Exposing My Ignorance

Nov 5, 2009
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There is a coin trick I have seen but I do not know it's name. Please forgive me if this trick is hated or somehow looked down upon, I just want to know the name of it.

The trick is performed as follows. The victim is told to hold a coin in his/her hand. They are told to close their hand as fast as they can. The magician readys their own hand. When the magician says "go" the victim closes his/her hand, but, when they open it again, they are holding a different coin; the magician now has the original coin the victim were supposed to clutch in the magician's hand. I admit, that's a poor description, but I hope it's good enough.

The trick was also shown in the movie Bloodsport with Jean-Claude Van Damme, in which he used the trick to "win" a woman away from a rival.

I admit I am curious how this is done, but I'll be happy knowing a name for it.
 
Dec 23, 2007
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what you are referring to is technically not a trick. Its a skill, its called coin snatching or some other names. Lee Asher has a book on his website for sale here its a skill that has to be developed and worked on but should you master it, you have one hell of a skill and a great tool
 
Oct 29, 2009
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what you are referring to is technically not a trick. Its a skill, its called coin snatching or some other names. Lee Asher has a book on his website for sale here its a skill that has to be developed and worked on but should you master it, you have one hell of a skill and a great tool

Dang, yea jrobarts05 beat me to it. It's definitely an interesting skill though.

Cheers
 
Nov 15, 2007
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You can actually snatch a coin decently easy...giving the person a different coin is where the fun comes in.

I was working on trying to do this and (you can steal) my presentation was going to be something like :

"Do you have a nickel on you?"
"Uhhh...yes"
"Could you just hold it out...yeah, I'm going to attempt to steal your nickel, or at least part of it." (there is a lot more that is/can be said...I'm cutting it short)
*steal nickel leaving a penny*
So did I get it?
What?!? I only have a penny.
Oh...*open hand to show 4 pennies...give them to spectator so he still has 5 cents*

Something like that. I got distracted from practicing (and don't have anyone who will sit and let me steal coins from them repeatedly)

:)
 
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