Eric Mead - Magician Coin Tricks @EG5

Eric Mead at EG Conference, Monterey, CA (April 2011)

[@jeffreymarks8119]

Saw Eric on Fool Us and was blown away. Saw this video, still....mind blown

[@monroecameron9609]

I had Eric perform for my wife's birthday two years ago and the magic was incredible. This illusion was done during the evening and it amazed everyone. He stood at the end of the table with my wife next to him and did an evening's worth of magic with just a few props. Unfortunately, he forgot his magic wand and had to resort to the cardboard part of a clothes hanger but the magic was still very strong. Everyone had a great evening.

[@magicrev]

I've had the pleasure of seeing Eric do this live. Pure poetry.

[@mrtimmelton]

Suspension of disbelief not required. Amazing every time I watch it.

[@jamesblunt006]

He should perform this trick on a magician show called Penn and Teller - Fool Us. Oh, wait...

[@DanCoastie]

Absolutely amazing...being a magician and knowing exactly what is happening, I am still very amazed and impressed!

[@DisKeda]

vernonclassic you suck. Not him

[@Sushobhit333]

how did he do it? tell us

[@BoodaZak]

idiot333 he has 2 corks and fake coins stake and 4 coins, at the start of the show underneath the cylinder there is a fake stack of coins that when he holds the cylinder tight he carries it away then drop the fake stack in his palm and show u its empty then he put it all back together with his 2nd cork on top, and the rest is slight of hands, the real coins are always on his hands.

[@toyman70]

how is the pulling of coins out or air done. thanks

[@AceofDlamonds]

IMPOSSIBLE

[@OliveroG]

This was absolutely incredible.

[@Ron23604]

Ever since i watched you on penny and Teller show i picked int rest in your magic , interesting to even know that you had performed the same trick years back but still managed to fool Penny and Teller , love you bro

[@TulsaTaurus]

I got to see Eric perform at a private party for about 20 people. He was amazing and I was standing about 10 feet from him in a small dining room.

[@Thecoinmanproof]

When the coins come alive in my hand, I feel alive. Coin magic is interesting to all of us.

[@ltcolumbo9708]

Even then performance so smooth..

[@kurtkritzler4353]

Just Wonderful Eric!!!!!!!

[@magicbelfast8234]

Beautiful!

[@TheAx504]

Amazing!

[@JohnnyBeyondMagic]

Wow. Just wow. I've been working on a version with poker chips, but I am sooo bad compared to this! Well done!

[@ElliotP891]

I've been working on this recently too. Is it bad that I've watched this video like 20x to figure out that handling? lol

[@Latigo]

Clean execution!

[@iwillfoolu]

Very nice work.

[@superamazingproduct]

Awesome!

[@falstaff63]

Very nice! Thank you!

[@zmalm87]

Good Job!

[@hyungbeekim4685]

Unbelievable~

[@ebhock101]

Mead is a master.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

The first part I think he has two shells and two coins. He just nests a shell over a coin to vanish it and pretends to take a coin leaving what looks like 3 on the table but there is a nested shell. Then it is easy to "vanish" the coin he pretended to take. The second coin works the same way. Then he takes a shell and a coin, splits them and does the "through" the hand penetration. I haven't watched it closely enough, but I can probably deconstruct the rest of the routine the same way for you.

[@louisthinh]

heelfan1234

[@meauxfeaux]

heelfan1234 You love to be the know-it-all, don't you? The fact is, your sad attempt to deconstruct this beautiful classic reveals that your knowledge of this craft is pathetic and, more importantly, that you have no grasp of what performance conjuring is really all about. Eric Mead is an artist who cares deeply about his craft and works endlessly to create deep, magical experiences for his audience. You, on the other hand, are an insecure loser who needs to prove to others how much you know (but really it only shows how much you don't know) in order to feel validated.

[@theknuckleflash]

heelfan1234 2 shells? Really? You make me laugh.... There are so much more going on in this masterful routine that your measly muggle eyes cannot see and perceive.

[@alvianmahardhika19]

heelfan1234 pathetic!!!

[@pandabear445]

Thanks mimi hope

[@crvckerjack3622]

I think it has something to do with the table maybe, you can see as he does the first disappearance that hes merely imitating holding the coin behind his fingers as he lifts it to make it disappear with the wand.

[@Katalyzt]

Interesting...

[@chasemcdaniel3620]

"The leather tube acts as a cover to hide the cork".....something acts as a cover ....not the tube though....;)

[@mangeshdevalapurkar5283]

I think the flexible tube is having a cork on top of coins already there.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@mangeshdevalapurkar5283 Half right. There is a gimmick stack of four coins stuck together but hollowed out to take a cork. This makes the stack easy to palm and dispose of. You can also drop a duplicate cork on top of the stack and let go the other cork contained in the stack, giving the illusion that the tube is empty as the cork(s) falls "through".

[@noeljames7759]

I've watched this so many times and not being a magician I can only think that some of the coins are slightly smaller and hollow, making it easy to hide at least three of them? I'd really love to know how this is done, especially as he appeared to fool Penn and Teller......or was that an illusion too?

[@lingyao9116]

He shows that the coins are not hollow at the beginning when he shows both sides, although there’s a genius subtlety at that moment if you think closely (not watch closely, think closely).

[@AceofDlamonds]

Impossible!!

[@DMTsleeper]

Very nice :)

[@baharul3514]

4:47 he puts the cork in the cylinder; its so obvious!

[@blaze1148]

...yes I see it now.

[@bradywebster3493]

You should watch his 90/10 explanation in the beginning of his Penn & Teller performance. Sounds like you may need it

[@lingyao9116]

@@bradywebster3493 Funnily enough, that was probably one of the moments that fooled Penn and Teller. He changed the moment as well as cleaning up the sleight before going on the show, and it became much more effective.

[@chriskowe4216]

When he leaves the stage he still got 4 coins in his hand...

[@Oligsandir]

He never had 4 coins. There was for sure 3, maybe 2. If you look slowly you can see two times that hes got the coin in his hand , but in the table only 2 coins

[@Rocky-vq6yg]

@@Oligsandir it's a Ramsey stack gaff of 4 Morgan silver dollars attached together with a hollow bottom and an extra cork. And he uses a shell for the real 4 coins he shows on the table. He walks off with the Ramsey stack cupped in his hand. :)

[@TheHarleyhillbilly]

Rocky Richmond I think he had 3 coins and a shell, and of course the stack in the tube.

[@yatinkheti2427]

@@Rocky-vq6yg Can you elaborate?

[@redblack8414]

@@Rocky-vq6yg My god you are so brilliant. Instead of exposing other magicians secrets, you should expose your own inventions so we could appreciate your talent.

[@kingrobert1st]

I couldn't disagree with you more about the ladies comment. For me it would be the greatest compliment.

[@tedin969]

My guess: prepared coins, sleight of hands and a prepared cylinder.

[@dondixon4206]

This Guy Sounds Like Carl Sagan... am I right or Not?

[@templer811]

Carl Sagan had a deeper voice.

[@piz6252]

This 7 yrs old magic has fooled pen and teller..

[@SpottedBullet]

Tough crowd...

[@drsentell]

very good indeed ! but see the verion he does to fool Penn and Teller. He has upgraded it somehow via some subtleties ie the "McGuffin" and the set up for Penn and Teller. There are hardly any headier magicians than Eric Mead. Imo steal the McGuffin tho because he (in another video disses tux wearers (me) and balloon twisters thus...imo steal your McGuffin Mr. Mead. In the process of building the other gimmick now. But isn't this a classic? Isn't this a John Ramsey original ? Where do I learn about his contributing deceased friend Tim Conover ?

[@lingyao9116]

Mead has had a book containing the works of Conover in the works for a long time - not sure when it’ll be out.

[@drsentell]

here is his friend...kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5bXioqhm7J0f7c

[@Tanvir9810]

Fooled penn & teller

[@markeelaino9858]

The coins is gimmick

[@blunden1000]

Why does he think about a Scottish grocer when he performs the trick?

[@johnhein2539]

Because a Scottish Grocer invented it. The original version anyways.