55 entries in Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eddie Joseph The Purse Swindle purse sold with two coins which turn out to be different coins later, detailed
1942 109
Scotty York Purse Switch seated
1975 14
John Carney Coins Across to Purse three coins to purse one at a time
Variations 1976 15
Harvey Rosenthal Purse Swindle coin in hand transposes with coin in purse
  • Compounding The Swindle
Variations 1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #3)
902
Mike Caveney Purse Switch
1981 16
Tom Gagnon Optional Display Technique
1981 38
Stephen Tucker The Midas Purse coin travels in purse, under mat and under purse, then it changes into other coins and several more coins appear on purse which eventually vanish again
1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
24
David Roth False Putting into Purse apparently coins are put into purse
1985 275
Richard Bartram, Jr. Alternate Handling apparently coin is put in purse, with Himber Vanish
1985 7
Eric DeCamps Purse Steal and Shuttle Pass
1986 13
David Roth False Putting into Purse
Related to 1989 35
Gary Kurtz Relentless
  • 1.) Four Silver Dollars from the Purse Frame
  • 2.) The Penny
  • 3.) Returning the Penny to the Purse Frame
  • 4.) Double Transposition in Spectator's Hand
  • 5.) Returning the Penny to the Purse Frame (Again)
  • 6.) Interlude
  • 7.) Coins Through the Table
  • 8.) The Bag on the Purse and Four More Coins
  • 9.) The Penny Returns
  • 10.) The Classic Hang Ping Chien Coins Across
  • 11.) The Finale: Returning to the Beginning
1990 1
Al Schneider, Michael Rubinstein Drop Vanish as a change on a purse
1990 571
Gary Ouellet Slydini Switch Variation switching purses
1990 272
Shigeo Takagi Purse Steal coin apparently placed in purse
1990 32
Gary Kurtz Relentless - Part One
  • 1. Introducing the Purse Frame
  • 2. Producing the First Two Dollars
  • 3. Producing the Second Two Dollars
  • 4. Producing the Penny
  • 5. Replacing the Penny into the Purse Frame
  • 6. The Double Transposition
  • 7. Replacing the Penny in the Purse Frame (Again)
Related to 1991 2
The Open Position open palm display of purse frame with coins fingerpalmed
1991 4
Gary Kurtz Relentless - Part Three
  • 9. The Bag Appears on the Purse
  • 10. Four More Coins
  • 11. The Penny Returns
  • 12. The Penny Vanishes
  • 13. The Penny is Found
  • 14. The Purse Disappears and Reappears
1991 20
David Harkey Inside-Out Purse Load
1991 241
David Harkey Cave-Dweller Principle purse as utility hold-out
Related to
  • Linking Ring, Nov. 1988
1991 242
Gary Kurtz Relentless - Part One
  • Arriving at the Table
  • 1. Introducing the Purse Frame
  • 2. Producing the First Two Dollars
  • 3. Producing the Second Two Dollars
  • 4. Producing the Penny
  • 5. Replacing the Penny into the Purse Frame
  • 6. The Double Transposition
  • 7. Replacing the Penny in the Purse Frame (Again)
1995 ca. 2
Gary Kurtz The Open Position open palm display of purse frame with coins fingerpalmed
1995 ca. 4
Gary Kurtz Relentless - Part Three
  • 9. The Bag Appears on the Purse
  • 10. Four More Coins
  • 11. The Penny Returns
  • 12. The Penny Vanishes
  • 13. The Penny is Found
  • 14. The Purse Disappears and Reappears
1995 ca. 17
Fake Purse Dump
1996 29
Jim Steinmeyer Coin Switch with Purse as coin(s) are placed in purse
Oct. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
83
James Lewis Utility Purse Switch
Also published here
  • "Million Dollar Mysteries - The Magic of James Lewis", 1992 video
Feb. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1)
27
Flick under Purse
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
35
Fake Purse Insertion coins apparently put in purse
Related to June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
31
Alexander de Cova Der Purse Switch switching purse as it is closed
Also published here Oct. 2013 18
Alexander de Cova Purse Switch switching purse as it is closed
Also published here 2015 218
Alexander de Cova Purse Frame Handlings moves with the purse frame, intro
2016 93
Alexander de Cova Die Ramsay Subtlety purse frame display and coin production
2016 93
Geoffrey Latta Great Purse Game Steal
Inspired by 2017 210
Fake Coins into Purse Insertion
2018 31
Fake purse insertion coin loaded behind purse as coins are placed inside
2018 35
Purse extraction folded bill is secretly extracted from purse immediately after openly placing it inside
2018 103
Purse dump addition coin from outside purse is dumped together with coins inside purse creating illusion they were all inside
2018 176
Michael Rubinstein Rubinstein Rattle Purse gaffed purse
2020 87
Michael Rubinstein Roll-Down Retention Pass Variation fan of coins apparently placed into purse
Inspired by 2020 88
Michael Rubinstein Purse Coin Dump palmed coins apparently dumped from purse
2020 90
Michael Rubinstein Pseudo Purse Load
2020 112
Michael Rubinstein Purse Count apparently removing four coins from purse, actually only two
2020 319
Michael Rubinstein Purse Maneuver hiding coins under purse while handling the purse
2020 327
Mike Gallo Purse Frame Production
2020 427
Tim Feher Purse Frame Drop production from frame
2020 429
Joe Rindfleisch Retention of Vision Vanish here into purse frame
2020 429
Nabil Murday Murday Move vanish into purse frame
Inspired by
  • Cultural Xchange, DVD
2020 430
Tim Feher Pinched Rotation Move vanish into purse frame
2020 431
David Roth Purse Grip holding a purse while palming coins
2020 456
Friction Pass from Purse
Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
67
Bill Citino Purse Dump Steal coins dumped out of purse, one held back inside
May 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)
197
Yoshihiko Mutobe Purse Lapping coin apparently picked up from hand-held purse
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2006
2022 474
Michael Feldman Hold-Back in Purse friction toss from purse
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2009
2022 847
Under Purse Switch purse handed over from hand to hand
June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
838
Purse Swindle Move not all coins inserted in purse
June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
839