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A popular and much varied plot in coin magic wherein a quantity of coins (usually four) is placed on a table, then penetrates to the underside, falling into the magician's hand or a receptacle such as a glass. More often than not the coins are "magically" pushed through the table one after the other, and typically under increasingly challenging conditions. Magicians commonly associated with the plot include [[Slydini]], [[Al Baker]], [[Albert Goshman]] and [[Dai Vernon]], each of whom established prototypical approaches. | A popular and much varied plot in coin magic wherein a quantity of coins (usually four) is placed on a table, then penetrates to the underside, falling into the magician's hand or a receptacle such as a glass. More often than not the coins are "magically" pushed through the table one after the other, and typically under increasingly challenging conditions. Magicians commonly associated with the plot include [[Slydini]], [[Al Baker]], [[Albert Goshman]] and [[Dai Vernon]], each of whom established prototypical approaches. | ||
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| + | * '''Kangaroo Coins''' by [[Dai Vernon]]. Published in the original [[Stars of Magic]] series (Series 2, #4), then later reprinted in the bound volume (Tannen's, 1975). Vernon's original method of passing four coins, one after the other, through a table into a glass. | ||
| + | * '''Albert Goshman Presents Coins Thru The Table'''. Third in a series of one-trick manuscripts released by [[Albert Goshman]] in the late-1960s. | ||
| + | * [[The Silver Passage]] by [[Gary Ouellet]]. Published in 1980 as part of the [[Masters of Magic]] series (Volume 1, #3). Four coins are introduced, then a small, round mirror (of the kind one might find in a make-up compact) is placed on the table, whereupon each of the four coins penetrates the mirror and table, arriving in the magician's waiting hand on the underside. The last coin penetrates by means of the Hirata Master Move (created by Japanese magician, [[Haruhito Hirata]]), whereby the coin, held in full view at the magician's fingertips, disappears in the blink of an eye as it's brought down to the mirror. | ||
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Revision as of 20:20, 19 July 2008
A popular and much varied plot in coin magic wherein a quantity of coins (usually four) is placed on a table, then penetrates to the underside, falling into the magician's hand or a receptacle such as a glass. More often than not the coins are "magically" pushed through the table one after the other, and typically under increasingly challenging conditions. Magicians commonly associated with the plot include Slydini, Al Baker, Albert Goshman and Dai Vernon, each of whom established prototypical approaches.
Routines in Print Published as Separate Manuscripts
- Kangaroo Coins by Dai Vernon. Published in the original Stars of Magic series (Series 2, #4), then later reprinted in the bound volume (Tannen's, 1975). Vernon's original method of passing four coins, one after the other, through a table into a glass.
- Albert Goshman Presents Coins Thru The Table. Third in a series of one-trick manuscripts released by Albert Goshman in the late-1960s.
- The Silver Passage by Gary Ouellet. Published in 1980 as part of the Masters of Magic series (Volume 1, #3). Four coins are introduced, then a small, round mirror (of the kind one might find in a make-up compact) is placed on the table, whereupon each of the four coins penetrates the mirror and table, arriving in the magician's waiting hand on the underside. The last coin penetrates by means of the Hirata Master Move (created by Japanese magician, Haruhito Hirata), whereby the coin, held in full view at the magician's fingertips, disappears in the blink of an eye as it's brought down to the mirror.
