Hi everybody!

Right now I'm working on new one coin flurry routine. I'm fine with it as it is except for the opening. So I wanted to hear your opinions:

What do you think is the best and most visual bare handed coin production out there?

Thanks to all who will share their thoughts!

Daniel

M&D
For my money, I'd sy David stone has some of the best single coin productions that I've seen. he's at http://stone.magiczoom.com/

J Hanes

I like to use the Flying Shuttle Pass for a one-coin production. I show both hands empty, (without calling attention to that fact) as I am displaying my "invisible coin". Then, Flying Shuttle Pass and the coin appears! Very visual!

A very simple (maybe not the best, but my favorite one coin production) is the warm up production from revolutionary coin magic.

The work is done before the audience is aware anythign is happeneing, and by the time they know what oyu are about to do, you have already done it, so besides flashing, you cannot get caught with this. Another great plus is the suprise of th edenoument. Most coin magic is, for the most part, predictable. Or even worse, the ending mocks the spectator to some extent.

"you see the silver coin, now its copper! Now its silver! Now its gold! HAHA I tricked you! See, you thouhgt you knew what was going on, but NO!! You weren't expecting that!"

" There's three coins. they are goign to go from my left hand to my right hand. That's one. That;s too, and that's three."

You get the idea. The production is quite simple and quite visual too. I highly reccomend it.

(Please note that I am not a great coinician and am probably very badly qualified to answer this. I am simply giving an opinion.)

Danie: There are a lot of different ways out there to produce the first coin. Some use slight of hand others use gimicks. Try a couple of different things out and see which suits you best.

For the slight of hand, my favorite is a one-hand production of "picking a coin out of the air" from downs or edge grip. Done correctly, it looks like real magic.

Good luck

Craig

It depends if you need to be truly bare-handed, or just be able to effectively show both sides of both hands. There are nice sleight of hand options for the latter. With some more set-up you could do 'Now U C it Now U don't'.

If you need to be truly bare-handed then maybe a Body load with a m******c coin, or start with it sleeved and use misdirection for the retrieval.

Thanks for all your answers. I will look up the things you mentioned that I didn't know about (until now ;-).

Here some more specifics for some brainstorming: The routine and its patter is designed in a way that I need to tell the spectators I'm going to produce money. Now all attention is on my hands. I'm looking for a production without any fancy stuff, slow movement and, if possible, close-up. My ideal would be to show my hands clearly empty, focus all energy (and attention) and make a coin appear...

Hope I can make my point clear, I was not the very first in English classes...

Again, thanks a lot for your help and advice!

Best wishes,
Daniel

I like to use a simple "Lum Mask"... (I have no clue how to spell that)

It's not difficult... But also unexpected.. I think it hits pretty hard.
And for me allways gets great reactions...

Shawn.

L'Homme Masque? (masked man) can be found in Bobo's.

Have you explored loading a coin on someone in the audience?

A book could be written on this subject. If you have clothing that goes down to your wrists you have a powerful tool. Show the hands empty, retrieve the coin. Load it with L'Homme Masque or other methods (my book has some), or produce it outright from Down Palm or EG, or produce it following an acquitment. Michael Ammar has a startling production that does not require thinking but you still need to use your head.

Larry..

I love that production of Ammars.... He uses it in one of his coins aross routine as well..
People have no idea...

Shawn.

Shawn:
I am still scratching my head about that reference to Ammar's coin across.

Also-in Carneycopia, John Carney has a great way to hide and then produce a coin from a finger c--p between index and middle-with NO flash and with the fingers and thumb wiggling around. I use that for a first coin because it looks magical to go from empty to a silver dollar.

I believe that production is found in his Miser's Dream routine f/ his latest book Secrets:
http://www.carneymagic.com/secrets-book.htm

Justin Hanes

A few thoughts include:

1. Purse Frame production
2. Going from another type of routine and changing i.e. a sponge ball into a coin, or changing a washer(brain washer in my routines) to a coin
3. Art of body loading (as suggested by Jonathan T.)
4. Producing 1,2 or 7 in a "classic" way
5. Coin from roll
6. Ala my grandfather from someone's ear
a. I also like to take an ear from a coin
"Humor &Corn" is great ruffage for the soul.

Enjoy

Thanks for the food for thought.

Harris

Check out volume 2 of my dvd Strolling Hands. I have a three coin production,vanish,production sequence on there called SHELLfish.
Justin Miller

For producing a single coin my current favorite method is here:
http://home.comcast.net/~wsduncaniv/Webs......0004.htm

Or for something less theatrical, simply pulling it from my sleeve. I've PM'ed you with a technique.

If you want to simply “pluck a single coin from the air”. I think the prettiest production is the Allen Shaw coin production.

Best regards,
Levent

Amen to that. Which issue of Genii was that in, for those who are playing along at home?

I think it was in the December 2004 issue of Magic, with Roy Benson on the cover.

Best regards,
Levent

Wow! Lots of answers, lots of research to do...

Thank you all for your help! I will do my homework and play with some of the methods. I'm sure I will find a production that looks like my dream production for that routine.

Thank you very much!

'til next time,
Daniel