A Sherlockian Hobo Nickel Design for ANA’s National Coin Week Challenge

“… the artist had brought out the full effect…”

– The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (NOBL)

National Coin Week, sponsored by the American Numismatic Association (ANA), is fast approaching with an April 21 start date. Several years back (pre 2016) the ANA sponsored a contest encouraging elementary students to design their own hobo nickels. One student, Lydia Lucas, submitted the above design for a Sherlock Holmes hobo nickel.

Lydia also submitted the following explanation for her design.

Sounds like we have a potential new member of the Junior Sherlockian Society!

You can view all of the proposed hobo nickels designs at the Pinterest board the ANA created.