Car with two-digit number plate sells for £230k

Simon Drieu & Co Limited A midshot of the Peugeot Ion facing away. It is black, and has a number plate with J69 on it.Simon Drieu & Co Limited
The J69 plate and Peugeot were listed for a starting price of £100,000

A 2012 Peugeot hatchback with a two-digit number plate has sold at auction for nearly a quarter of a million pounds.

The J69 plate and black five-door Peugeot Ion with 53,205 miles on the clock were listed for a starting price of £100,000, by Jersey auctioneers Simon Drieu & Co Limited.

Four bidders battled it out on Thursday, with the item eventually selling for £230,000.

It is not the first time number plates have sold for large sums on the island, with a JSY1 plate selling for £65,000 back in 2013.

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