I found a spy coin today roll searching and am having some trouble getting it open. I tried heating/cooling and haven't had any success. Any ideas would be appreciated!
lol I've seen a 2pence that was like that. They are very large like the size of 2 morgans and it had a seem. When unscrewed it was hollow. I was told it was for hiding their snuff or opium... Looked cool but weird!
I am with playboy_nbr1. Can you post a picture or describe it so we at least know what you are talking about.
I saw one at one of the local coin shows once, but did not ask them how to open it. The one I saw did not have threads on it that I could see and it looked like an airtite - you would insert something thin along the edge and kind of work it open. None of this is fact and I only looked at it for a few minutes.
Not that this adds any help to the OP, but I thought this was an interesting coin story. I recently read the book "The Heroin Diaries" by Nikki Sixx who was the bass player of the rock band Motley Crue. Anyway, one of the roadies used to have a silver dollar that was machined out to be hollow inside and could be opened much like a tobacco can. The roadie used to keep cocaine in the coin and they would call it "Ace in the Hole" when they would sneak some coke out of it. Interesting story I think.:kewl:
if you just want to see what is inside and aren't worried about ruining the coin you can just put it in a vice, but if this is a real spy coin it may hold value to some people and would be worthless afterward.
this was posted on a description for the micro nickel from that website "With each coin ordered, two separation rings will be included, allowing the coin to be passed between two individuals with a ring for each of them to open it with" you probably need that special separation ring they are pretty cool looking
Spy Coin Unlocked! I had posted a few days ago looking for help unlocking a spy coin. http://www.cointalk.com/t87670/ I had found it when I turned in my halves to the coin machine and it was rejected. I tossed it back in and it got spit out again. I had heard of these coins before and knew that they were usually rotated so I checked and sure enough it was off 90 and sounded hollow when I flipped it. I tried a few methods to open it and finally found that the crudest suggestion I found online was the most effective, putting it between 2 pans and shaking. Unfortunately no treasure inside but still a neat find! It has a Mexican coin joined to the reverse that cannot be seperated.
