UK £2 RARE BIMETALLIC TWO POUND COIN, WITH EXTREMELY RARE TWO MINT ERRORS.
2006 ISSUE COMMEMORATING THE 200TH BICENTANARY ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
INTERESTING COIN DEPICTING THE FAMOUS ROOF OF BRUNELS PADDINGTON RAILWAY STATION,LONDON, ALONGSIDE HIS NAME INSCRIBED IN THE ARCHES OF THE INTRICATE ROOF SPANS
INSCRIPTION AROUND THE EDGE STATES ' SO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE' - A FITTING DEDICATION TO HIS MUCH RESPECTED VARIED WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS
HOWEVER...ON THIS COIN THERE HAS BEEN A MINTING ERROR, AND THE COIN READS ' SO MANY IRONS N THE FIRE' - THE 'I' IS MISSING - SEE PHOTOS - IT LOOKS LIKE THE COIN HAS BEEN MISSTRUCK, PRODUCING THE ERROR - VERY VERY RARE.
THERE IS ALSO AN ERROR ON THE QUEENS HEAD SIDE, WHERE THE BEADING HAS ENCLOACHED ONTO THE OUTER RING
ON THE FRONT IS THE QUEENS HEAD
ON THE REVERSE THE ROOF IS SURROUNDED BY THE GOLD COLOURED OUTER RING ENCOMPASSING THE TWO POUNDS DESIGNATION, AND THE 2006 YEAR
LOW MINTAGE
COMPOSED OF A NICKEL BRASS OUTER RING, AND AN INNER CUPRO NICKEL CIRCLE
SOLD IN USED CIRCULATED CONDITION, BUT A GOOD NICE SHINY COIN
WILL POST WORLDWIDE