A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“Have you any change in your pocket?” – The Adventure of The Dying Detective (DYIN) One of our first posts was Dennis Nowicki’s excellent Coins of The Canon, which featured a review of Queen Victoria’s coinage mentioned in the original Sherlock Holmes stories. To date, there have been 9 episodes of BBC’s Sherlock. While there have been limited… Continue Reading
In 1954, Ronald Howard and H. Marion Crawford would star as Holmes and Watson in 39 episodes of a syndicated Sherlock Holmes television series. The 30 minute episodes were produced by Sheldon Reynolds, who would later do another Holmes series, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in 1980 and would reuse many of the same episodes. Many of… Continue Reading
“…my boy in the navy has cost me much.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) The 20th Garrideb, Dr. George A. Vanderburgh, shared this medal of Lord Horatio Nelson and the HMS Foudroyant with us. Horatio Nelson was born in 1758 and would join the Royal Navy at a young age. By the age of 20,… Continue Reading
“It was a queenly presence – tall, graceful, and intensely womanly.” – The Adventure of The Second Stain (SECO) From the British Royal Mint’s November 6, 2014 press release: The Royal Mint has today confirmed that it will be ‘all change’ for UK coinage next year when the definitive portrait of Her Majesty The Queen… Continue Reading
Today would have been actor Jeremy Brett’s 81st birthday and that inspires this month’s HolmeWork assignment – where we ask for your help in solving a question. Brett is most remembered for his role of Sherlock Holmes in the 41 episodes of the Granada TV series that originally aired from 1984 through 1994. He would… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: This article by noted Holmesian, Jay Finley Christ, is reprinted from The Numismatist, Vol. 64, No. 10 (October 1951), pp. 1103-05. I would claim that this was the first paper published with Sherlock Holmes – numismatic connections. Glittering Gold Guineas by Jay Finley Christ There is at least a spark of numismatic interest in two… Continue Reading
“It was nine o’clock at night upon the second of August – the most terrible August in the history of the world.” – His Last Bow (LAST) Published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, LAST is unusual in the 60 stories of the Canon – the narration is in the third person, not, as usual, by Dr.… Continue Reading
THE MYSTERY of the missing bag of gold was a case over which Sherlock Holmes might have pondered with the aid of his violin, his hypodermic syringe, and a couple of pipes of the strongest tobacco. And, of course, the support of the ever-faithful Dr Watson. But this was a mystery which the famous detective… Continue Reading
Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. During the 64 years of her reign, Britain turned to the remote parts of the world and established a colonial empire of such extent and prosperity that the world has never seen its like. Over the years of her reign, the bust of… Continue Reading