Enhance your coin magic techniques and performances with this comprehensive guide.
Join John McLachlan and six fellow magicians from Toronto in this 112-page eBook dedicated to the art of coin magic. The book kicks off with a selection of a dozen easy-to-master Cool Moves, perfect for impressing friends in casual settings like coffee shops. These foundational techniques lead into over a dozen captivating Performance Pieces. Readers are expected to have a basic understanding of coin handling, such as palming, allowing for a focus on advanced techniques without redundancy. Discover remarkable moves detailed within, including the iconic Three Fly using standard silver dollars, a Hopping Halfs effect with regular coins, an astonishing coin transformation, and a narrative involving acrobats reminiscent of Bond films. Experience a thrilling journey where you find yourself perpetually one coin short, culminating in a mesmerizing conclusion as you drift into dreamland, along with other enchanting mysteries.
1st edition 2012, 112 pages.
(All moves and routines are by John McLachlan unless otherwise specified.)
Table of Contents
COOL MOVES
- Victory Vanish
- Victory Coin Switch
- Victory Click Pass (Two methods)
- Thumb Down Coin Production
- Push-off Shuttle Pass
- Shuttle Touchdown
- Tip-up Coin Switch
- Twirl Change
- (James Alan) A Pretty Spellbound Change
- (Luiz Castro) Speed Vanish
- (Luiz Castro) Castro Switch
PERFORMANCE PIECES
- Two Coins in the Hand
- As Time Goes By – Words for Two Coins
- Coin through Glass
- Parkour Monsieur
- All that Glitters
- (James Alan) Start and Finish with Silver Dollars
- (Ariel Frailich) The Five-Second Coin Trick
- (David Peck) Magneto
- (David Peck) The Center Folds
- (Luiz Castro) Three Fly
- (Luiz Castro) Three Coin Change
- (Mysterion) Charon’s Change
- (Phil Pivnik) One Coin Short
- As Dreamland Approaches
- Bibliography