A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
I imagine that when most of you saw the title of this post, you immediately thought of Clement Clarke Moore’s classic Christmas poem. Sorry to disappoint you! This story is based on an incident from The Blue Carbuncle and was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1945 during The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes… Continue Reading
“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
“Dead man was identified as Rodger Prescott, famous as forger and coiner in Chicago.” – The Adventure of Three Garridebs (3GAR) Who killed Rodger Presbury???? The answer is Killer Evans. But you just read The Adventures of the Three Garridebs in a previous post here, and Killer Evans killed the counterfeiter Rodger Prescott…. Peter E.… Continue Reading