This beautiful 50p coin was designed by Stephen Raw and features the profile of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who's wearing his iconic deerstalker hat and smoking pipe.
The coin was released into circulation on the day when Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle would have turned 160 in 2019.
Since the author is most recognised for his widely read detective stories, there is no better way to honour the writer's most well-known creation than with a coin featuring the character and book titles that correspond.
Unfortunately the coin isn't very rare as there was 8,602,000 coins put into circulation.
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