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Actually, i've heard that magic makers has actually done a good job on the bobo dvd's. i don't support their work ethics, but i 've heard the tape is fine.

The one i use most often? That would be David Roth's retention vanish. My favorite? My own vanish where the coin is already in the hand, the hand is closed, and the coin is gone. this is a particularly obvious vanish but i use it to practice strong misdirection.

Morgician- you're right, but with proper misdirection, and the ability to shift the spectators attention and perspective, one can make any spectator into a "i enjoy magic" spectator instead of a "how did he do it" spectator. then, the problem no longer arises.

Try Jay Sankey. His "Mr. Clean Coin's Across" will teach you some nice variations on the move, and ways to make it seem more clean.

Have you crapped yourself on this thread twice? Does that mean this thread gets TWO "I just crapped myself" awards?

Morgician- you have done more for the coin magic forum than anyone. Moderators, I believe this thread can be closed now.

why not borrow? Well, for one, it's easier to palm/manipulate larger coins. there is a larger impact when a large coin is vanished, versus a penny, and lastly, if you vanished someone elses coin, they would be mad at you!

There is no such thing as an eisenhower silver dollar. Ikes only come clad. I believe the only silver dollars are the morgan silver dollars, peace dollars, and silver eagle dollars.

Wait, is dangerous a magic Dvd or a flourishing Dvd- or even a combination of both?

Chappy Brazil's video on the watch steal is considered THE introductory video into the watch steal, but thats another thread.

I'm sorry, i never knew chappy brazil personally. I only know about him because of his fame in the world of pickpockets. I only Sad, sad, death. About the scratch card- you mean like splitting a card, putting a coin inside, putting the card back together, and handing out "a coin stuck...

How are you going to do a business card effect with playing cards?

Wait- you knew Chappy Brazil, master of the watch steal? David Stone gives the advice to USE bill switches to allude to money in a more subtle way. Telling a story is NOT a logical reason to do something, unless you are a storyteller! (which i am.)

... but if nobody in the room knows that you are a magician, they aren't even going to be looking at you when you BAM ham sandwich! So your first thing should be to attract attention to yourself by escaping from several pairs of shackles, handcuffs, and ropes, while being slowly lowered...

That's not suggestion at all. Thats just an extremely difficult way of putting someone into a hypnotic trance.

Oh yeah... heh heh. I've been doing the flash change with a wave for so long that i almost forgot that it wasn't required... That darned Marion Boykin. His change is just too good.

Presentational Angles and Logical Performances are both "enhancers" on your everyday routine. ANY routine can be given a presentation angle. Not all routines can be given a logical explanation that does not sound overly convoluted. Therin lies the challenge. Back to the ham-sandwich theory...

Whoah! That John Ramsay cups-and-balls idea with the silver streamer applied to a coin routine was really clever!

I'm sure that those changes CAN be used as switches, but they would be less effective than a simple shuttle pass. Take Roth's flash change for example- it is an obviously "magical" movement- flipping a coin over onto a hand while waving the hand over it? Who is going to do that to toss a coin...

The majority of the changes mentioned above would be visual "spellbound" changes. For invisible switches, Roth's shuttle pass and Bobo's switch would work. Both have already been mentioned, but i throw my regards out for them too. Also, have you considered having the "gimmicked" coin in your...