Coin Magic Tricks

To know how to do coin tricks is a fun skill to have. A few easy coin handling sleights will allow you to do hundreds of magic tricks and vanishes.

You, the magician, can have an amazing amount of fun performing a great variety of clever tricks with these little coins or a money note which make them both a good choice for impromptu tricks due to their availability and the fact that they are very portable.

There are a lot of very good gimmicked coins available which have been tailor made to make achieving the seemingly impossible a lot easier for the magician.

However there is nothing to beat the importance of just using raw skill and a little practice to perform  a convincing performance with normal unmodified coins.

Half dollars or quarters or indeed any coin from any country can be used to dazzling effect with some of the many helpful  sleights revealed in this coin handling tutorial.

What is an important consideration, though is pairing up coins of a size that fit your hand and that you are comfortable working with.

If they are too big or too small then that could make their handling a
lot more difficult than working with a suitable match.

A popular coin is the US half dollar although each individual will have their own preference.

When it comes to doing sleights such as a knuckle roll, you could even use poker chips which for a lot of people might be easier, due to the larger size of the chips.

As well as being a lot of fun to perform, the beauty of performing with coins is that it is accessible to all ages and skill levels from kids to grands parents to pro level.

Therefore there is no excuse, not to take a few minutes to learn an easy coin trick as you never know when it could come in useful to add some well deserved excitement to a boring moment.

 Two of the most reliable sources of information for learning magic are The Royal Road To Card Magic for those people interested in cardistry and Modern Coin Magic By J.B. Bobo which is a great repository for all things coin magic related.

Both these titles can be easily sourced in both, physical book form and digital download from most good magic suppliers.