Coin World Records

In Karachi, Abdul Rehman Nasim thumb-flipped a one-cent coin high above his head and caught it 9 times in 30 seconds, standing in front of a plain wall. RecordSetter counted each catch in his continuous phone video, starting the clock at his first flip. Between flips he resets the coin on his thumb, then follows it with his eyes all the way up and back down into his palm.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, packed a stack of 15 silver coins into the gap between the big toe and second toe of one bare foot, then let the toes do all the work. In one unedited phone clip filmed on a bed, both hands pull away and the toes hold every coin for about two and a half seconds, then Yanhao slides the stack out and fans it across one palm with a thin stick so the coins can be counted. RecordSetter checked the hold frame by frame, and the fanned stack is consistent with the claimed 15. That is a pocketful of change parked in one toe gap.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, stuck 10 coins to the lower half of the face using nothing but skin. In one unedited take of just over two minutes, the face and coins are wiped dry with tissue, then the coins go on one at a time under the eye in two rows that curve back toward the ear, with one more down by the jaw, and any that slip get pressed back into place. With both hands down on the desk, all 10 stay put for about nine seconds, and RecordSetter counted every coin in the closing frames. Loose change, not so loose.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, pulled 27 coins one at a time from behind Zhihui Ouyang's right ear in one minute. In one continuous selfie video, he reaches behind her head with one hand, brings out each coin, shows it to the camera and tosses it aside, while his other hand holds a smartwatch stopwatch up to the lens. RecordSetter counted every coin against the stopwatch, and the last of the 27 appears at 59.16 seconds. Nobody has checked her other ear yet.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, stuck 14 coins to the forehead using nothing but skin. In one unedited take of nearly four minutes, the forehead and coins are wiped dry with tissue, then the coins go on one at a time, with any that slip pressed back into place, until they form a band of silver from temple to temple. With both hands away, all 14 stay put while a stopwatch held up to the camera runs past 10 seconds, and RecordSetter counted every coin in the closing frames.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, stuck 8 small coins to the back of one hand with nothing but skin, holding the hand upright with the fingers pointing at the ceiling. In one unedited take of about a minute and a half, the coins go on one at a time and get pressed back into place when they slip, then the free hand pulls away and all 8 stay stuck for several seconds. RecordSetter counted the coins in the closing frames of the video. No glue, just dry skin and patience.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, kept a 1 fen coin stuck to the back of the hand for 4:10.30 using nothing but skin. In one continuous take on a bedspread, the hand and the coin are wiped dry with tissue, the coin is pressed on, and the hand turns palm up so the coin hangs underneath before a smartwatch stopwatch starts from zero. RecordSetter watched the coin hold on until it dropped onto the bed, with the stopwatch stopped at 04:10.30 right after. Four minutes held up by skin alone.

Yanhao Deng set a coin against a line drawn on an exercise book at the end of a bed in Chenzhou, Hunan, ran a tape measure down the sheet, and blew the coin along the fabric from behind the line. In one unedited take, a rod laid across the tape marks where the coin came to rest, 66 centimeters past the start line. A smooth table and a big breath could push it farther.

Shripad Vaidya created a "Save A Tree" mosaic using 966 coins.

Jack the Juggler flashed six coins from unique countries.

Jack the Juggler juggled five coins from unique countries.

Gordon Fowler built a coin tower containing 82 coins on a roll of toilet paper.

Ankitkumar M. balanced a coin vertically on his pinky finger for two minutes, 11.00 seconds.

Ankitkumar Changawala stacked 46 CDs on the edge of a coin standing vertically on another coin.

Niranjan Santhosh stacked 28 coins on a coin held in his mouth.

Tai Star balanced 4,000 coins on a single dime.