Miser's Dream
{{Short description|Magic routine}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2017}}
Miser's Dream{{Cite web |title=Miser's Dream - Magicpedia |url=https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Miser%27s_Dream |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=geniimagazine.com}} is a magic routine where the magician produces coins from the air (and often other places) and drops them into a receptacle they are holding, usually a metal bucket.{{Cite book|title=The New Modern Coin Magic|last=Bobo|first=J. B.|publisher=Magic Inc.|year=1966|location=Chicago, Illinois|pages=306–331}} It has also been called "Aerial Treasury". It was invented in the 19th century and popularized by T. Nelson Downs circa 1895.
The trick is considered a crowd-pleaser, with an easy to follow plot based on a common desire. Its secret method usually involves palming.
Selected Performers
- Al Flosso{{Cite web |last=Olewitz |first=Chloe |date=2018-01-02 |title=Illusion, innovation, and amusement: The history of Coney Island, one of magic's most influential landmarks |url=https://www.geniionline.com/2018/01/02/illusion-innovation-and-amusement-the-history-of-coney-island-one-of-magics-most-influential-landmarks/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=GeniiOnline |language=en-US}}
- Jeff McBride
- Penn & Teller (variation producing coins from a fish tank)
- Robert-Houdin
- T. Nelson Downs (using a hat)
- Rynku Viceroy (Contestants of The Master Indonesia Season 5)
See also
External links
- [https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/1762 Conjuring Archive: Miser's Dream]