Double Stamped penny?

[HellHound]

No it's because it's an intelligence gathering program by somebody. It's been noticed that some canadian coins given to private military contractors that had passed through Canada were actually fitted with bugs. I wouldn't be surprised if more of them got filtered south across the border through a slight bump to the normal diffusion process.

Yeah, as Kenobi said, that story has been debunked.

 

[Psionicist]

The newsgroup rec.collecting.coins is probably a good place to ask for more information.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

No it's because it's an intelligence gathering program by somebody. It's been noticed that some canadian coins given to private military contractors that had passed through Canada were actually fitted with bugs. I wouldn't be surprised if more of them got filtered south across the border through a slight bump to the normal diffusion process.

After looking more closely into that report I concur, thoroughly debunked. This does bug me because where I originally saw it is usually good about checking its reports and I took it at face value based on previous reliability. I think I'll be looking at things from them (and everyone else) more critically from now on.