U.S. Government: Spy Coins Report Was a Mistake
Monday January 15, 2007
The Defense Security Service (DSS) has issued a statement claiming that its earlier report of Canadian coins having been modified to spy on people was a mistake, and shouldn't have been included in its 2006 annual report. According to the original report, which received widespread international press coverage, certain undisclosed Canadian coins had been modified to contain tiny transmitters that apparently could broadcast conversations within short distances, and track the whereabouts of persons carrying the coins. Numerous news reports quoted DSS spokeswoman Martha Deutscher, saying, "What's in the report is true. This is indeed a sanitized version, which leaves a lot of questions."
Perhaps in an effort to sanitize the matter even further, the DSS now claims that its annual report is in error, and that the information shouldn't have been included. The retraction states that the DSS did receive reports of such Canadian spy coins, but that none of the reports could be substantiated during subsequent investigation. The CIA, however, shows an image of what appears to be a hollowed-out Eisenhower Dollar in its CIA spycraft technology museum, stating that the coins are used to carry film and messages.
I found the reports of the spy coin to be entirely believable in a day and age when we can have our pets injected with little chips that can help track and recover them; when GPS devices are the size of the face of a wristwatch, and when cameras and transmitters are the size of quarters. Most expert coin collectors know that coins have long been hollowed out for various reasons, including to make two-headed coins. In fact, if you think you might have found a spy coin in circulation, check my article on how to detect a fake two-headed coin for further information about how these types of altered coins are made and how to detect them.
Perhaps in an effort to sanitize the matter even further, the DSS now claims that its annual report is in error, and that the information shouldn't have been included. The retraction states that the DSS did receive reports of such Canadian spy coins, but that none of the reports could be substantiated during subsequent investigation. The CIA, however, shows an image of what appears to be a hollowed-out Eisenhower Dollar in its CIA spycraft technology museum, stating that the coins are used to carry film and messages.
I found the reports of the spy coin to be entirely believable in a day and age when we can have our pets injected with little chips that can help track and recover them; when GPS devices are the size of the face of a wristwatch, and when cameras and transmitters are the size of quarters. Most expert coin collectors know that coins have long been hollowed out for various reasons, including to make two-headed coins. In fact, if you think you might have found a spy coin in circulation, check my article on how to detect a fake two-headed coin for further information about how these types of altered coins are made and how to detect them.
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