Description

New Zealand Mint introduced Sherlock 2 x 1 oz Silver Coin Set featuring the main characters Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as his loyal friend, Doctor John Watson.

Sherlock is a crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss the series is set in the present day, while the one-off special partly features a Victorian period fantasy resembling the original Holmes stories. Sherlock is a co-production between the British network BBC and the American station WGBH Boston. Sherlock has been nominated for numerous awards including: BAFTAs, Emmys, and a Golden Globe, winning several awards across a variety of categories.

These contemporary coins combine colour and engraving, and are presented in a high-quality rectangular coin case that holds the two character coins facing one-another. The Certificate of Authenticity is printed on the inside of the packaging.

Obverse

Ian Rank-Broadley’s effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, with the inscriptions ELIZABETH II, TWO DOLLARS, 2016, and NIUE, the country of issue, included along the rim.

ELIZABETH II NIUE TWO DOLLARS
IRB
2016

Reverse

A color image of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, with a silver depiction of London appearing in the background. Inscribed in the field is a representative quote from the modern Holmes character stating, “ALONE IS WHAT I HAVE. ALONE PROTECTS ME”.

The whole dialogue:
Sherlock Holmes: Alone is what I have. Alone protects me.
John Watson: No. Friends protect people.

Sherlock Holmes is brilliant, aloof and almost entirely lacking in social graces. Sherlock is a unique young man with a mind like a 'racing engine'. Without problems to solve, that mind will tear itself to pieces and the more bizarre and baffling the problems the better. He has set himself up as the world's only consulting detective, whom the police grudgingly accept as their superior.

1 oz 999 Fine Silver © Hartswood Films Ltd 2013.
"ALONE
IS WHAT
I HAVE.
ALONE
PROTECTS
ME."

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.999
Weight 31.1 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 2.97 mm
Shape round
Alignment -
Mint
New Zealand Mint (NZM)

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Silver, 31.1 g, ⌀ 40 mm