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One of the nation’s most fascinating—and ultimately significant—spy cases began in the summer of 1953, when a Brooklyn newspaper boy dropped a nickel he had just earned.
When he picked it up, almost like magic, the coin split in half. Inside was a tiny photograph, showing a series of numbers too small to read.
Here’s how the investigation unfolded.
After he collected for the newspaper, Jimmy left the apartment house jingling several coins in his left hand. One of the coins seemed to have a peculiar ring. The newsboy rested this coin, a nickel, on the middle finger of his hand. It felt lighter than an ordinary nickel.
He dropped this coin to the floor. It fell apart!
Inside was a tiny photograph—apparently a picture of a series of numbers.
Two days later, on June 24, 1953, during a discussion of another investigation, a detective of the New York City Police Department told an FBI agent about the strange hollow nickel which, he had heard, was discovered by a Brooklyn youth. The detective had received his information from another police officer whose daughter was acquainted with the newsboy.
More the story-
www.fbi.gov
When he picked it up, almost like magic, the coin split in half. Inside was a tiny photograph, showing a series of numbers too small to read.
Here’s how the investigation unfolded.
After he collected for the newspaper, Jimmy left the apartment house jingling several coins in his left hand. One of the coins seemed to have a peculiar ring. The newsboy rested this coin, a nickel, on the middle finger of his hand. It felt lighter than an ordinary nickel.
He dropped this coin to the floor. It fell apart!
Inside was a tiny photograph—apparently a picture of a series of numbers.
Two days later, on June 24, 1953, during a discussion of another investigation, a detective of the New York City Police Department told an FBI agent about the strange hollow nickel which, he had heard, was discovered by a Brooklyn youth. The detective had received his information from another police officer whose daughter was acquainted with the newsboy.
More the story-
Hollow Nickel/Rudolf Abel | Federal Bureau of Investigation
A hollow nickel found by a Brooklyn newspaper boy leads to the identification of a Russian spy in 1957.
www.fbi.gov
