I thought it would be quite good fun to list out a few favourites depending on how many coins you have available to perform with.

The coins don't have to be the same size shape or colour but for the sake of this thread shall we keep the effects to impromptu stuff? - so no Gaffs.

Mine would be

1) Coin flurry incorporating, coin through hand, invisible hand (Paul Cummins), muscle pass and finishing with a complete vanish.
2) Mexican Jumping Coins (Sankey) – if the coins were the same or Spellbound if the coins were different
3) Coin appearance – Coins across (Mr Clean type - Sankey)– 3 Coin complete vanish all as a routine
4) Hell bound spellbound, VCA/ 3 fly (TRIO type effect- Kurtz) or Nate Kranzo’s Wildcoin

I shall look forward to hearing your faves.

Chris

Then there is the transposition effect, where you get one ahead and make n things change places.

Kaps coin squash seems a candidate for your list though you do need a length of gaffus and something sticky to get it started.

If you have a good vanish method for multiple coins ( say into EG ) you can also pass several into a packet of sugar on the table.

I worked on the VCA in exactly that way, from the one coin jump to the open Tenkai Pennies methodology to the EG chest level stuff. Extensible methodology.

The transposition you are talking about, is that similar to the one in Bobo's by Goshman?

Can you shed a bit more light on the Kaps Coin Squash, what is the effect? Where can it be found?

The multiple transposition is a very old effect recently discussed using coins in Curtis Kam in his current lecture tour. His version using coins is worth getting his notes. Sure beats using a handkerchief, a Candlestick and a rabbit as in one of the older versions.

The Kaps Coin Squash was in his 1975-76 lecture tour notes and also described in David Roth's Expert Coin Magic.

I was watching Albert Goshman's video "The Life and Times of Albert Goshman" last night and saw his coin/saltshaker routine.(No gaffs) Used 4 coins.(also rang in some copper coins and a jumbo penny at the end)) Incorporated color changes, transpositions, vanishes. He also explained a silent vanish of ten coins. The guy was a awesome to watch and the routine is one I'd like to master.

With coins only.

"Twenty-six Cent Worth of Change" Mike Close.
"Hanging Coins" w/ quarters Roth.
A variation of "Just Pretend" from Bobo's MCM.
"Gadabout Coins" from Bobo's MCM.
"6-4-5 Coin Trick" Eddie Fechter.

I like Ammar's coins through table with the kicker ending.

impromtu and great ending.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for mentioning my Wildcoin routine. I love the plot. I have a very off beat one that will soon be appearing in Genii. It is very "different".

All the best,

Nathan

Here are my own personal favorites:
2 coins - spellbound / my three coin production sequence from my lecture notes and lecture DVD (using only two coins))
3 coins - Long Term Short Term, from the COINS ACROSS DVD
4 coins - 4 coins through table (my one trick DVD version)/ Twilight Zone Wild Coin from my Knockout Coin Magic DVD and my lecture DVD
5 coins - the IMPOSSIBLE FOUR COIN TRICK - from the COINS ACROSS DVD
6 coins - the IMPOSSIBLE FOUR COIN TRICK version 2

Hi Nathan, Thank you for publishing it, great routine.

Mike, having only got your encyclopedia series and your intermediate and advanced coin magic book you've left me in a predicament...which of the many DVD's / Lecture notes to get next?

davidpaul$, I totally agree, GOSHMAN ROCKS - I don't do the routine myself however I stole one of his ideas as a kicker for an impromptu hopping halves I do. Which reminds me I should have put that in the 3 coin category

1 coin - Shoot Ogawa's "And Then"
2 coins - Daniel Garcia's "Chi"
3 coins - Chris Kenner's 3 fry, Shoot Ogawa's "Nerd" or "Count Three"
4 coins - Paul Harris' and Daniel Cros "Twilight" or any coin matrix

One coin: Garrett Thomas's squeeze-away vanish and reproduction. Apollo Robbins's routine using JW Grip; can transition into Spellbound.

Two coins: Tenkai Pennies. Presto-Changeo, leading into c/s in spectator's hand (a la Johnny Thompson)

Three coins: Gadabout Coins. Paul Wilson's Across the Void.

Note: The number of coins in the listing above refers to how many coins the spectators see.

Jerry