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KeithP Regular user 171 Posts 
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FYI,
I wanted a device to help me vanish half dollars cleanly in a stage/platform scenario, but I found that the one I like came with Copentro. I asked George Robinson of Viking Magic, and he came through! If you go to the Copentro listing at Viking Magic, you can use the "Select Product Option" list box to select "Coin Stand Only". Keith http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=1979 |
Mark R. Williams Regular user 193 Posts
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Cool.........Those are really nice coin stands.... enjoy!!!
mark
"One more step on the pathway of Knowledge, that is if we don't break our leg crossing the street"
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brian314 Regular user Michigan 112 Posts
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Keith,
Thank you for your post that was great information. I need the outer glass and was not aware Viking sold it alone. Thanks again, Brian |
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rghale New user Robert Hale 29 Posts
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Looks great. Nice to know they sell them separately.
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts
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I don't share the common enthusiasm for coin stands, even if this one admittedly is less crude than most.
Magic is the art of emotionally sharing live impossible situations
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts
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Time to learn some elementary sleight of hand, even if you just use one coin and keep producing it and vanishing it as you"send it over" to Copentro. It's not all that difficult.
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M.Paul New user 45 Posts
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The Best coin stand I have seen is from Five Of Hearts Magic in the UK (Colin Rose).Colins work is 1st class.
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts
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It is true that Colin Rose at Five of Hearts is not sparing efforts to make good quality material (and I'm a big fan of their high end work) and so is Viking with a different style. The difference between the two coin stands however is not very strong
http://www.fiveofheartsmagic.co.uk/index......ctId=142 I agree with Spellbinder: magic is worth learning minimal sleight of hand
Magic is the art of emotionally sharing live impossible situations
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KeithP Regular user 171 Posts
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BTW,
I put the stand on a black table, so I was considering painting the bottom flat black or maybe put black felt on it since right now the light color of the wood is visible from the front. With its really low profile, it should just blend into the table. @Spellbinder: I agree. A more clever way of using the stand is to take a coin, vanish it via sleight of hand, and when you return to take the next one, let the one in "fingertip rest" slide into the stand. Being right handed, I just keep the stand on my left and the dump is very covered. |
Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3017 Posts
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Are there any good sources for routines utilizing a coin stand? The only versions I've ever seen really didn't come across as magical to me whatsoever...and I've never worked with one or seen the true workings. It just seems so obvious to me...am I missing something?
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts
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Quote:
On 2011-04-04 16:47, KeithP wrote: It would probably be less work to just revarnish it with darker varnish (and while you're at it to use a pochoir to do mainly the bottom part in darker varnish ending with a "two woods" Stand and a "lesser depth" illusion) before painting the feet and a fine line at the top in dull black
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KeithP Regular user 171 Posts
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Andrew,
The coin stands that leave the coin vertical are not very deceptive. If you consider my technique where the stand is used for dumping after a sleight of hand vanish, they can be very deceptive. As far as routines utilizing a coin stand, I only use it for stand up and or platform routines, and often use them with another prop, such as... Coin Tray and a Handkerchief http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=27 Coin Producing Tambour http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=172 Copentro http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=1979 Silver Odyssey Keith |
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3017 Posts
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Thanks for the links, Keith! That coin try looks like a cool item!
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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MICKEY SILVER Elite user Boston, Ma. 442 Posts
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HI , Does anybody know who actually invented the "COIN STAND?
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Julie Inner circle 3943 Posts
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IMO the individual coin stand now sold separately on George's site is not nearly as deceptive as the original Kline Copentro accessory.
This new one, while pretty, seems to follow along the old Abbott's Ultra Modern Coin Stand look, but without the deceptive quality of the black art paint design. Julie |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts
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Keith, take a look at the item in greater magic.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Calvin Tong Special user 718 Posts
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I know this may sound like a silly question, but as anyone ever seen a clear plastic coin stand used on stage?
caL
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SydBeckman New user Tennessee 93 Posts
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Hey Cal. I don't know if it's ever been done but it's an intriguing idea. If the angles are correct it might work.
Syd
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