Sherlock Holmes™ is the masterpiece of the crime fiction genre. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was the creator of Sherlock Holmes ™. Sherlock Holmes inspired a legacy of characters in fiction and has influenced generations of authors who still pay high attention to his work today.

In 2019, The Royal Mint has a new coin series release to mark the 160th anniversary of Conan Doyle’s birth. Conan Doyle has written 60 Sherlock Holmes stories. He was not only famous in writing. He also succeeded in the field of medicine, even volunteering as a medic in the Second Boer War in 1900.

Features of the coin:

• Each coin struck in .925 sterling silver
• Coin's reverse: The design created by Stephen Raw and was inspired by the adventures, character, and intrigue of Sherlock Holmes
• The is the first time Sherlock Holmes's theme has featured on a UK coin