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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

Fantasy £100 Bank of Baker Street Notes Feature BBC Sherlock Cast

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

” … for the sake of a few hundred pounds. “ – The Red-Headed League (REDH) We have another fantasy bank note, this a £100 note from the fictional Bank of Baker Street. The front of this 76 millimeters by 140 millimeters note features larger portraits of John Watson and Sherlock Holmes on the right, while… Continue Reading

2019 Bank of Eternity £1M Notes Feature Cumberbatch

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 1 Comment

“… notice into eternity.” – The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (WIST) Living Waters Europe, an online organization inspiring and equipping Christians, created a series of celebrity £1M banknotes featuring 9 different celebrities that include Benedict Cumberbatch of BBC’s Sherlock fame. The other celebrities honored in this series are: Albert Einstein, Ant and Dec, Daniel Craig, Daniel Redcliffe, David Beckham, Jamie Oliver, Mr… Continue Reading

Faces of Holmes: Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“… all were equally puppets in his hands.” – The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (SOLI) Comedian and actor Edgar Berggren was born in Chicago in 1903. Begining at the age of 11, Edgar began to self-learn ventriliquism and during his late teenage years would be given daily lessons by the famed ventriloquist Harry Lester for… Continue Reading

A Jerry Lewis Enjoyment Certificate with Theatre Imprint

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“Why not give ourselves up to the unrestrained enjoyment of the present?” – The Adventure of fhe Mazarin Stone (MAZA) Several years ago, we first reported on the Jerrry Lewis Enjoyment Certificates that promoted his 1962 film, It’s Only Money. The $1,000 note features Lewis donning a deerstalker cap, and all of the notes features an… Continue Reading

The Year in Sherlockian Numismatica – 2018

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“… we have very properly laid in the new almanack …” – The Valley of Fear (VALL) With the release of the Baker Street Almanac 2019 earlier this month, we thought that now would be an appropriate time to reprint this adapation of our article that appeared in the 2018 Alamanac. When The Fourth Garrideb was… Continue Reading

2020 Version of Kingdom of Great Britain Fantasy Banknotes Now Available

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Greg D. Ruby • 0 Comments

“No living man could tell a Prescott from a Bank of England …” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) The sixfth different “edition” of the fantasy Kingdom of Great Britain 10 pound banknotes has recently been issued. You can read about the 2015 version HERE, the 2016-2018 editions HERE.and last year’s 2019 version… Continue Reading

The 2019 Fantasy Kingdom of Great Britain 10 Pound Banknote

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Greg D. Ruby • 1 Comment

“No living man could tell a Prescott from a Bank of England …” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) The fifth different “edition” of the fantasy Kingdom of Great Britain 10 pound banknotes has recently been issued. You can read about the 2015 version HERE and the 2016-2018 editions HERE. In the upper right corner… Continue Reading

Sherlockian Themed Jerry Lewis Laugh Certificates From Malaysia

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

“Sherlock Holmes laughed.” – The Adventure of Silver Blaze (SILV) The 1962 comedy film of It’s Only Money starring Jerry Lewis is turning out to be a treasure trove for Sherlockian numismatists. While Lewis never dons the deerstalker in the film, he is often seen wearing one in the promotional items for the film such as the poster… Continue Reading

A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars

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