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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzjamesHorse, post: 2099596, member: 73793&quot;]I am almost 63 and in the 1950s and 1960s, I never actually saw a farthing in real use. I recall my curiousity at seeing my first one. (It was probably British).I mentioned this to a coin dealer in Dublin (he is slightly younger than me) and he DOES recall farthings in use. So Irish farthings circulated longer than British ones.</p><p>I live in the North of Ireland where the British and Irish coins circulated together (they also did in the Republic) as it was all sterling.</p><p>Then and now I sometimes find I have coins from Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man in my change.</p><p>(banks in &quot;Northern Ireland&quot;....Danske (formerly Northern Bank), Ulster, First Trust and Bank of Ireland....print their own sterling notes. As a general rule these locally printed notes are what comes out of most ATMs,</p><p>In England these notes are not accepted so ATMs at Belfast Airport etc always have Bank of England notes. Anyone travelling to England and needing currency usually changes these local notes for Bank of England notes before travelling.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose for a serious collector of coins, everything is done thru a dealer. For a casual collector like myself, I prefer coins to be circulated. They can be picked up at markets easily enough....the exceptions are farthings and early silver which really only a dealer can supply.</p><p>For my own information I have sprea sheet with the cheapest price (worst condition coins) but I am not actively pursuing early half crowns etc as stamps are the priority.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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