This movie was shot with a small digital camera (not a movie camera, a still
shot type camera) which has the ability to make short ~40 second quicktime
movie files.

Unfortunately it doesnt have the ability to do things like focus
locking or fancy zooming during filming which is why the routine was done as
two takes. One for the first part zoomed right in on the fingers, then a second
take for the final section which required a wider zoom.

The two movies were then converted from the quicktime format to avi using
radvideo. Then combined using Windows Movie Maker.

The coins used are two Australian twenty cent pieces. They are ~2.8cm in
diamater. Slightly smaller than a US half dollar but roughly the same weight
due to being slightly wider. Larger coins would have made the routine more
effective but I dont normally practice with anything much larger for those
tricks in the video.

The trick list for the video is below. The names of the tricks are just names
I made up myself years ago when creating the old version of my coin
manipulation site (back in 1995 or so).

Trick List
----------

Time | Trick
-----+-----------
0:00 | Stack Spin
     | Top Flip
     | Stack Spin
0:03 | Bottom Flip
     | Stack Spin
0:04 | Top Flip
0:05 | Bottom Flip
     | Stack Spin
0:07 | Spin Walk
0:11 | Coin Swap
0:13 | Coin Swap Reverse
0:14 | Coin Swap Twist
0:16 | T Balance
0:22 | Stack Toss To Palm
0:23 | Toss To Back of Hand
0:24 | Claw Catch

I doubt any of the tricks are original to myself. That said I did invent the
Top Flip, Bottom Flip, Spin Walk, Coin Swap Twist and T Balance myself and
have not seen anyone else do those tricks.

Most of the tricks should be self explanatory but here is a brief description
for the two more difficult ones. For more details consult my "soon to be
online one of these days when I get around to it" coin manipulation website ;-)

Coin Swap Twist
---------------

Start with two coins as if you are about to perform a Coin Twirl. Pull up the
outer coin with the thumb. At this point you could twirl the bottom coin with
the middle finger but instead place the middle finger agaisnt the inner side
of the bottom coin and slightly rotate it anticlockwise (looking down on the
hand) and roll the top coin down into the back of stack.

T Balance
---------

Start with two coins as if you are about to perform a Coin Flip (Front To
Back). Pull up the outer coin with the thumb as if you are doing the Coin Flip
but instead sto pthe coin flipping as it reaches the top of the bottom coin.
Catch it so that rests on the bottom coin and the index finger. Now push it
slightly towards the index finger and then slide it backwards while rolling
back the bottom coin until the bottom coin is centered over the ring finger
with the top coin held centered on top of it with the thumb. Remove all
fingers but the thumb and ring finger to display the balance.


Just in case my entry has a chance of being placed on the site there is
an error in one of the trick descriptions. I actually described the
wrong trick altogether. Here is the correct description. Woops ;-)

Coin Swap Twist

Start with two coins as if you are about to perform a Coin Twirl. Pull
up the
outer coin with the thumb. At this point you could twirl the bottom coin
with
the middle finger but instead place the middle finger agaisnt the inner side
of the bottom coin and slightly rotate it clockwise (looking down on the
hand).

Now grab the bottom edge of the top coin with the middle finger and pull the
bottom coin edge in towards the palm while simultaneously pushing down with
the thumb. The effect is that the coin should rotate 180 degrees and
land at the
back of the original stack.