coin trick

Sleight of hand

A coin trick is a sleight-of-hand illusion performed with coins—making them appear, vanish, multiply, or pass through solid objects.

The genre includes classics like pulling a coin from behind someone's ear or making one travel invisibly from hand to hand.

He learned a few coin tricks to entertain his nieces.

Related

illusion · quarter · penny · silver · fingers · dexterity · flourish · reveal · audience · prestidigitation · misdirection · thumb · knuckle · roll · flip · gimmick · shell · double

Categories
Opposites
type of magic prop

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Illusion using playing deck

rope trick · mentalism · levitation · cup and ball · linking rings

scale of illusion

coin trickstage illusion

Planned theatrical deception

grand illusion · disappearing act · levitation · escape act · sawing in half

Family

coin, trick, coins, coined, coining, coinage, tricks, tricked, tricking

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G