Over here, a faggot is a kind of meatball, are we sure that's not what Dire Straits were on about, after all, they are a British group? A pity that Canada, with its UK connections, couldn't take in to account the other meaning!
For many years, a number of silver sixpences were put in Christmas cakes in Britain - I think the tradition faded out with decimilisation in the 70's.
If border guards can come up with such illogicality, I wouldn't try crossing borders with a Kindle, you might be misheard!