For once, I didn't convert the title of the video to US dollars. It didn't seem right somehow.

I love how the last 30-40 seconds of this just felt like more and more incriminating evidence

The transitions between the different buildings were too smooth

I inherited a set of English coins from my grandfather. I never knew why there wasn't a 1933 penny and now I do!

Tom I really appreciate your continued effort to promote captions on videos as standard by walking the walk and including them on all your content. As someone who needs them it feels so good to be seen and not have to worry if I'm getting the whole message

Not only does this indeed need to be a film, but halfway through Tom needs to do a cameo where he's pretending to shoot this very video, the publication of which kickstarting suspicion towards the already active team working their way into the foundations, putting an extra time-sensitive element of suspense into the script.

Tom Scott "For Legal Reasons, That's a Joke"

A related story: Workers digging a drain in St Leonard's Place in York discovered 10,000 9th-century Northumbrian coins.

Looking forward to “Why fencing stolen goods is harder than it looks in the movies”

The tricky part, I think, is figuring out a plan that isn't more expensive than the value of the coins.

Fun fact, we have our own rare, expensive penny in the US. In 1943, the US needed to conserve copper use for the war effort, so the pennies minted that year, normally in copper, were instead minted in steel. The steel ones aren't common, by any means, it's only one year. But for the briefest period in 43, they still used copper. Google says there are 40 known real 43 copper pennies in existence. If you can find a real one (counterfeits are common, unsurprisingly), it usually sells for 100,000 to 250,000 dollars.

Tom would be the ideal heist robber for never being identified... Police: 'How old would you say the robber was?' Witness: 'Umm...somewhere between 20 and 50?' 😂

i was lowkey expecting Tom to enter the building and perform the heist while calmly describing the steps to the camera

This came out of a conversation at the stamp dealership from a few weeks ago! It turns out the 1933 penny is also commonly forged: people take a 1935 penny and try to reshape the 5s into 3s. That was a whole other thread that didn't fit into this video, alas!

Tomorrow"s Video: "There was a £100,000 coin buried under this London building"

As a schoolchild in the 1960s we needed pennies for our bus fares. We were well aware a very limited number of coins had been minted in 1933. Rumour was one coin was missing and likely to be valuable. So every penny was checked. We were not aware coins had been buried in the foundations of buildings. So the chances of finding one in general circulation would have been zero. It did help develop an interest in coins however.

The Endcard is a hint from Tom. It clearly is burried somewhere beneath the South Block! Thank you Tom, I will mention you on my trial!

If you’re going to make a heist film, Senate House is the perfect filming location since it’s already a major filming location. It’s featured in Batman Begins and Dark Knight Rises and most recently in the latest James Bond. TV shows like The Crown have also used it. When you know the building very well (I studied there) it’s very fun to see its corridors and halls pop up in random films and major productions.

If any director does turn this idea into a film, Tom absolutely should have a cameo in it.

Waiting for that movie

I think that is material for *two different* Heist movies: 1. A proper heist movie that plays it straight, presumably with the thieves getting away with it by the skin of their teeth. 2. A heist comedy that goes a bit *too* smoothly at the beginning, just for someone to accidentally give it as change to someone, and through shenanigans it occurs that the group of thieves then consistently *just misses* the coin as they bumble the way through from location to location, until they finally retrieve it, just for it to turn out that historians or a news report or something got the year wrong and the coin they hunted for the duration of the movie was almost worthless, so they give it away to some homeless guy, and the next day it turns out that that *specific coin* was a misprint that made it worth *billions*, and the previously poor sod cashed it in immediately.

I like how Tom Scott doesn’t make videos needlessly long. Just enough time to properly cover the subject, no fluff.

Tom Scott casually teleporting around London, while making it appear as if it were only editing

0:26 is the best frame ive ever paused on

As a metal detecting and coin collection channel primarily, I clicked this video right away! The rarest coin I own is is an American 1873 doubled liberty indian head cent worth about $2,000. The rarest coin I found with my metal detector in 10 years is a 1921 Standing liberty quarter worth about $180. A £100,000 coin would be a dream find!

A small part of me was hoping for a massive meter+-sized 100,000£ coin

I always see your video, am delighted, decide to put it on watch later list, realize it's very short and watch it right away. Thank you Tom.

Gotta be one of my top rated information/learning youtubers. I allways learn something new and interesting and the videos allways keep me focused. Good job 👏 👍

the obvious twist is either "its not where Dr. Brains said it would be..." (and then they find it about 3m to the left), or "hold on... this is a 1934 penny... where's the original?"

The introduction is already amazing. I want to see that movie now.

Tom always finds the most unheard of, but interesting topics to talk about right

As a University of London dropout this is very exciting to me

If somebody really did make a heist film about this subject they need to get Tom Scott to at minimum cameo in it.

"How do I make this sound not sarcastic?" is the curse of most Brits.

Obscure and interesting facts delivered in an intreating way, You've done it again Tom!

I love your videos - very little fluff, no unnecessary intros or greetings. You did your research, you have the facts, you're at the place. Begin - teach - get the hell out. You're a king!

Film producers: when you need someone to deliver the exposition for your 1933 penny coin heist movie you must cast Tom Scott in that role.

This is amazing, I had no idea! And those transitions were so cool…

You know what they say "in for a rare 1933 20 foot underground penny in for a pound"

Those transitions between the locations are SO smooth! Really nice :)

the camera transition btw the different buildings is actually sick btw for "between", not "by the way"

One of the rarest and most valuable American coins, the 1933 double eagle (one just sold for $19 million), is from the same year.

Just commenting my appreciation for those wipe transitions while walking, starting at 1:50. Amazingly well planned and executed!!

thanks for being the best on KZfaq, Tom

Tom is going to be responsible for a future heist of this coin i'd imagine.

Tom trying to sound not sarcastic is so endearing

I just love how your videos have titles that look clickbaity but are actually 100% truthful.

What an icoinic fact! And what a preciously amazing video, sir!

If a person did find such a coin in their grandparents coin collection, how would that be handled. If you knew they never bought it, and it could be assumed that they were the ones who stole it, would you be obligated to return it, would it be taken away, or would it essentially be yours at that point?

there are probably easier ways to make 200,000 pounds than digging up the foundations of a large building in the middle of London

i love your videos. i appreciate the time and effort you put in

Well done, and brilliantly edited. Great craftsmanship.

How incredible would it be to make a heist movie about stealing this coin, filming on location and using that as a cover to actually steal the real coin

The transitions in this are fantastic

Tom, another hit. fascinating.

Love the editing on this one!

feels like we're searching for Horcruxes; Harry counted them back in his head, "Three are held privately, two are in museums, one I think is under this church..."

"How do I make this sound not sarcastic" I spat out my coffee laughing :)

This is very interesting and those transitions are perfect.

Recently, a coin from the 1200s was discovered and will make at least £400,000 in auction. Your timing is impeccable

The jumpcuts to different locations 👌

Love when you upload ❤️❤️ Stay safe everyone!

1:51 and 2:06 - Respect for getting TWO perfect transitions between selfie-shots with you in the EXACT same position!

No, this is definitely the plot for a British Ocean’s-11 style heist.

I do love coins and collecting them

I love your channel so much Tom

Amazing piece of information. Thanks for your videos.

Imagine digging this up in the future Wonder how much it would be worth then...

And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend, legend became myth, and for about 90 or so years, the Coin passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. Tom Scott: It's... it's just a coin. I don't have any plans... my precious...

Tom, I enjoyed the transition between scenes. Well done!

God damn, the transition between each scene is sooooooo freaking smooth

Tom Scott perfected the walking transition.

Thanks Tom! I'm already hard at work sourcing original blueprints and meticulously planning out my heist route in methodical detail, thanks for the suggestion, this is going to be great fun

Great info on the 1933 Penny. Thanks for sharing. 👍😎🌸

Great video, thank you!

That 1993 penny my Granny dug up while at University in London has always interested me. Anyway time to watch the video 👍🏼

This is so cool! I collect coins and love history around them.

Another interesting story. You, Mr. Scott, continue to have the goods. Cheers! :)

1:49 That transission was perfectly on point!

As a coin collector this is really nice to see this topic being covered.

God damn it, why is this so well done. Why are they ALL so well done?!

nice to see you stepping foot through Middleton!

Tom's teleporting is slick.

Thats like finding a needle in a hay stack! The part with the needle stays quite unchanged, small metal object, the part with the hay gets *a little bit more complicated*

Your videos always seem to be brief, factual and straight to the point - I like that (very well done).

That brought back memories of my childhood in the 50s. I tried for many years to get one penny from each year - not knowing it was impossible! Younger viewers probably look at this coin and think it's something like the modern 'penny' - wrong, it was HUGE! In the days when I got 6d pocket money and Mars Bars were 4d, you often used to have quite a few of these in your pockets - but not for long, the lining couldn't take the weight! On the subject of conversion to US money, my sister had an American pen pal just about the time of decimalisation, so I remember that just before the new pennies came in, the old ones were worth exactly a cent (so £1 was worth $2.4). Nothing like these days of near parity... Mind you, when I was a kid a half-crown (2/6 - 12.5p) was also known as 'half a dollar', so I'd guess that the £ had been worth even more 20 years or so earlier.

Ah yes, KZfaq ads know I was watching Tom Scott now. How amazing

Good job with those walking transitions!

there *was* a £100,000 coin buried under that London building

@3:06 - I like how some bikes have been jacked just where he's stood talking about the potential of a heist movie XD

Plot twist: Tom has one of these coins and making a viral video of it is part of a pump-and-dump scheme.

The cost of pulling off that heist would be more than £100,000

I love you and your vids Tom. Always get hella excited when I see that you’ve put one up. Cheers for being so consistent with your vids, genuinely pleases me.

My grandparents owned a shop in the 1970s and they swore they had taken in a 1933 penny. We hunted high and low for it but never found it. i have wondered if it could be in the house still somewhere.

Tom knows where it is and is trying to throw everyone off by making the most egregious video ever.

I think £200k is probably a bit low for an Ocean's style heist. But say you had to collect all seven of them for a wealthy and unscrupulous numismatist for an order of magnitude or two higher than that...

I understand the plan Tom. I will set it into motion. Good luck at your end.

The fact that its buried in way way long time ago, And historic Value, and the fact that They are buried under buildings, I think they should be valued for Millions.

I love the abandoned bike locks in the last couple of moments of the video

Tom Scott always has the interesting stuff