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This technique was devised by David Neighbours and is called soft palming. Reed McClintock uses this very well. Give his CLASSIC PALMING WITH COINS DVD from the magic bakery a try. You'll like it. Scott.

Most coin stuff can be done with pocket change. Scott.

who said there were rules to any of this? Scott.

Flatter is better, and is more useful. Practice with the back of your hand on the table. Also try with multiple coins at once.

To everyone who put "Ponta the Smith" - SHAME ON YOU. Fanboys and posers. Scott.

Every sleight in magic takes longer than a week. Get used to it.

Also try coin collector shops and foreign exchanges. Post offices sometimes sell limited edition coins, as well.

I would easily recommend bobos book and the Roth tapes. PM me if you have any coin related questions. Welcome to the shiny metal section of magic!

Agreed with the above comments. But in actuality, a retention vanish should look like you transferred an item (or coin) from one hand to the other. And, done naturally, this is both a PUT and a TAKE. Both hands meet in the middle. Try to make your retention look less like a move, and...

Agreed. Plus, it doesn't look that good. It's awkward, and his hand is constantly palm out to the spectators like he's trying to tell them to stop from crossing the street. This kind of body language reeks of separation - "you stay there and I'll be the magician over here". Good on...

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade. But coin clips bug me. They all make noise. ALL of them. And usually, that's fine. But what if you could buy a totally soundless coin clip that costs less than 2 bucks and will NEVER break or let you down? Then maybe you'd run to a Toys R Us...

Are you asking? Because YES, it is in Totally out of Control. Questions usually end in a "?". Scott.

Again- it is NOT taught on Cultural Exchange. The only place to learn the Harada Hold properly is on the Harada Hold DVD. Scott.

Hands down, it would be Scott and Soda. Scott.

Not bad, but it was too fast and not magical at all. I mean, you showed the first coin had travelled for half a sec before the second one was travelling. Then you took quite a while before the third coin travels... this kind of change of pace makes people go "okay- what's he doing there?"...

Not really that original. The move is a standard, but the addition of the cloth simply changes its direction... Scott.

I think switching hands when you get sore is the best bet. Then let it rest for the rest of the day, and you should be fine. A good practice tip for the muscle pass- practice with the back of your hand touching the table. No cheating by lifting or levering at the wrist. Now see how high it...

It's vol. 2? My memory is slipping... thanks for the correction. Yeah, the techniques are similar, so adjusting a few finger placements is really not a problem when going from sponges to coins. The timing, naturalness, etc. is all easy to learn using pretty much anything (sponges, balls...

Only if you do it wrong. Or too much. If you do ANYTHING too much, you can be injured. I wouldn't worry about it. Scott.

His STARS OF MAGIC tapes, (now on DVD), and his Expert Coin Magic Made Easy vol. 1 go over it in extreme detail. Also if you can watch a tape of his Philadelphia or London lectures, they really show how he is in action in front of a group (retention vanish and all), which is great to watch...