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How can a magician vanish a solid genuine coin in his hand? Among the nineteen classic effects classified in the performing art of Magic, vanish is one of the most magical ones.

The effects of production and vanish, two most common magical effects, are in fact mirror images of each others. By definition, a vanish effect is to convince the spectators that an object does not exist anymore. The magician performs by proving its existence first and then proves its disappearance. The process may happen in a blink of eyes or it could happen slowly. The process is usually undercover of some concealment. To me, nothing is more magical than watching a solid object vanish gradually and visually in front of my eyes.

Of course, it is impossible to really vanish anything. What the magician actually does is to hide the thing out of view. He could do it at the moment of vanish, by the help of speed. Or he could convince the spectators that the object has vanish but in fact hid it later. The object could be hidden right at the location of vanish or transferred some other places.

Practically all of the methods enumerated under the list of principles for accomplishing appearances, reversed, may be employed for the present effect. You may find some of the principles different at sight but in fact with the same essence.

Not all appearance principles can be easily converted into a vanish effect due to their own natures and conditions. Some can be straightly applied in both kinds of effects, like pulling the object with a thread. One can use this kind of device for both appearance and vanish effects. The only difference is simply the direction where the object is moved to and from. The magician could always modify the details of a trick and method to make it suit his use.

With modern technology in various fields like mechanical engineering, people can achieve very difficult tasks, even miraculous to some. But in the world of magic performance, we almost always find the simpler the method, the more magical the effect. Also, it is so much of an enjoyment to fool a crowd of audience with a simple and direct mean which is kept as a secret.

A perfect example of a good vanish effect is the basic coin vanish. The magician holds a coin in his right hand. He puts it into his left hand. He closes his hand and makes a magical gesture, the coin vanishes. The secret is that he did not really put the coin into the left hand. When everybody else believe so and look at it, he disposed the coin undercover of misdirection.

This method of vanishing something by misdirection is one of the most fundamental principles of magic. You can apply this to coins, cards, small or even relatively large objects.

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