Curious magician's coin

Searching Halves today I found a Kennedy half dollar magician's coin and decided to open it, found this inside:



Somebody went to a bit of effort to machine a Mexican coin to fit inside, I wonder why?

 

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Reminds me of those Soviet spy coins, in which they'd conceal information inside a hollow nickel.

 

They smuggle all kinds of stuff from Mexico to the US, don't they!

Chris

 

Why? Because it's a Magician's coin. It changes from USA to MEXICA and that's called MAGIC.

 

Ah the good old days when we still did fine machining work here.

 

Easy. It's called the Scotch and soda coin trick. Google it!

 

Yet it seems thousands of people do it everyday. I hardly call it magic though

 

I've found a number of these. Usually that Mexican coin, sometimes a UK penny.