Coin Roll Knuckle Trick

A quick tutorial to demonstrate how to roll a coin across your knuckles.

This coin flourish is commonly seen being used by magicians and even by poker players using poker chips and can be a big attraction.

Preparation: There is little preparation required other than choosing the right size and weight of coin to suit the size of your knuckles to perform the trick.

The flipping of the coin from finger to finger is assisted by gravity and so a coin with a little weight such as a silver half dollar can help produce a smooth flowing movement.

Method : Start with a coin balanced on your thumb pad and slide the coin onto your first finger at the part of the finger nearest the knuckle.

The hand should be held so that the finger joints that are balancing the coin are facing horizontally upwards.

To start the coin roll, a coin ( large coins are easier to worth with such as a half dollar or similar sized coin ) should be held between thumb and first finger as shown in photo.

The coin is then pushed up by the thumb so that it flips over onto the first finger.

Second finger is raised and lowered slightly to clip the coin and flip it over so that it lands on the second finger.

This move is assisted by raising the first finger as the second finger is lowering to help complete the flip.

The same routine should be used to flip the coin from second to third finger.

And again until coin is pinched between fourth finger and pinky.

Thumb is then reached over to push the coin against underside of fingers and slide it across to its starting position.

Coin is seen balancing on thumb ready to start sequence again.

Now to transfer the coin from the first to middle finger, first lower and raise the middle finger so that it pinches the side of the coin flipping it over from first to middle finger.

Repeat this action with the next finger so that the coin flips on to it.

With the coin balanced on the finger next to the little finger. Place little finger on top of the coin and slide the coin under your fingers far enough along so that you can grip it with your thumb.

The thumb can then continue sliding the coin around on to the top of the first finger again. You can then repeat the cycle as many times as you like.

I hope that this explanation has made it clear to you how to make a coin roll across your knuckles. Good luck.

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