Uncommon: fewer than 10,000,000 minted. Sells occasionally: 9 verified sales in the last 12 months.
2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait Brunel Achievements (2006)
"Brunel Achievements £2"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2006 |
| Denomination | 2 Pounds |
| Face value | £2 |
| Mintage | 7,452,250 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Circulating |
| Composition | Bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring |
| Weight | 12.000g |
| Diameter | 28.4mm |
| Thickness | 2.50mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled: SO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Rev. artist | Robert Evans |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around.
ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REG · FID · DEF ·
Paddington Station structural supports representing the engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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| BU | £14.99 🔒 eBay | £13.25 (2) | – | £11.50 – £14.99 | 2 | 2 | 26-03-2026 | |
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| VF | £3.75 🔒 eBay | £3.35 | – | £3.25 – £3.75 | 3 | 3 | 20-08-2026 | |
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| PR-65 | £8.00 🔒 eBay | £9.40 | – | £8.00 – £14.50 | 4 | 4 | 22-09-2026 | |
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About the 2006 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Brunel Achievements
The 2006 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Brunel Achievements is a circulating 2 pounds coin, struck in bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring. It weighs 12g and measures 28.4mm across. Reverse design: Paddington Station structural supports representing the engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
7,452,250 were struck.
Common questions
How much is the 2006 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Brunel Achievements worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2006 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Brunel Achievements run from £3.35 to £13.25 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
How many Brunel Paddington Station £2 coins were made?
The Royal Mint's figures record 7,452,250 struck for circulation. Its partner coin, the Brunel portrait £2 of the same year, had 7,928,250. Together that is 15,380,500 Brunel £2 coins dated 2006.
Is the 2006 Brunel Paddington Station £2 rare?
No. With 7,452,250 struck it is one of the more plentiful commemorative £2 coins. Of the 35 commemorative £2 issues with a figure in the Royal Mint's mintage data, only six have a higher circulating total.
Who designed the Brunel Paddington Station £2?
Robert Evans designed the reverse, which shows a section of the roof of Paddington Station. The obverse carries the fourth portrait of Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley. The other 2006 Brunel £2, with a portrait of the engineer, is by Rod Kelly.
What does the edge of the Brunel Paddington Station £2 say?
The milled edge reads SO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE in incuse letters. The wording is set out in the royal proclamation for the two Brunel coins. The portrait coin has a different edge, giving Brunel's dates, name and profession.
Are there fake 2006 Brunel £2 coins?
Check Your Change reports known fakes of the Paddington Station design, first seen in October 2016. It describes the reverse of the fake as very good and the obverse as weaker, with inaccurate detail on the Queen and poorly defined or missing dots around the rim.
How do I identify the 2006 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Brunel Achievements?
Check the weight 12g and diameter 28.4mm and the metal (bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
Two £2 coins dated 2006 mark 200 years since the birth of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 to 1859). One carries his portrait. This one, usually called the Brunel Achievements or Paddington Station £2, stands for his work.
A single royal proclamation set out both designs and provided for each in cupro-nickel and nickel-brass, in silver, as a silver piedfort and in gold. It made the base-metal coin current and legal tender throughout the United Kingdom.
The Royal Mint's figures record 7,452,250 of this design struck for circulation, against 7,928,250 for the portrait coin. Among the 35 commemorative £2 issues with a figure in the Mint's data, only six have a higher total, so this is a plentiful coin.
The reverse is by Robert Evans. It shows a section of the roof of Paddington Station, with the date 2006 above, the name BRUNEL to the right and the denomination TWO POUNDS below. The Royal Mint describes Paddington as a key terminus of the Great Western Railway, where Brunel was Chief Engineer, and points to its iron-and-glass roof.
The edge is milled and carries the incuse inscription SO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE. The obverse has the fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF. The coin has a nickel-brass outer ring and a cupro-nickel centre.
Varieties and errors
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
Edge lettering that reads upside down when the Queen's portrait faces up is not an error. The Royal Mint explains that the inscription is rolled onto the blank before the faces are struck, so it can point either way, and that there is no right or wrong way.
Collecting notes
Check Your Change reports that fakes of this design exist, first seen in October 2016. By its account the reverse of the fake is very good, but the obverse is weaker: the detail of the Queen is inaccurate and some of the dots around the rim are poorly defined or missing. It adds that the same fake obverse appears on counterfeits of the 2007 Act of Union £2.
On a genuine coin, look for a centred core, a complete edge inscription and a full ring of dots on the obverse. The design was also struck for collectors as a silver proof, a silver piedfort and a gold proof, and the proclamation gives the gold coin a plain edge with the same lettering. Its partner is the Brunel portrait £2.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and design for two-pound coins commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (London Gazette issue 57993, 26 May 2006, page 7298), The London Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- £2 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2006 Elizabeth II 'The 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel' Achievements £2 Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2006 Two Pounds, Check Your Change (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Edge inscription on £2, £1 coins "upside down"?, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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