Back in September 2015, we published one of our first HolmeWork assignment about a possible 1890s silver medal with a scene from a Sherlock Holmes story. We reprinted a commentfrom the July 7, 2002 issue of The E-Sylum:

Correspondence with Mr. Eimer produced no results and having been an open question for nearly three years here, it looked unlikely we would have an answer.

In reviewing items on the Newman Numismatic Portal recently, we have now located a picture of this medal. The auction firm of Dix Noonan Webb conducted an auction over June 24and 25, 2003. Lot 1604 reads as follows:

So we have now identifed the medal. Is anyone out there able to place this scene depicted within a Sherlock Holmes story? Your editor has serious doubts that this medal tiesinto a Holmes mystery. What do you think?

To read the complete article, see:
Update on HolmeWork Assignment: A Sherlock HolmesSilver Medal from the 1890's? (https://fourthgarrideb.com/2018/09/03/update-on-holmework-assignment-a-sherlock-holmes-silver-medal-from-the-1890s/)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE SHERLOCKIANA (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v05n28a11.html)