Coins are the perfect magical objects. Ordinary, recognizable, easily available, and visible. Coin magic can appeal to any audience. These are my Top 8 coin tricks available at Penguin Magic!
8. Moneyball by Nathan Kranzo
Produce a quarter and it transforms into a bouncy ball at the fingertips. You can then bounce it to your audience to be examined and played with. My kids love this. I’ve picked up a couple of extra gimmicks to teach friends and neighbors so they can perform for the neighborhood kids.
7. FLIP by Wes Iseli
If you could predict the future you might prove it with the toss of a coin. Flip gives you the ability to predict a coin toss and so much more. You can also predict your audience’s actions, and decisions. This is an incredible piece of mentalism you can keep in your pocket and use casually or on stage. It's that versatile. Oh and not only did this Fool Penn and Teller, they ended up adding it to their show!
6. Bitcoin
When I first saw David blaine perform this on television my head exploded. Seeing him take a bite out of a metal coin was so visceral. Then when he spit the coin back together I swear I could see the molten metal reshape itself into a coin at the fingertips. This is one of the most visual coin tricks of all time, and it’s almost self working!
5. Super Sucker by Rizki Nanda
Change a coin into a sucker and hand it out. I think you could do an hour-long walk-around gig with just this trick. Kids love it! Produce a coin, change it into a sucker, and hand it out.
4. The Raven Starter Kit by Chuck Leach
This was another incredible coin trick I first saw performed by David Blaine. You can make a coin vanish from a spectator’s hand! I remember receiving it for the first time and being blown away by how each component worked together to create an utterly fooling vanish with your fingers spread.
3. JT Vanish by Jeffrey Wang
Jeffrey showed this to me live at Magic Live and it blew my mind. Later that year he came to our penguin MAXX convention in Culver city and he fried us all over and over and over again. Jeffrey’s coin work is incredible and worth paying attention to. Watching his coin magic is like watching camera tricks in real life.
2. Impression Vanish by Peter Boie
This is another utterly fooling coin vanish but for me it's the practicality that really blows me away. Everything you need can sit in your pocket until you are ready to perform. When you are ready, it’s super easy to do! If you pick this up you’ll carry it with you everywhere.
1. Pretty Penny by Michael John
This is just the most amazing piece of coin magic I have ever seen. A coin visibly levitates through solid glass. The bottle can then be handed out for examination and kept as an impossible object. They’ll never be able to get the coin out! This method feels as magical as the trick itself and the trick is absolutely amazing!
