What are the best coins to use?

[Brett]

Hi.

I've decided to put the cards down and try out coin magic. After a couple of weeks I realized that quarters aren't working for me. They're just too small. What coins do you guys recommend for coin magic, and where can I get them?

Thanks,

 

[football2136]

The easiest to use are probably half dollars. Your local bank should be able to give them to you. I would recommend that you eventually learn coin magic with quarters for those times that you are caught off guard and don't have half dollars.

 

[cardmagician]

Half dollars are good to use for palming and for the visuals since they are bigger but like said before practice some tricks that can be done with quarters so that you can do some impromptu magic!

 

[Brett]

I just checked the bank, and they said they didn't have any half dollars. Any other suggestions?

 

[Randy]

You can check most coin shops, also E sells a pack of 3 Half dollars for like 7 bucks.

 

[ajp500]

You can check most coin shops, also E sells a pack of 3 Half dollars for like 7 bucks.

Yea or you can go to the bank and bring in six quaters and get three half dollars for free.

I fail to understand why would you pay SEVEN DOLLARS for 1.50?

 

[James Smith]

You can check most coin shops, also E sells a pack of 3 Half dollars for like 7 bucks.

Do they sell quarters for a dollar too?!

 

[Brett]

You can check most coin shops.

There are shops that just sell coins? Never seen one of those before. I'll do some research. Is that where you guys got your coins?

 

[Randy]

Do they sell quarters for a dollar too?!

Learn to read the whole topic.

He already said that the bank told him they don't have any half dollars.

Yea or you can go to the bank and bring in six quaters and get three half dollars for free.

I fail to understand why would you pay SEVEN DOLLARS for 1.50?
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As I told the other guy. Learn to read the whole topic..

Anyways, Coin Shops collect and sell coins. That's where I got my halves. Just walk in and ask them for Kennedy's and they should give you a pretty decent selection.

 

[Shades fan]

I prefer the Eisenhower silver Dollars!

 

[tally-ho]

nobody mentioned morgans? oh well, personally I like half dollars english pennies

 

[StP217]

I seldom do coins but morgan silver dollars work best for coins across in my opinion

 

[MagicShadow9]

Another option is an American Gold Dollar. The ones with different presidents on the backs. They are bigger than quarters and smaller than half dollars. It worked perfectly for me when i was first starting out. They are probably more available than half dollars too.

 

[James Smith]

Learn to read the whole topic.

He already said that the bank told him they don't have any half dollars.

I don't get what you're saying, I'm simply making a joke that they're selling $1.50 for $7.00. That has nothing to do with the bank not having half dollars.

Anyway, check Amazon. They have some half dollars which I have heard are the best.

Edit: I just found some old foreign coins and what not. My mom said tgat they're not worth anything and that I could use them for magic. I found some good ones but I don't know what they are. They are copper-colored. On tje front there is a picture of a guy with short hair. There is writing that says, "Georgivs V Dei Gra: Britt: Omn: Rex Fid: Def Ind: Imp"

Edit 2: We just cleaned them up and figured out that they are English pennies. They are the perfect size.

 

[harleyhippie]

I just kept going to different banks until I found one that had halves and then I bought a roll.

 

[Brett]

Thanks for all the feedback. I'll keep checking around for half dollars, and I'll also check out the Morgans because my favorite coin routine to perform is coins across.

 

[scottbaird]

If you do any version of VCA or 3FLY, Chris Kenner has strongly recommended using dollars vs. halves. The whole point of the routine is that it's VISIBLE, so the bigger the coin... the better.

Scott.