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HolmeWork Assignment: Fantasy Bank of England £1 Notes Featuring Holmes

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 1 Comment

“… hen you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? “

– The Sign of the Four (SIGN)

For this HolmeWork assignment, we have no information on this fantasy Bank of England £1 banknote that prominently features a silhouette of Sherlock Holmes on the front of the note and a quote from The Sign of the Four.

We grabbed this photograph off of a Pinterest board with no data at all. No idea of the note’s dimensions. The Sherlock Holmes silhouette has been used before on some commercially produced products.

We would welcome any information you may have!

HolmeWork Assignment: Jeremy Brett on Fantasy £10 Bank of Sherlock Holmes Banknote

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“… before I take ten pounds from you.” – The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (SIXN) For this HolmeWork assignment, we have a very blurry photograph of a fantasy £10 Bank of Sherlock Holmes note that features Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Notice that we only have a picture of the front of the note here… Continue Reading

HolmeWork Assignment: The 1997 DISI Award Medals

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 3 Comments

“… a claim to be third.” – The Red-Headed League (REDH) We have a interesting mystery on our hands with this HolmeWork assignment. Anybody have any idea what DISI is? What does DISI do? What was this issued for? With this being a third place medal and in the color of bronze, would it be… Continue Reading

Revisiting our August 2015 HolmeWork Assignment – A Aluminum Medal of Holmes

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“Each of these wore some scarf or medallion as emblem of his office.” – The Valley of Fear (VALL) Back in August of 2015, we did a HolmeWork Assignment on the aluminum Sherlock Holmes medal, pictured on the left with the red background. We had no information, at the time, on this… Continue Reading

HolmeWork Assignment: Coins of the Canon Cards

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“There is my card” – The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (SOLI) Once again, we come to our readers with our irregular feature, the HolmeWork Assignment, where we ask for input and suggestions to find out more information on an item. This time around we have the Sherlock Holmes Coins in the Canon cards, which is pictured above.… Continue Reading

Sherlockian Chocolate Coins

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Greg D. Ruby • 2 Comments

“… I emerged with a little chocolate…” – The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane (LION) Last August, we published a HolmeWork assignment asking for help in learning more about the chocolate coins that are sold at the Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street. We had a picture of the front (or obverse) of the chocolate coin,… Continue Reading

Update on HolmeWork Assignment: A Sherlock Holmes Silver Medal from the 1890’s?

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Greg D. Ruby • 2 Comments

“She had flung into the lake a bag containing some curious contents.” – The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual (MUSG) Back in September 2015, we published one of our first HolmeWork assignments about a possible 1890s silver medal with a scene from a Sherlock Holmes story. We reprinted a comment from the July 7, 2002 issue of The E-Sylum: Christopher Eimer writes: “The… Continue Reading

The 2014 BSI Trust Benefactor Medal

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Greg D. Ruby • 2 Comments

“… I should have had a medal the size of a soup plate.” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) We published a HolmeWork Assignment regarding the BSI Trust Benefactor’s Medal in January 2016. This medal has only been awarded twice – first, in 2012, to Glen Miranker, and then again in 2014… Continue Reading

HolmeWork Assignment: US Bicentennial PNC’s with Holmes Rubber Stamp

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“That is a question which has puzzled many an expert, and why?” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) We recently received photographs of ten different mini – philatelic numismatic covers from the 1976 Bicentennial of the United States that feature a small rubber stamped image of a right-facing profile of Sherlock Holmes. … Continue Reading

The 1992 Sherlock Holmes Lives On Medal

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Greg D. Ruby • 1 Comment

“Here is an advertisement which will interest you.” – The Advenyture of the Engineer’s Thumb (ENGR) Peter E. Blau, the 13th Garrideb, was kind to respond to last week’s HolmeWork assignment, and has provided us with a scan of Classic Specialities’ advertisement for the Sherlock Holmes Lives On medal. This ad appeared on page 36… Continue Reading

A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars

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