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How Appropriate – A Toast to Mycroft Holmes

How Appropriate – A Toast to Mycroft Holmes

I was fortunate to be able to attend the inaugural meeting and luncheon of the Diogenes Club of Washington, DC at the Hamilton Restaurant on September 20, 2014.  Full membership is only available to those who are current and past employees of any agency, department, or branch of government be it local, state, federal, or foreign,… Continue Reading

How The Fourth Garrideb Came To Be

How The Fourth Garrideb Came To Be

“…it now contains the most unsociable and unclubable men in town.” – The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (GREE) Welcome to The Fourth Garrideb, a scion where we celebrate Canonical and Conanical numismatics.  There are many specialized Sherlockian scions devoted to very narrow fields – The Elusive Bicyclists, Moriarty’s Mathematicians, and The Practical, But Limited, Geologists, just… Continue Reading

Hello world!

Hello world!

Welcome to The Fourth Garrideb , a society of coin collectors and numismatists who are also fans of Sherlock Holmes. We were organized on Saturday, August 9, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois during the 123rd anniversary convention of the American Numismatic Association. Our name is based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s story The Adventure of the Three… Continue Reading