World Records for Coin Snatching

The Rules

1. The coins are to be placed on the elbow.
2. All coins must be caught in one snatch and the snatch is to be achieved on a downward beat of the same arm and the coins caught palm down. If not all of the coins which are stacked are caught, the attempt is still valid, but only those which are caught would count. In this instance, the documentation should mention both the number of coins stacked and the number successfully caught.
3. Once they are ready on the elbow, the coins are not be touched by the hand which is not being used to catch them.
4. No adhesive of any sort may be used.
5. The coins to be used must weight at least 10 g (0.35 oz) and have a diameter of at least 2.8 cm. (The records published in the statistics below have been achieved with the old British 10 p coins that have been issued until 1992).
6. The record is for the greatest number of coins caught in this way.

The Records

Notes:
The first records in this table were achieved with coins in a single column, which makes the attempt much harder.
Some claims from Canada and the USA did not count for the purpose of this record list, because the used 25 US-Cent coins were too small.
In 1991, the old British 10 p coins were taken out of circulation, Dean Gould's latest record (328) was achieved with new 10 p coins.

Coins Caught	Record Breaker	Date	World Record Holder Dean Gould
39	Chris Redford (Great Britain)	26 Sept 1973
60	Dennis Cole (Great Britain)	20 May 1976
62	Andrew Gleed (Great Britain)	22 Sept 1978
70	Andrew Gleed (Great Britain)	16 Feb 1985
78	Dean Gould (Great Britain)	31 May 1985
85	Andrew Gleed (Great Britain)	29 May 1986
92	Andrew Gleed (Great Britain)	15 Sept 1986
132	Dean Gould (Great Britain)	8 Jan 1987
140	Dean Gould (Great Britain)	19 March 1988
151	Andrew Gleed (Great Britain)	26 April 1990
186	Dean Gould (Great Britain)	February 1991
217	Andrew Gleed (Great Britain)	February 1991
248	Stuart May (Great Britain)	20 March 1991
254	Dean Gould (Great Britain)	12 July 1991
328	Dean Gould (Great Britain)	6 April 1993

The record for a perfect catch (no drops) is 100 coins, by Dean Gould.