Coin Magic Tricks

The anticipated release of  Metal 2 Commanding Coin Magic by Eric Jones and Metal 3 Guide to Gaffed Coin Magic by Eric Jones has been released by Ellusionist last week. With just a few days to go before good ol’ Santa Clause arrives, I’m placing an urgent call to the North Pole to ensure these [...]

I had the opportunity to review and work with Alex Pandrea’s Coin Waltz.  I’ve always liked the Anniversary Waltz Card effect and its refreshing to see a coin magic twist on this classic card effect.  The basic effect is two signed quarters and merged into a single coin in a visual manner.  If you liked [...]

New York Coin Magic Seminar – Methods, Presentations and Performances In a magic market wrought with one-trick DVDs, its refreshing to find products well worth the price and the variety of material.  The New York Coin Magic Seminar series continues to provide value and a variety of coin magic material that is well worth the [...]

The first time I ever experienced that magic “moment” was when I met Dr. Andy at the hospital where my mom worked and he pulled a coin out of my ear, threw it away and made it reappear.  I think I was maybe 6 or 7 years old and that was one of the moments [...]

I received a copy of Therm-O-Chromic by Radek Makar and put some time into learning his latest coin magic trick offering. Watching  the presentation video is impressive let alone learning some of the sleights used to accomplish the changes. What is it? Therm-o-chromic is pocket copper to silver effect that is simply fun to watch [...]

Have you seen the price of a single Morgan Silver dollar? A few years ago I paid about $25 per coin and of course I wanted to do 3 Fly, Coins Across and other variants so I ended up shelling out about $100 for 4 Morgan Silver Dollars.  That’s a lot of coin for a [...]

Last week I received Eric Jone’s latest DVD entitled – Metal by Eric Jones. I was excited to dive into the product as I’ve been a fan of Eric’s material and our discussions on the Magic Cafe.  Metal is targeted towards the novice coin magician but it also has several ideas, effects and sleights for [...]

I’m working on compiling a list of must-have coin magic books and DVDs.  Instead of just providing a bibliography of books, DVDS or a list of magic products, I’d like  your opinion on WHY you recommend these texts. Of course if you have multiple recommendations, just indicate if it is a book or DVD in [...]