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Magic_Ken New user 2 Posts |
Hi. everyone
I'm pretty new to magic and I have seen "palming coins" for sale on some sites. What are they and is there any advantage to owning some (for practice, performance,etc.) Ken |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
When you are working on stage, and want to produce many coins from your hands, more than you can safely put into edge palm or back palm... these metal THINNER coins are very handy.
Some magicians have had their own coins stamped, and use them as give-aways and throw aways in their performances. Almost as good as minting your own business cards/money. It's all about the shower of sliver dropping into the bucket making a good clank when it hits.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
And they often have very sharply milled edges making them easier to use for certain grips.
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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Rob Johnston Inner circle Utah 2060 Posts |
Of all my coin work, I have never used these. Then again, I don't perform a Miser's Dream routine either....I will have to look into these somemore.
"Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable." - Margot Fonteyn
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Magic_Ken New user 2 Posts |
Thank for your replies guys.
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
I believe Jim Pace manufactures coins like this but they are very expensive. If I remember they were $12 a piece when I asked.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Palming coins are available from Abbott's, also. I'm not sure what their price is, these days. Generally, the ones they sell are in half dollar size. I think they cost about a buck apiece, maybe a little less. They are nickel or chrome plated, and have very sharply milled edges. They are considerably thinner than a normal half, so you can put more of them in the same space as a stack of halves. They look good from the audience, and sound good in things like coin ladders, etc.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
Loual4 Special user Montreal, Canada 670 Posts |
You can get some from "Hank Lee's Magic Factory." They are just a little bigger tham half dollars, and so they do not fit in my Okito box, but then again I only use them for the Miser's Dream. Easy to palm in big quantities, and can easily be seen by the audience.
Have a good day! |
Tom Wolf Special user Harrison, Ohio 580 Posts |
I was very lucky to have purchased Owen Magic Supreme's
palming coins. They are silver, made in Germany, have a milled edge and are the large dollar size. They are slimmer than the regular dollar US coins. Tom Wolf
The magic director and performer at the Rincon Gaucho supper club in Mexico City,
We opened the first and only close-up room for magic in Mexico with Wolf Ruvinskis. have several new coin vanishes and routines to share shortly just as soon as I can find someone to film them for me. Now living in Harrison, Ohio |
Riley Special user Swansea UK 955 Posts |
Some palming coins here:
http://www.cards4magic.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Coins.html I like and use the Norm Neilsen coins. |
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