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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Isambard K. Brunel, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 2 Pounds |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2006 - Proof - 1,071 |
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Brunel appeared on a circulating £2 coin from 2006 as part of the Royal Mint's ongoing biographical series, with this gold proof struck as the collector version of that base-metal issue. The choice of Brunel was uncontroversial — he had topped a BBC public poll in 2002 ranking the greatest Britons, finishing second only to Churchill, which effectively handed the Royal Mint a ready-made justification for the commission.
The .9167 fineness is standard 22-carat crown gold, the same alloy the Royal Mint has used for sovereign-series coinage since 1817.