Easy Money Tricks Using Coins
There are plenty of easy coin tricks to try. After you have mastered some of these you might even feel like inventing your own. Remember illusions, sleight of hand and misdirection play a large role in these tricks.
Practice this coin ‘sleight of hand trick’ to get you started:
Place a coin between your index and middle finger. The coin shouldn't be visible if your hand is open with your palm up. Now you want to appear to pull the coin out of thin air. You do this by turning your fingers in towards your palm and maneuvering the coin out with your thumb. Practice this in front of a mirror until you can do it quickly and smoothly.
How about the Disappearing Coin trick? One way to make a coin disappear (there are many variations on this trick) is to put your left elbow on the table, with your hand grabbing the back of your neck. With your right hand rub a coin against your arm. Keep the coin covered so the audience can’t see it. Keep rubbing then ‘accidentally’ drop it. Now pick it up with your left hand and pretend to put it in your right hand. Now go back to the starting position, all the while pushing the coin from your left hand into the back of your neck so it sticks there. Show both hands to your audience and the coin has magically disappeared!
Using misdirection you can easily fool your audience with the Palm Vanish trick. Hold a coin in the centre of your left palm. Now pretend to toss the coin into the right hand but all the while it really remains in the original hand. Close your right hand as if you caught the coin. Misdirect your audience while you get rid of the coin from the left hand. Show your palms to the audience – no coin!
Now using your sleight of hand and misdirection techniques, you can try the Coin Bite Trick. Have a prepared coin with one side filed down to look like someone has taken a bite out of it (or buy the prop from the magic store). Have the prepared coin hidden between your thumb and forefinger as in the first example. Ask someone in the audience if you can borrow a quarter or dime (the same as the coin you have prepared). Take the offered coin and secretly switch it with your thumb and forefinger by sliding the volunteer’s coin to the back of your finger. Now bite the prepared coin and show the audience how you have taken a chomp out of their coin!
These are just a few simple coin tricks to get you going. Check out your local magic store or the internet for more easy coin tricks.