How to Do the Magic Coins Trick

Series Summary

For centuries magicians have sparked our imaginations and puzzled our intellects with their ingenious illusions and tricks. The tricks we acknowledge as entertaining today were once used to mystify and cheat audiences in a less scientific age. But even though today's audiences know there is no supernatural powers at work, magic is no less baffling or enjoyable. Whether you're simply pulling the proverbial rabbit from the hat, or making the statue of liberty disappear, magic has the power to inspire and amaze.

In this free video series, our experts Grace Fraga and Glenn Schneider will show you how to do the magic coin trick. They will teach you about different types of coins for the magic trick, how to do the six coin variation of the trick, and how to arrange the coins for the trick. They will also show you how to do the trick for kids, and the different parts of the trick. Before you know it you'll be amazing your friends and neighbors with this awesome magic trick!

Video Transcript

"Hi, you're watching Expert Village. The show is Arts and Crafts and Everything Fun. I am your host Grace Fraga, and my business is Fraga Framing and Art Gallery. Today we're going to learn some tricks of the trade. We are going to learn some magic. So I have a great guest with me today, professional Magician Glenndolph. Hi Glenndolph, how are you doing? Hi Grace, nice to see you. Good to see you. So tell us a little bit about how you got started doing magic. Well it was a little over ten years ago. I walked into a magic shop and I saw a guy make a silk handkerchief disappear in his bare hands and I was hooked every since then. Wow, so did you after that did you start taking classes or read books? What did you do to educate yourself? I went to my local magic shop where I lived and made good friends with the guy who owned it. And we hung out a lot and he taught me a lot of tricks and also pushed me in the right direction. Great and did you go to school, magic school after that, or? I after about five years of practicing really hard, I moved out to L.A. and I went to a very serious school of magic. The Chavez Studio Of Magic. Ooh, wow, so how many years did it take you to graduate? Every, it takes a little bit different time for everybody. I took fifteen months to complete the course. Oh, so what do you recommend to people that want to start doing magic? This is a great way, learning from videos. But reading is the absolute best. I recommend Mark Wilson's "Big Book of Magic". It's a great introduction to magic. Wonderful, thank you. I can't wait. What are we going to do today? We're going to learn a coin trick. A coin trick. So stay tuned. Ooh."