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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3288 Posts 
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Didn't Fulves write a book of them?
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JoeHohman Special user Erie 761 Posts
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Critter, you are right. There IS such a book; I stand corrected.
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Mastermindx New user 11 Posts
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On Jun 8, 2025, countrymaven wrote: I totally agree, coin magic has an upper hand over card magic when it comes to versatility. |
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smithart Special user Texas 834 Posts
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On Jun 9, 2025, Mastermindx wrote: What kind of versatility do you see in coin magic that is not in card magic? The only thing that countrymaven mentioned was portability, but I don't see how carrying coins is easier than carrying cards. To me, only carrying a couple of coins is the equivalent of carrying a packet trick. Cards take up more space; coins take up more weight. But I'm sure there's more that I'm missing.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3288 Posts
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On Jun 8, 2025, countrymaven wrote: One thing I had going on was a mold infection and could barely remember what was happening from one moment to the next. Ended up hospitalized in a fugue four times. *best John Astin voice* "BUT I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER NOW!"
Typhoon Tuck
"As soon as you have succeeded at making a sustainable fire, your thoughts should turn to how you are going to start your next fire" ~Mors Kochanski "Work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty. That's the Turtle Hermit way!" |
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countrymaven Inner circle 1717 Posts
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Smithart,
I like doing card effects too. As for versatility and portability, I can grab two or three coins and a gimmick, put them in a small coin wallet or sometimes just carry two or three coins in my pocket. Now that it is warmer, I am not wearing a jacket. Yes, with a jacket I always carry cards. But since it is warmer, it is much easier for me to carry some coins in a pocket. If I carry a packet trick in my pockets, it is much easier for them to bend, etc. If you have any way to avoid this let me know! thanks. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3288 Posts
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I don't know if I agree that they're MORE versatile. I do think one advantage is that there seems to be a lot more coin stuff that doesn't require a special surface.
Typhoon Tuck
"As soon as you have succeeded at making a sustainable fire, your thoughts should turn to how you are going to start your next fire" ~Mors Kochanski "Work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty. That's the Turtle Hermit way!" |
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smithart Special user Texas 834 Posts
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On Jun 10, 2025, countrymaven wrote: I carry inexpensive packet wallets that don't bend. You can also put a credit card blank (for example) in one of the pockets of a cheap packet wallet to keep it from bending. Now that you mention it, I often print my own card cases, so guess I could make up a slim card case that holds maybe a third of a pack (or less).
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3288 Posts
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On Jun 10, 2025, smithart wrote:! I was trying to see if there was a thread for this in Deckless but the search has exceeded my attention span.
Typhoon Tuck
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Michael Rubinstein V.I.P. 4962 Posts
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This is my EDC. I have a coin purse with 4 half dollars, 2 english pennies, a karate coin, a "siamese coin" for my Magnetic Coins routine, and a separate small purse with a half, penny, and chinese coin for my ungimmicked CSB routine. If I think I will be performing soon I will add my Conviction Prediction 2.0 which is self contained in a coin wallet as well. I sometimes add Fusion to the purse with a quarter and american penny.
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smithart Special user Texas 834 Posts
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On Jun 11, 2025, Michael Rubinstein wrote: Sounds similar in bulk to my EDC, which in addition to coins includes a deck of cards, a packet wallet, and a thumb tip. But it's probably a little heavier.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3288 Posts
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I ALWAYS have a pouch full of coins and a book. I usually have a deck of cards and a bandana. Everything else just depends on whether I have a planned performance or how likely it is that I might be asked to "do a little something" for friends or the clubs I'm visiting and what those people might have seen before.
Typhoon Tuck
"As soon as you have succeeded at making a sustainable fire, your thoughts should turn to how you are going to start your next fire" ~Mors Kochanski "Work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty. That's the Turtle Hermit way!" |
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smithart Special user Texas 834 Posts
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On Jun 12, 2025, critter wrote: I do have a separate pouch for when I want to carry a larger set of coins/gimmicks, but it's too bulky to carry in my pocket. But it can hold anything that I would ever want to use in a coin routine.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3288 Posts
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Another reason I appreciate great (or even good) coin work is because so few people are doing it. It always feels like a treat because it's hard to find. Like a truffle for people who like truffles.
There's a small handful of legends. A small amount of books compared to cards. It's not choice overwhelm. It's not something we're bombarded with. "Pick a coin, any coin."
Typhoon Tuck
"As soon as you have succeeded at making a sustainable fire, your thoughts should turn to how you are going to start your next fire" ~Mors Kochanski "Work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty. That's the Turtle Hermit way!" |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27464 Posts
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Anyone seen half dollar size "replicas" of Stabilcoin? Bitcoin seems to have become passe as today
 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-cong......582/text
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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GJo Special user 590 Posts
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On Jun 19, 2025, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Dunno, but my understanding is it's much easier to vanish Stabilcoin. No ditching required. |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27464 Posts
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On Jun 19, 2025, GJo wrote: Interesting. Reminds me of a patter line from Roth's Planet routine about learning to produce or vanish coins. For now let's focus on props for coin tricks that seem less quaint than what our great grandparents had for pocket change.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Merenkov Elite user 472 Posts
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I love David Roth's prop magic routines, so creative and magical, but I also think of them as routines for magicians at magic conventions or magic club meetings. Other than the Magic Castle and a few other niche venues, where would anyone be able to perform these theatrical pieces? Most magicians who do close-up magic for real people are either in restaurants, behind the bar, or performing at children's birthday parties or for friends in impromptu situations. I suspect that if David Roth had been booked to perform table magic at a restaurant, he would have ditched the props and performed a one-coin routine, or 3-fly, or coins to glass, etc.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27464 Posts
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I like that coins are solid, and can be held tightly by the audience.
And the make a nice clink when dropped into a cup or glass. Poker chips and mardi gras tokens don’t have the same sense of being solid. A guy at a coin shop mentioned that silver coins have that nice ring, but gold coins have a distinctive clunk sound that announces wealth. Al Schneider’s Matrix, Coins Across, and his Osmosis routines seem to register as magical to regular audiences.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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funsway Eternal Order old things in new ways - new things in old ways 10301 Posts
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On Jun 20, 2025, Jonathan Townsend wrote: As an old-fart, I can agree with the possible impact. But is this true for younger folks today who have never handled a coin larger than a quarter in real life? They have no sense of weight, texture or 'ring' from actual experience - so, any larger coin might be just a viewed as a noisy prop provided by the magician. When has "register as magical" been the standard, and how would you know or test that? Or is "seem to" the lynch pin? Skill demonstrations, "fool ya" and puzzles might be entertaining but are not magic. Perhaps we can only perform for "guys at a coin shop" to get a "must be magic" response and 30 year memory.
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