On live TV, Cyril shows how he can produce money from thin air by just rubbing his hands.

Any idea how he did that?

This is a very simple yet amazing coin through cup trick if done correctly. Best when performing to a single person (or a few) standing in front of you. What you need is a cup and a coin and these stuff are available almost everywhere — bars, restaurants, etc.

The Effect

You have an empty cup. You fill it with water and after that “magically” rubs a coin through, penetrating the cup and into the water.

The Trick & Explanation

Note: Make sure you get the angle right.

This is a very simple and easy trick that you guys might want to master before trying to learn more sophisticated “paper to money” trick.

The setup and gimmick is pretty easy to do. What you need is a money bill, a paper with a size of the bill and some double-sided tape.

The Explanation

This is a really good video in teaching you this trick. Follow, learn, practise and practise!

This is a very interesting video that explain and demostrate how to make your money note fire proof.

This is a very useful tip if you would like to creating new tricks that involve money burning.

Superman Coin Bend is labeled by many as an ingenious coin bend trick including Ellusionist.com.

Superman Coin Bend is not like any other typical coin bend trick which involves swapping of coins. It is a trick that bends any borrowed, signed coin on the spot in plain view!

Here is a live performing video of Superman Coin Bend trick:

To perform this trick, you will need a special gimmick called the Invisi-Bender, made by Mike Parobec and crafted by Roy Kueppers. This little “invisible” tool will help you do the bending.

The set-up is fast and easy. This gimmick is visually invisible if you perform the trick correctly. So, you can end clean and it resets in seconds. You can repeat the trick as many times you like using different coins from the spectators.

This trick is pretty simple and very suitable for newbie or beginner. Relatively easy to learn and mastered.

You will need just three coins, two half dollars and a quarter. Most probably you can get those from your pocket now.

OK, watch the tutorial and enjoy!

Ever wondered how magicians push a cigarette through a coin? Magicians claim the coin melts, but well a coin can melts that easily?

The secret revealed. There are no such thing as a coin melts when a cigarette is pushed through it. What is happening actually is that magicians using a gimmick coin.

Sinful is the most bulletproof coin penetration ever created. This mind-blowing quarter through soda can trick is created by Wayne Houchin and performed by Criss Angel on his critically acclaimed A&E television series Mindfreak.

The Effect

Borrow a spectator’s signed coin… ask for any can of soda or beer from anywhere… then watch their face as their signed coin miraculously penetrates their sealed can, which immediately is heard and seen inside the can.

What You Need

Frankly, nothing! But spare yourself a Sharpie.

The Explanation

The method behind this trick is very simple. There is no gimmick or anything. This effect can be performed anywhere, anytime with no special props. OK, here is the secret, revealed.

Dough! is one of many versions of pen or pencil through dollar bill trick by Jan Sankey. But out of so many, this is probably the best impromptu and easy to do pen through dollar bill effect.

The Effect

A post-it note is stuck to the center of a borrowed bill. A pencil is then slowly pushed through the note, but when the note is removed, the bill is utterly unharmed!

What You Need

A post-it note, a pen/pencil and a dollar bill (which can be borrowed).

The Tutorial

OK, here the explanation, very easy to learn!

A cup of real coffee visually changes into a cup of coins in front of the spectator’s very own eyes! This is one of David Blaine’s tricks where he visually turns a cup of coffee to a cup of coins. Watch it for yourself.