You'll need two coins to perform your first magic coin trick. A nickel and a penny are the best to use.

You'll need a volunteer for this trick. Press a coin into the hand of someone in your audience. They need to hold the coin with their palm flat and facing upwards.

Now you'll tell everyone that you'll be able to grab the coin before the volunteer can close their hand. You'll position your hand just over the coin in your volunteer's hand, with your fingers slightly spread.

Using your thumb and first three fingers, you will very quickly try to take the coin.

Your volunteer is going to think they can be a lot faster than you. They'll be further encouraged when they still feel this circular, flat object in the palm of their hand. But, it turns out to be another coin!

Learning magic coin tricks can be really fun, but sometimes you need someone to know the trick to be able to practice it effectively. Ask a friend to help you who you know will not reveal how the trick is done.

Here's what you do: Place a coin in your friend's hand and then place the other coin on your palm, just at the crease between your forefinger and thumb. You'll hold your hand so it looks as though you are about to grab the other's coin.

Just as you are about to snatch that coin away, tell your friend to slowly close their fingers since you're still learning how to do this trick. Then you'll pick up the coin and very quickly swap it with the other coin you've been holding, just in the same exact place.

Now tell your friend to close up their hand. As you keep practicing, you'll get better and faster at it. Your friend will then be able to close their hand as fast as they possibly can.

Once you're comfortable and good at the trick, it's time to perform it for an audience. Remember, don't halt the trick by showing the coin you took from the volunteer. Let them discover the different coin in their hand when they open up their fist.

Magic coin tricks like this are popular with kids.