Rare £2 coin sells for almost £300 after error as public urged to check change

A rare £2 coin that has been released with a design error is said to have sold on eBay for almost £300.

Instead of having two colours consisting of a yellow metal nickel-brass ring on the outside and a grey cupro-nickel disc in the middle - this one is all yellow with no distinction between what should be two colours.

The coin, which is dated 2009, sold for £255 exactly - plus £1.50 delivery - and attracted 28 bids following a seven-day auction meaning the coin sold for around 127 times it's face value.