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Sophie Buchan

Glaswegians urged to check pockets as 'rare' £2 coin listed on eBay for £80

A coin seller has put up a 'rare' £2 coin from 2006 up on eBay and is hoping to sell it for £79.99 with people across Glasgow now urged to check their pockets.

The coin, which is said to have a circulating mintage of 7,928,250, shows a portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, an English mechanical and civil engineer whose designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.

According to ChangeChecker, he is "best remembered for the network of tunnels, bridges and viaducts constructed for the Great Western Railway as well as the Clifton Suspension Bridge which crossed the River Avon.

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