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Сoin - a spy ?

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Omnivorous
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 Posted 02/21/2012  5:37 pm Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Omnivorous to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

What is a coin - a spy?
Coin is easy to rotate in a box.
The blow on the box, the coin flies out of her











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 Posted 02/21/2012  6:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Coinage123 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin itself is a Swedish 2 ore, I know during the cold war coins like these were used in Germany during the 50's 60's when there was an increasing amount tension between east and west Germany coins with a secret compartment were used by spies to move messages around. Im sure that Sweden was pretty neutral during the Cold war so I doubt this is a "spy" coin. may be a souvenir piece?
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 Posted 02/21/2012  7:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add War Nickel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If that was machined out, it was beautiful work!
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 Posted 02/21/2012  7:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's nice! It looks like a real coin was made into a box.
It's about twice as thick as it should be, so it might not be intended to pass as a coin.
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Anybody remember microfilm?
It wasn't that long ago when I thought that 'mint error' meant that something was wrong with my candy.
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 Posted 02/22/2012  02:10 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add worldnumis to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Most of these are made from 2 coins of the same denomination. Each one is hollowed out on a different side, then machined so they will screw together. Most are found on larger coins so photos or pictures of loved ones could be inserted and carried around by travelers, soldiers, etc. Smaller coins have been used to conceal microfilm messages, like the one discovered in New York in the 1950s used by a Russian spy.
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 Posted 02/22/2012  05:54 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
, Omnivorous!

Check eBay for "scotch and soda", a magic coin very similar to this.
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 Posted 03/03/2012  4:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Omnivorous to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Many thanks to my friends, for your comments ...
Maybe someone will tell the Swedish forum, I want to ask them ...?
I think I have a coin, a coin like this ...

Monentu-cache worked for the KGB in the 1950s: a hollow coin could come in handy for storing spy microfilm and microdots. Opened with "secret" with the needle, push in the small hole on the front side of the coin. The second type of coins came later: it was the coin-spyware, transmitting a signal on the location scout.



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 Posted 03/04/2012  08:47 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mvojnovic to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice
"Navikli smo da, naime, vladamo tuđim, a ne drugi našim ,u to smo sigurni dok bude ratova I mačeva"
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 Posted 03/21/2012  2:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Omnivorous to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good time ...
I would be grateful to all who help me ...
Advice please Swedish forum, or auction, which sold coin Sweden?
Where can I find a site where it is appreciated ...?
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