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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 16, April 19, 2020, Article 31

THE ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON MEDAL

Greg Ruby publishes The Fourth Garrideb, a blog about the numismatics of Sherlock Holmes. On April 14, 2020 he released an article about a medal he'd been seeking photos of. -Editor

Elementary-My-Dear-Watson medal obverse Elementary-My-Dear-Watson medal reverse

We've been trying to grab usable photos of this medal for over two years and have finally succeeded. We first became aware of this medal in April of 2018, so we believe this medal was struck in 2017 or earlier.

OBVERSE: SHERLOCK HOLMES (branch with leaves) / (right-facing profile of Holmes in cape & cap, with magnifying glass) / (branch with leaves) "Elementary, my dear Watson"

REVERSE: (bust of Holmes, facing right, with cap and pipe, overlaying a wreath) / 221B / BAKER / STREET / (line and triangle symbol) / LONDON / CONSULTING DETECTIVE

Brass, 40mm, Round

We believe this medal is marketed by the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London, as the reverse design features some of the same elements as other medals we believe were also sold by the Sherlock Holmes Museum... We really cannot be sure at this time, as their shop website has been being restocked continually since August of 2014 (with monthly checks by us) and we given up contacting them due to lack of responses. We give our reasons for why we are confident these medals are from the Sherlock Holmes Museum in the previous post.

We've also noticed the application of the black enamel on some of the design elements is uneven and spotty on the example we inspected on both sides. The Holmes profile on the obverse has some imperfections whey you inspect the coin very closely. and there are some very small drops on the reverse side.

Overall, it is a very attractive medal, however.

I agree - not a bad piece. Can anyone confirm that this was produced by the Sherlock Holmes Museum? -Editor

Sherlock Holmes Museum

To read the complete article, see:
The Elementary, My Dear Watson Medal (https://fourthgarrideb.com/2020/04/14/the-elementary-my-dear-watson-medal/)

To read the previous post, see:
Medals of London's Sherlock Holmes Museum (https://fourthgarrideb.com/2017/04/04/medals-of-londons-sherlock-holmes-museum/)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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