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How do you do the coin trick for beginners?

Author

Sarah Garza

Updated on April 08, 2026

Here’s how to do it with a coin:

  1. Hold up a coin and announce to your audience that you’ll be making it transport from one hand to another.
  2. Place the coin in the palm of one hand and close it into a fist.
  3. Briskly move your hands over each other.
  4. Ask your audience if they’re ready to see you do the coin transfer trick.

What is the easiest magic trick?

13 easy magic tricks for kids

  • Rubber pencil trick (ages 5 and up)
  • Spoon bending illusion (ages 5 and up)
  • Disappearing coin trick (ages 5 and up)
  • Betcha can’t crack an egg trick (ages 7 and up)
  • Magnetic pencil trick (ages 7 and up)
  • Pluck a coin from thin air (ages 7 and up)
  • Walk through paper (ages 7 and up)

How do you levitate a coin?

Find the magic spot on your palm.

  1. Open your dominant hand and study your palm. Notice the padded area at the base of your thumb.
  2. Grab a larger coin like a half-dollar or even a poker chip. A quarter will be too small in most cases.
  3. Push the coin into your palm with your other hand. Then move your thumb over the coin.

How do you get a coin out of your ear?

Move your right hand to behind their ear. Keep the coin hidden. Using your thumb, push the coin to your fingertips and bring your hand out from behind the ear, showing everyone that the coin has magically reappeared.

What’s the best way to hide a coin?

Move your right hand to behind their ear. Keep the coin hidden. Using your thumb, push the coin to your fingertips and bring your hand out from behind the ear, showing everyone that the coin has magically reappeared. You will perform this trick best after many tries.

How do you get a coin out of an audience member’s ear?

Pretend to notice something behind the ear of one of your audience members. Move your right hand to behind their ear. Keep the coin hidden. Using your thumb, push the coin to your fingertips and bring your hand out from behind the ear, showing everyone that the coin has magically reappeared.

How do you transfer a coin to your left hand?

Using your thumb, push the coin to your fingertips and bring your hand out from behind the ear, showing everyone that the coin has magically reappeared. You will perform this trick best after many tries. Getting the audience to believe that you have transferred the coin to your left hand can take some practice.