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Celebrity magician Matt Wayne reveals the secrets behind 22 coin tricks in these Howcast videos.
Transcript Let’s go over the thumb palm, another wonderful coin concealment. Take a look. Showing the left hand empty, then you’re able to pluck a coin out of the air. Unlike the classic palm which is held right here, the thumb palm is where the coin is clipped here, between your thumb and pointer finger, …
Transcript Hi guys. This is Matt Wayne. Some of you may remember me from a couple years ago. I did some Howcast videos a while back and I’m happy to be back in the studio, filming the Coin Magic series this time around. And I hope to bring you many more in the future. How …
Transcript So you’d like to learn more about magic, huh? Specifically coin magic. Well, I can help you. Here’s a secret that I’ve learned over the years. Practictioners of the art of magic over the years have secretly, and cleverly concealed their secrets in books. So what does that mean to you? Take a trip …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to produce a coin from two cards. And, what’s going to happen, or what you’ll see, is the two cards are shown. And then, out of the middle of those two cards a coin will appear. Looks like this. Card number one is shown. That’s the seven of …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to do a Four Coin Flourish. Now what flourish is, is not necessarily a magic trick, but it gives your coin magic perhaps a much needed flair. As you can see, coins are nice displayed in my hands. Now we’re going to start small with this, and we’re …
Transcript Hello, this is the “Coin through table” trick. Take a look. It’s a real fun trick to do when you’re out at a restaurant. Just take a coin and find the soft spot in the table by knocking around. Did you know that every table has a soft spot? Bet you didn’t know that. …
Transcript Here’s a great trick that you can do with a borrowed quarter. All you have to do is borrow a quarter from someone, put it in your hand, and you’re going to show them that you have superhuman strength by rubbing on that coin. Just rub, rub, rub, rub, and push down on the …
Transcript I’m going to show you how to make a coin appear, just using your hands. Watch one hand. Shown empty, closed, watch. Just give a magical gesture, perhaps a little snap. And look. A coin appears. It works by a contraction of the muscles in your right hand, or your left hand, if you’re …
Transcript Here’s a wonderful coin concealment that you may want to add to your repertoire. It’s called the Downs Palm, popularized by T. Nelson Downs. It looks like this if you want to actually produce a coin, which, I happen to see one right over here. We can pluck it out of the air. The …
Transcript Let’s now go over the ‘Back Palm’. Another wonderful coin concealment that you can use to make a coin either appear or disappear, out of thin air. It looks like this. Let’s make a coin disappear. Taking that coin and, watch, with a wave of the hand, cause that coin to disappear. To make …
Transcript This is how the back clip looks in performance. Taking that coin, tossing the coin up in the air by moving the hands up. Watch. One, two, three. The coin has vanished. To make it reappear, one, two, three. Making the coin appear again. How this works is simple. Your pointer finger comes around …
Transcript Parlez vous francais? Oui, oui. Je suis le magicien And right now, we’re going to show you the tourniquet vanish, or commonly known as the French drop vanish, which is one of the oldest coin vanishes in print. Let’s actually take a look at it here. I’m going to take coin, and we’ll make …
Transcript Let’s do The Thumb Palm Coin Vanish, right now. All you need is a coin and a hand. Watch. I’ll just make a couple passes over this coin. And, hopefully, that coin has vanished. Making it reappear is very simple. Voila. The secret to this vanish is in the title. The Thumb Palm. Which, …
Instructions Step 1: Hold the coin Hold the coin vertically between your thumb and the side of your index finger. Keep the rest of you fingers closed. Step 2: Drop the coin Drop the coin in the palm of same that’s holding it and lead your audience’s eye away from the trick with a flourish …
Transcript Now it’s time for you to learn the tunnel bench. It’s a really quick, simple and easy coin vantage which just uses one coin. Here’s how it looks. The coin is held right there in the hand like that. The hand comes over and pushes the coin farther into the left hand fast. Turn …
Instructions Step 1: Set up the trick Take the one hand with the coin and quickly tap it on the opposite palm simulating the appearance that you’ve dropped the coin in that hand. Step 2: Execute the illusion Simultaneously close the palm of your dummy hand while retaining the coin in your original hand, shielding …
Transcript Hey, it’s time to show you a really cool vanish, it’s called the pinch vanish. All you need is a coin and your hand. The coin is held in the hand like this, the hand comes over, grabs the coin, watch. You can squeeze that coin into oblivion and it’s gone. That’s pinch vanish. …
Transcript Here’s a wonderful way of making a coin vanish, using either a napkin, or in this tutorial case, a men’s handkerchief. The coin is held in the left hand, whisked over the hand like that, give it a little blow and that coin has vanished. … I’m going to teach it to you without …
Transcript This is one of my personal favorite coin tricks, The coin through pocket. Four coins are shown, put into the hand, and then put down into the pocket. Taking a look right here, I think I actually left a hole in it, because you can actually remove a coin, hopefully without any holes. Now, …
Transcript Here’s a great trick to perform when you’re out and about with friends. It will really blow their mind. Take a look. It’s the coin through hand trick. I’m going to cause this coin to go down through the top of my hand. Now what I have to do is I have to find …
Transcript Did you ever walk past a gumball machine, reach in your pocket, pull out some change and you had everything but a quarter? Well, not to worry anymore because I’m going to show you the penny to quarter trick. Here’s my penny. Watch. Just a little magical pass over that penny, and it changes …
Transcript Here’s a great way of making a coin appear out of thin air. This is thin air and I think I see a coin. Oh, it’s right in front of me. Oh, there we go. That’s a coin from thin air. All you have to do is have a half dollar secretly concealed in …
Transcript Alright. This is the Appearing Coin From Handkerchief. Or, if you’re out at a bar, you can also use a cocktail napkin. Take the handkerchief or the napkin and show completely empty. Both sides, like that. Take your left hand. Put it underneath the handkerchief. Go like this. Give a little shimmy, shimmy, shimmy …
Transcript Not everything that you see or learn in magic is going to be used to fool someone. Some things are known as utility moves. Now, the Change-Over Pass, for instance, is one of those moves. Where I take a coin and I toss it to the left hand. But, what you see as one …
