If you really want to impress people, rolling a coin over your fingers has got to be at the top of the list.
Not only will it make you look cool, but it will give you instant credibility as someone who knows what they’re doing, even before you show them any other tricks!
Getting a coin to roll smoothly over your fingers will take a lot of practice, but if you put in the effort like I did, not only will you reap the rewards of just feeling cool when doing it, but people will also take you more seriously when you do your magic.
Extra Practicing Tips
- Balance the coin on your thumb for a few days to get to a high enough level of dexterity.
- Take each movement between your fingers slowly and if you mess up, do not worry, just start again.
- Use a larger coin as it is easier to control.
- When you can perform the sleight, start increasing the speed a little… but not too much. Over time the speed at which you can roll the coin over your fingers will naturally increase in any case.
- Practice this sleight of hand on top of your bed, because you will drop the coin a lot at the beginning. Even I still drop the coin sometimes, and I’ve performed it a fair few times now!
Jay Jay
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I understood how to do it, but drop it quite a lot.
Thanks anyways.
hi jay!
I saw this video on youtube some weeks ago.
it ’s impressive.
thanks heaps Kien!
Jay Jay
idiotic fool
Hey talha, i just wanted to ask… are you by any chance from pakistan? cause i think i know you from school talha chachar?
hard to do
Hey Jay Jay
You are my idol!
I really LOOOOVE all your tricks!
Do you have a girlfriend?
Sarah
Hey Sarah,
I can’t reveal all my secrets…..
Thanks!
Jay Jay
cool trick i almost got it on my first try! You were right i does fall through your fingers sometimes. Thanks for the trick. Your the best!
Yeah that happens a lot when you start out.
Keep practising and have fun with it!
Jay Jay
that was good i like the idea about doubling the coins i have never thought bout doing this. Classic flourish thaks again jay jay
no worries Michael!
Yeah as I say, its not a magic trick but show off for a bit then do magic after…ha.
Jay Jay
Hey jay jay !
I’m Vietnamese , i’ve never done any magic trick before .
But you have just taught me that , i did it well , you know , just like magician ! It’s cool . Thanks Jay jay .
HAVE YOU GOT MORE COIN TRICKS !. It’s so easy to do , i’d love it , and i love you !
make sure you sign up so I can send you some more free cool illusions.
Jay Jay
thats is cool
thanks Pat!
……………………. i can’t do it…………. im soooooooooooo mad…………….
but ill keep on trying.
Keep practising man…don’t worry you’ll get it!
Jay Jay
It is really hard to find nice tricks nowadays, either it is repeated all over the web, or it is juz plain stupid, but you inspire me a bit there
hey Kser!
I definitely know what you mean!
For me its more making the trick a piece of magic or entertaining. You are right – there is a lot of trick out there….I try and teach people that you have to make it cool – entertaining!
Jay Jay
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I hope i can be like good as you some time!
And im gone Keep practising and have fun with it !! :- D
thanks heaps Allan,
Jay Jay
How long did it took you to do this Jay Jay?
I can do it slow but now I try to go faster.
I think around 2-3 months…
but some people get it before me.
Jay Jay
A good way to learn it faster is to practice over a glass surface, or even a keyboard. When the coin falls, it makes a really annoying sound, so your try even harder not to let it fall.
great thoughts!
jay jay
Realy? I have done it 4 days now and I can already do it quite well.
It is not yet perfect but I am improving fast.
Well thanks a lot, without you I would never have thought about doing it.
It is really cool!
cheers Rob!
Jay Jay
hey Jay jay ash here find it hard to do and practice makes perfect please send more tip videos about magic they help a bunch
Ash out Ash 14[; UK/Manchester
thanks heaps Ash!
jay jay
as usual u rock on jay jay!!!
THANKS!
jay jay
Love it !
I star to be adicted to the Website !
THANK’s
hello
Jay Jay ,I’ve a little trouble with the coins.I don’t have a coin of my finger size.All the coins I have are too small.I am just 12 yrs old.But my hands are huge. Do you have any tip for me.And can we use anything else other than a coin to do this trick???
Avinash
You should be able to find a coin that is larger…but look you can still use small coins…it just requires more practise
j
can you triple your money? hehehe just kidding…
my teacher always get my coin! hahahaha!
she always gets irritated when i drop it hahahaha!
but that’s cool! my friends are trying it also
nice one josh!
hope to see you soon!
**P.S. my friends cat do it! hahahahaha =)
i mean my friends CANT do it… XD mispelled! hahaha
This is so cool. love it.But I drop the coin a lot of time, need to practice more.
thank so much. hope for more magic
thanks …it’s very cool i do it in my classroom, in romania
you’re the best!
[..YouTube..] Ooooohhhh myyy God!!! I was searching for this tutorial my whole life!! Thx man for the great explanation!!! 5/5
[..YouTube..] how long you practised this trick?
[..YouTube..] it took me a few months..
i have to go more practice
I learned it in about 45mins
PS: Your the best magician I know.
Hey Jay Jay!
I can do it VERY slowly, but I can never get the coin back onto my thumb. I’m using a 10 cent piece, by the way!
Love the vids, my parents and friends are AMAZED!!!!
Kat
hey jay,
thanks again for your hard tricks, hope i can do it easily. its nice pastime.
i almost got it
hey u rock can u send me more coins tricks plz
Hi Jay Jay Just a quick note really to say a big thank you for all the really great tricks you keep sending me. They’re fantastic!! All other magicians tend to keep their tricks to themselves, but you’re so down to earth. Thank You
Hey Jay Jay! Actually, this trick I know how to do it already. I do it since last year till now. It never drop at all and I can do it very very very fast. My friends and relatives were amazed by my performance. Thanks Jay Jay!
Thanks, I can see now how it is easy……
Cool!
Jay Jay
im 12 i liv in england and a 2p coin is perfect for me ive been doin it two days and i can go around about 6 times quite quick without droping it.
thanks jay jay plese make more coin videos
i always wanted to learn this roll of the coin… thnx!!!!
No worries Foivos!
Glad you enjoyed it
Jay Jay
[..YouTube..] The coin rolling is good but the magic trick isn’t; it’s too obviouse where the 2nd coin came from.
[..YouTube..] Hey Weeble68,
Please remember that your audience does not know about palming and other things like this.
They will not notice only if you do
Jay Jay
[..YouTube..] Of course they will, if u catch a coin in ure hand and there are now two coins in that hand, the most obviouse explanation is that there was a coin in tht hand all along.
[..YouTube..] Wow Dude thats kinda sad few months and ur still this bad at itO.O..i can roll with my left hand better than that=/…Practice more IMO
Hello Jay Jay!
i wanna ask if the coin rollover can be done reversely?
like u roll it into your pinky , then roll it back? without using the thumb?
yes you can takes more practise of course
[..YouTube..] This Trick Is Awsum! Ive Watched People Do It In The movies And Wondered How PPL Do It! I Think Your Amazing Jay Jay!
Looks hard but it would definitely be worth the practice
Merry Christmas Jay Jay to you and your family!
Michel
[..YouTube..] God I
ha!Veeeeeeeeery good!!!!!
hey jay jay lovin your tricks
[..YouTube..] hey jayjay, i hand a prob, tat is tat i can get the coin off my pinky which is pinching the coin…..thus cant continue.
Jay Jay you rule man! I got 3 phone numbers off of your tricks
[..YouTube..] i learned this and iv made it go back and forth and my friends say that that looks cooler and it isactualy easyer! maybe u should try that!
[..YouTube..] oh my god anwar!
Got 2 phone numbers thanks to your tricks. Thank you, and keep it up!
I like that trick =). I trained it for some days and i can do it really good, the only thing i have to practise on is to do it faster. Thanks Jay Jay for teaching the trick! Ill show everyone out there.
I’ve been trying this trick out for years now…just can’t seem to find a coin of the optimum size for my thin fingers and small hand
I got it on my 2nd try, I’m really good now but sometimes I still have trouble passing it back to my thumb
THIS IS need to know stuff. This is why JAY JAY rules. Props, man.
This stuff is like, impossible, honest. I’ve been practicing coin roll for months some time ago and never got anywhere.
It did allow me to easily learn the MUCH MUCH easier “fingerpass” with pen spinning, resulting in a guy who can do a fingerpass but not a freaking noobish thumb-around.
I’m serious, this is extremely hard, I did not expect to see it here. I’ve got a pretty good pass with my cards now, but this is harder… by a wide margin. Personal opinion, of course, but… seriously… this is freaking hard.
It does look really cool if you can do it well though, so if you want to do serious coin magic, coin roll is a big help in establishing your credibility.
I’m allways playing with coins but I’ve never thought I could do that. Nice and easy. I’m trying already.
cheers mate.
Simply awesome. Thanks Jay Jay.
OMG, i knew how to do this before but your explainations are much easier to understand than the mess in my mind, Thanks a lot
BTW: magic really does makes people happy and surprise easily, i use to have almost no friends at all and now i’m known as the magic man after i did a few tricks in my school’s spring festival, but thinking of stand up stage magic tricks are hard, can you show us some of that later?
dear jay,
this is absolutely great!
Needs lot of practice to get.
honestly i am your fan for long.
thoroughly enjoying each and every bit of your magic tips.
tks again
ramamurthy
hey jay jay…im shil,proffesional street magician from india and have my own tv show at a state level television.i wanna extend my career and start in the internet.
can i get some help dude…
i got ur manual and has helped me perform much better on tv.Presently im preparing for a underwater escape and having frequent problems.i need help man…ur really cool!
do you have or know other cook coin flourish??thanks
Hey Jay Jay!!! I understand the trik and all but when I come to my middle finger I can’t seem to lift it up. Do I need to practice more or is it a matter of flexibility?
[..YouTube..] HEY. I know You!!!! U send Me Emails with magic!!!!
jay jay you make us masters of magic by very simple and fine details
that on your explanation
Hello again Jay Jay!
This is a very cool trick to impress your friends!
Thanks a lot for it! I get mad when the coin falls through my fingers grrrrr….ha!
I will keep practicing it until i do it! Take care a lot, byeeez!
Your 12 years old boy,
Alexandru
In Pirates of the Caribbean its done with the computer !!!
nice vid jay..
..tnx..
have been following youre vids for a short time, thank you for the information and techniques…i will be using some of what you taught me in my shows~~YOU ROCK!
[..YouTube..] i can do it yay
heyy!!mic trick i actually learnd it in the first tim with ou droping it!!!coot movee!!:)?? ??????? ?? ??? ???!!
Jay Jay,
You are most certainly the man! I love learning these new tricks…my wife likes to give me a hard time as I am trying to learn them…but working with kids as a youth pastor I think that having these tricks will be a big help lesson prep and as ice breakers and so forth! thanks so much for all your hard work and advice!
[..YouTube..] U ARE THE BEST TO ME
jansen
you told us to balnce it when u get to the pinky but even faster is to slide it across your inner side of your fingers
[..YouTube..] nice tutorial bro…..
by watching ur vid i hav learn coin roll….
i created a new color change coin roll trick… u must watch tat and thnk u for ur vidss
Hi, this is the first video I’ve seen of yours and it was so helpful. I’m starting to get better at it. I’m pretty suckish, but your video was definately the most helpful. Thanks!
I liked this trick very well!
I have practiced on it very long and starts and make it very well.
Thanks for the trick Jay Jay
[..YouTube..] awsome
[..YouTube..] so Hardd
but I’m getting better .. the coin keeps dropping and itisaoying 
x
hay jay! i can get to the 4 finger but the pinky i keep droping it. any advice to help me? thanks
raj
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[..YouTube..] how much time u needed on that?
i like that ,that’s very very cool .
i got it at the first time,thanks for the cool trick jay jay you are like a real magician if you did not reveal your magic trick
[..YouTube..] thanks so much jay jay you are the best magic teacher my freinds think im so cool your the best thanks
Hi Jay Jay and Magical G.Congratulations for the website, it really helped me with some tricks, now i reached another level in magic hauhauahua.
This trick is very cool, I will try it a lot,
Bye
love it and thank i going to add that trick i do on the street
[..YouTube..] this is awesome and i got some of it down but it keeps getting stuck on my middle finger
hi jay jay. this trick is really hard but i getting the hang of it lol i just got a question for you. everytime i do a trick to someone they tend to say something like “can i shuffle?” and if they do then the trick is screwed. what am i meant to say to that. if i sat no then they dont have so much interest in the trick. please get back to this.
[..YouTube..] crazy thats awesome u r an amazing magician
wow! that is cool but it is very hard to control that coin but i will practice
more. your trick is cool. keep it up bro!
[..YouTube..] what do you recommended ppl wit low patience levels that rlly want to learn this to do lmfao
When I try this once the coin is on my first finger it rolls real fast on its own all the way across my hand but I can’t catch it
[..YouTube..] Damn dude it’s awesome but I can’t bend my 4th finger up with a clenched fist
[..YouTube..] The part where it reaches the pinky and goes down to ur thumb part confuses me, because, after it reaches my pinky, I don’t get how u slide it down to your thumb . . . the rest is simple for me.
[..YouTube..] ty for the vid i can do that perfectly now
cool