Coin walk
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The Coin walk is a type of coin trick in which a coin
Coin
A coin is a piece of hard material that is standardized in weight, is produced in large quantities in order to facilitate trade, and primarily can be used as a legal tender token for commerce in the designated country, region, or territory....

 is flipped over the fingers to create the illusion of a coin walking across the back of the hand. It is one of the most famous coin manipulation
Coin manipulation
Coin manipulation is the art of manipulating coins in skillful flourishes, usually on or around the hands. Although not always considered coin magic, the tricks are sometimes used in magic shows. The difficulty of the trick ranges greatly, from some that take a few minutes to accomplish, to much...

 tricks. It is also known as the coin roll, knuckle roll, and the steeplechase flourish.

The trick is generally performed on the first phalanx bone of each finger of one hand. After the coin has been flipped over by each phalanx, not including the smallest finger, the thumb brings the coin back under the hand and back to the index finger to repeat the trick as many times as desired.
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