A roundup of difficult coin magic: coin tricks that use a variety of techniques.
Among all types of magic, we’ll introduce a classic: magic using coins.
One advantage is that as long as you have some coins, you can perform it almost anywhere, right away.
But did you know that many coin routines are actually quite advanced, often requiring you to master coin-handling techniques?
So in this article, we’ll highlight some of the more difficult tricks from the wide world of coin magic.
Of course, learning the techniques—and performing them naturally within a routine—is no easy task, but we encourage you to master the tricks introduced here and give them a try!
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Summary of difficult coin magic. Coin tricks using various techniques (21–30)
A magic trick where the coin in your hand disappears
Making a coin disappear in your hand is a classic magic trick! It’s simple, yet truly astonishing.
Here are three ways to perform a vanishing coin trick.
To make the coin appear to vanish, you can hide it in your hand, flick it into your sleeve, or drop it onto your lap.
These tricks require technique and practice, but if you keep at it, you’ll succeed—so stick with it patiently.
It’s best to practice in front of a mirror or by recording yourself to make sure the coin isn’t visible to your audience.
Retention Vanish
For those who want to dive into serious magic, I also recommend the retention vanish.
It’s one of the techniques used in coin magic.
First, open your right palm and place a coin onto it with your left hand.
In reality, though, you quickly move your middle finger to return the coin back into your left hand.
At the same time, you close your right hand, and when you open it, it looks as if the coin has disappeared.
There are many variations, so if you’re interested, look them up.
The key is to minimize the time the coin is hidden.
Ultra-simple yet difficult coin vanish
It’s a magic trick where a coin that should be firmly placed in the center of your palm disappears when you open your hand.
The key is how you grip the coin: by holding it with a slight gap, you create a mechanism that lets the coin pop out when you shake your hand.
What matters next is how you catch it—the movement of the gripping hand and the way you layer the other hand cleanly hides the coin that pops out.
If you also pay attention to how you hold it in the catching hand, you can control where the “vanished” coin will reappear, which I highly recommend.
Winged Silver, the coin teleportation
Winged Silver is a coin teleportation magic trick that is a signature piece of American magician David Roth.
Four coins appear to travel one by one to the opposite hand, but the secret is that five coins are actually used.
To perform it, in addition to fundamental coin sleights like the classic palm and finger palm, you’ll also need a technique called the shuttle pass, so it requires more practice than words alone can convey.
However, once you can do it well, it will seem truly baffling.
Also, in this routine, not only the techniques but the patter during performance plays an important role, so be sure to study that aspect as well.
The ring transforms into a coin!
It’s a fascinating magic trick where a coin instantly transforms into a ring and back again, switching rapidly between the two.
The routine is simple—just moving a coin and a ring within your palm—but the way you grip and conceal each item is crucial.
It’s also important to use a ring and coin in the same color; the color uniformity combined with your hand movements makes it harder for the audience to tell whether they’re seeing the coin or the ring.
When performing, be mindful of quick, natural actions that don’t reveal what’s hidden, as well as your eye direction, misdirection, and the angles of your hands.
The coin you had them hold switches
This is a magic trick where you hand someone a coin to hold, lightly tap their hand, and the coin that should have been a silver piece has turned into a copper one.
The key is that after placing the silver coin, you briefly bring it back to your hand, and at that moment you switch it with a copper coin that you had palmed.
By clearly showing the silver coin, you prevent any sense of incongruity when, the next time you place it, it’s hidden by the spectator’s palm.
It’s also important to have them grip the coin in a way that conceals its face, so assist their movements carefully and use hand angles to keep the coin hidden as you perform.
Teleporting Coin Winged Silver
David Roth, a magician renowned as a leading figure in coin magic, devised a routine called Winged Silver.
Let me introduce it.
In this routine, coins are secretly palmed and made to travel from hand to hand.
It’s simple, yet it incorporates a variety of techniques.
For example, the action of apparently receiving a coin from the palm with a hand that is already secretly holding a coin is a technique known as the Shuttle Pass.
First, watch the performance carefully and try to imitate the elegant movements.