A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“‘Do you find it interesting?’ ‘To a collector of fairy-tales.’” – The Hound of The Baskervilles (HOUN) Arthur Conan Doyle’s interest in spiritualism has been well documented. In 1917, two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, were photographed with “fairies,” near Cottingley, England. These photographs were shared with a few family members who then… Continue Reading
” … some of the illustrious clients who crossed our humble threshold in Baker Street.” – The Adventure of Black Peter (BLAC) Gibraltar released 8 different designs for its 1994 series of coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of the return of Sherlock Holmes. In this post, we will discuss the three coins that feature an outside scene of… Continue Reading
“You will challenge him …” – The Sign of The Four (SIGN) During the past year, we have published several items about challenge coins being issued with a Sherlock Holmes theme. In this post we’ll share two challenge coins that have a borderline or fringe attachment to Sherlockiana. First, almost a year ago, Robert Downey, Jr.… Continue Reading
“It’s the Baker Street division of the detective police force.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) Florissant, Missouri is a suburb of St. Louis. Sometime during 2014-2015, a Sherlock Holmes themed challenge coin was issued by their police department. OBVERSE: FLORISSANT POLICE DEPARTMENT / (Florissant Police Department badge upon a sunburst) / BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS REVERSE:… Continue Reading
“… for when I was in Siberia I had a letter from him …” – The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez (GOLD) In October 1993, the United Kingdom issued five different 24 pence stamps featuring Sherlock Holmes themes. In May 1995, a set of five different Philatelic – Numismatic Combination Covers (envelope with postal cancellation and a… Continue Reading
“And now I come to the most surprising part of my story, my dear son.” – The Adventure of The Gloria Scott (GLOR) October will soon be upon us. Our story for the month will be The Adventure of The Gloria Scott. We’ll have our usual features – The 17 Steps, The Punitentiary and Data! Data!… Continue Reading
In this post, we peruse The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez looking for mention of monetary transactions and numismatic items. As always, the page numbers [seen here in brackets] refer to the relevant pages in The Complete Sherlock Holmes published by Doubleday / Penguin Books. The first paragraph [607] of this month’s adventure has the good doctor recounting the… Continue Reading
“… an exploit which won for Holmes an autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the Order of the Legion of Honour.” – The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (GOLD) The French Legion of Honour was only mentioned in one story of the Canon, The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez. However, we have published… Continue Reading
“… the tracking and arrest of Huret, the Boulevard assassin – an exploit which won for Holmes an autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the Order of the Legion of Honour.” – The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (GOLD) Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of the Third Republic of France, was stabbed and… Continue Reading
“She had flung into the lake a bag containing some curious contents.” – The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual (MUSG) This month’s HolmeWork assignment comes via a letter published in the July 7, 2002 issue of The E-Sylum: Christopher Eimer writes: “The ongoing correspondence in The E-Sylum relating to Sherlock Holmes, and in particular Alan Luedeking’s request for… Continue Reading