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Will Goldston's trick of passing a coin through his sleeve. Coin magic is the manipulating of coins to entertain audiences. [1] Because coins are small, most coin tricks are considered close-up magic or table magic, as the audience must be close to the performer to see the effects. Though stage conjurers generally do not use coin effects, coin ...
Coin manipulation is the art of manipulating coins in skillful flourishes, usually on or around the hands. [1] Although not always considered coin magic, the flourishes are sometimes used in magic shows. The difficulty of the trick ranges greatly, from some that take a few minutes to accomplish, to much more complex ones that can take months ...
Miser's Dream [1] is a magic routine where the magician produces coins from the air (and often other places) and drops them into a receptacle they are holding, usually a metal bucket. [2] It has also been called "Aerial Treasury". It was invented in the 19th century and popularized by T. Nelson Downs circa 1895.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a magic competition television series in which magicians perform tricks in front of American magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller.Its first two seasons were hosted by Jonathan Ross, the third through ninth seasons were hosted by Alyson Hannigan and the tenth season by Brooke Burke.
The okito box is a cylindrical box fitted to the size of a coin, used to perform coin magic. Invented by Tobias Bamberg, better known by the stage name Okito, who first discovered the effect using a pill box for indigestion tablets. In effect, one or more coins placed in the box seems to vanish, appear and penetrate the box.
By 1897, Downs concentrated only on the coin tricks – a rare specialization at that time, and established himself in vaudeville, which was a popular avenue for magicians. The success of Downs career allowed him to get booked into Tony Pastor 's New York theatre, and to London 's Palace Theatre soon after that.
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William Chaloner (1650 – 22 March 1699) [1] [2] was a serial counterfeit coiner and confidence trickster, who was imprisoned in Newgate Prison several times and eventually proven guilty of high treason by Sir Isaac Newton, Warden of the Royal Mint.