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Han Ping Chien was a Chinese magician, who's popularity was peaked during the later part of America's vaudeville era.

It is believed that Han Ping Chien first began to perform magic as a child while in his native China. His act consisted of "The Rice Box", "Multiple Silk Productions", "Appearing Chinese Parasols" and the popular "Production of Water Bowls". Han caused not just one bowl of water to appear, but several tall stacks of bowls.

Following the early successes of Ching Ling Foo, Chung Ling Soo, and and others who toured the world with an Oriental theme to their magic, Han Ping Chien left Asia and set out for Europe and America. With a traveling troupe many believed were made up of only family members, he presented his lavishly decorated Oriental act, always dressed in his native Chinese attire.

Han Ping Chien Coin Move

Han Ping Chien is credited with being the originator of a very popular coin trick, which bears his name. Done with eight coins and a borrowed finger ring, "The Han Ping Chien Coin Trick" fooled close-up audiences for decades. Seated at a table with four Chinese coins in his left hand, and four Chinese coins and the borrowed ring in his right hand, Han Ping Chien would begin his trick. Placing his right hand beneath the table, he would claim that the ring had magical magnetic properties. He would then cause all four coins in his left hand to magically pass through the table, and join the others and the ring. After showing his left hand empty, his right hand was brought above the table and opened. It now contained all eight coins and the borrowed ring. The ring supposedly attracted them all together, as if by magic.

A six coined version of "The Han Ping Chien Coin Trick" is taught in the book "Magic Digest" written by George B. Anderson (1972 - Digest Books Inc., Northfield, Illinois).