevens Lazybones Three coins travel from hand to hand, then penetrate through fist
 		2015
Skybound
17
Jonathan Friedman In Clenched Fist three phases
 		Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
39
Vanni Bossi No Fleshy Barrier large coin through hand
 		2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
132
Vanni Bossi A Simultaneous Turnover and Steal applied to coin through hand and box
Related to
  • David Lederman (MUM, Vol. 54 No. 9, Feb. 1965, p. 432)
 2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
160
Pulling and Pushing a Ball Through the Back of the Hand ball through hand, similar to coin through hand methodology
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
 May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
84
Scott Robinson Carpal Tunnel coin penetrates through hand from inside fist, three phases
  • “Three-Coin Version” (see p. 83)
 		2018
Pure Imagination
78
Scott Robinson Carpal Tunnel (“Three-Coin Version”) three coins placed into fist and one at a time they penetrate out
 		2018
Pure Imagination
83
Ryan Plunkett Magnetic Silver two coins become apparently magnetic, one then travels across from hand to hand
  • Through-the-Hand Cleanup
 		2020
Distilled
65
Carisa Hendrix The Polite Pickpocket five coins in spectator's hand, one vanishes and appears on spectator's shoulder, another vanishes, then four coins penetrate coin box and magician's hand
Inspired by 2020
Magic for BLM
139
Colin Robinson My Ice Pick Is in the Mail coin through performer's hand, three phases, coin apparently stuck in hand in last phase
Inspired by
  • "Carpal Tunnel" (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2019)
  • "Vertical Thumb Palm Muscle Pass" (Tomoya Horiki, DVD Sprout: Ideas for Coin Magic, 2016)
 2020
Magic for BLM
218
John Carney Ramsay Redux coins appear to jump from hat to hand, penetrate hand, reappear in hat, hat full of spring bills
Inspired by
  • "Three Coins In the Hat" (Andrew Galloway, The Ramsay Legend, 1969)
 2020
Sleights & Insights
174
John Carney A Coin Penetrates
2020
Sleights & Insights
185
Patrik Stenberg The Stenberg Penetration coin through spectator's hand, muscle pass
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
126
Jeffrey Wang Coin Through Hand(s) coin visually penetrates the performer's hand from bottom to top, then the spectator's hand
 		June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
64
Coin Through the Hand Interlude
2025
Conover — Volume 3: Cylinder & Coins
50
Tim Conover Vanish of Four Coins one shell, using Lower Finger-Palm Technique
  • Disappearance of the First Coin
    • The Perfect Fake Take Vanish
    • Resisting the Both Hands Empty Desire
    • Cramping the Empty Hand
  • Disappearance of the Second Coin
    • The John Kennedy Steal Sequence
    • The Perfect One-Handed Vanish
  • Disappearance of the Third Coin
    • The Rolling Shuttle Pass
    • Coin Through the Hand Interlude
    • The Ramsay Fake Drop
  • Disappearance of the Fourth Coin
    • Leaving the Coins i n the Left Hand
    • The New Spider Vanish Sequence Alternative
 		2025
Conover — Volume 3: Cylinder & Coins
100
Tim Conover Vanish of Four Coins two shells
 		2025
Conover — Volume 3: Cylinder & Coins
137