New to the Forum..

[Levi_NI 0]

Hi

Just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Neill and I am from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have been collecting coins since I was a wee lad..the usual story of being given a coin by an older relative.. at 27, and with the usual episodes called life happening, my collecting has been pretty much non existant. Happy to say, my appetite has been re whetted and the oul fire in the heart is lit and raring to go again. This forum is a great idea BTW.

[Emperor Oli 0]

Another new member, welcome! Do you specialise in anything in particular or just buy what you like (they should be one and the same really!)?

[Chris Perkins 228]

Hello, welcome.

I've been to NI many times in the past, lovely place, shame about the soldiers!

And we're about the same age too!

Lets get this straight, you're Neill with 2 n's, and that means male? (just to just the alternative spelling!)

[Levi_NI 0]

Neill is a mans name, regardless of the spelling. Variations are Neil, Neal, Niall and Niadh. I think you may mean O' at the start of a mans surname, and Ni at the start of an unmarried womans name. Both Gaelic, and I can't speak that. As for the soldiers, well my family are full of them..

anyhow.. I specialise in nothing in particular, but have a sort of drawing to anything which I find culturally relevant to me. UK coins, with various heads, years etc and because my wife is American, I have started trying to get older American coins. Pre 1921 Irish coins interest me greatly, but those after don't really hold the same interest, and because we use the same coinage as you guys, specific Northern Ireland coins don't really exist. I suppose that makes me eclectic

Thanks for the greeting guys!!

[Master Jmd 89]

Welcome Neill, I hope you enjoy restarting your collecting.

Just so you know me; I collect pretty much all types of UK farthings 1656-1956 with the exeption of SOHO and Patterns of 1660-1670.