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Design
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A Giant of Crime Fiction. The art of deduction.
Sherlock Holmes’ Creator
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He
is best known for his creation of the most famous detective in literature,
Sherlock Holmes™. The character first appeared in A Study in Scarlet,
published in 1887. Portrayed as a brilliant detective with intuitive
deduction skills, Sherlock Holmes pursued criminals throughout Victorian
and Edwardian London, the south of England and continental Europe. The
coin was designed by textual artist and designer Stephen Raw – a long time
fan of the detective. Stephen Raw first connected with Sherlock Holmes
through a radio dramatisation, which then drew him to the stories
themselves, as well as television and film adaptations. “In my design for
the coin I have listed the most popular of those adventures but by
necessity have kept the words very small. I hope it will encourage the
‘inner detective’ in those who are intrigued by the coin. Naturally, the
only way to solve 'the mystery of the text' is by using that essential
piece of equipment always carried by the intrepid sleuth: a magnifying
glass.”
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