stackyFACTSCovert operatives operating deep behind hostile borders cleverly unscrewed ordinary looking currency to hide tiny encrypted messages. If an agent accidentally used the trick coin to buy a cheap newspaper, vital geopolitical intelligence was embarrassingly handed to a confused cashier.
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