SIMPSON'S SHERLOCKIAN STUDIES. Volume 7. 1959. Numismatics in the Canon. Part III: Small Titles and Orders; Simpson, A. Carson

"In reference to Bob Fritsch's comment in V.5 No. 28 July 7, 2002, The E-Sylum, concerning detailed references to Holmes and numismatics, I can offer the following:

I know of at least one extensive study of numismatics in the Canon. It appears in Simpson's Sherlockian Studies by A. Carson Simpson, privately printed between 1953 and 1961 in nine volumes. In 1982, these volumes were compiled into book form by Magico Magazine, with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. If memory serves me, original sets of the Simpson volumes were scarce even back in the 1980s. The book I purchased was issued in an edition of 100 hardcover copies signed by Asimov and a trade version.

Volumes 5, 6, and 7 feature a three-part series on the coins, paper money, medals and orders in the Canon. Each of these "parts" runs in the range of 40 pages, with detailed descriptions of the various numismatic items that may have been encountered as well as Conical references. There's also a volume titled "Conical Philately."