American dollar coin used for concealment

Concealment devices, as the term suggests, are used to hide things for the purpose of secrecy. This hollow container, fashioned to look like an Eisenhower silver dollar, is still used today to hide and send messages or film without being detected. ... This hollow container, fashioned to look like an Eisenhower silver dollar, is still used today to hide and send messages or film without being detected. ... Secrecy is the condition of hiding information from others. ...

Examples in espionage include dead drop spikes for transferring items to other people, and hollowed-out coins or teeth for concealing suicide pills. Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ...

Examples in smuggling include suitcases with false bottoms for hiding contraband. These lollipops, above, were found to contain heroin when inspected by the DEA. Smuggling is illegal transport, in particular across a border. ... A typical suitcase A suitcase (a type of luggage - that is, something one lugs, or pulls along heavily) is a narrow box-shaped bag, usually made of cloth or vinyl that has a handle at one end and is used mainly for transporting clothes and other posessions during trips. ... Contraband consists of items of which possession may be illegal, depending on the variety and the country or the age or sex of the possessor. ...

The picture at right shows a hollow container, fashioned to look like an Eisenhower dollar, which is still used today to hide and send messages or film without being detected. Because it resembles ordinary pocket change, it is virtually undetectable as a concealment device.