Recently bought this 1889 1 shilling on usacoinbook.com for roughly $18. Ngc has it listed in fine condition for $100. Thoughts, comments, general feedback is welcome.
In British terms, this is more likely a VG. $15 is about right, and that seems to be a nice, original, problem free, attractive old grey coin. I'd be happy with that.
There are two different varieties for this particular date. The small portrait variety is worth significantly more than the large portrait variety, with your example being the common large portrait variety.
I concur with @physics-fan3.14. If you ask me, $15 is a relatively fair retail price, but $18 seems a little steep, in my opinion.
Hmmm, thanks for the feedback, originally listed at $20 with a discount added. Might be steep, but a nice addition to my typeset. Would have loved the small cameo of the same coin.
Classical British grading is more conservative than American grading. A U.S. collector would call this piece F-VF. The Brits might go down to VG, but they would charge more than the catalog so you end up in the same place. The price might be a little high, but then you didn’t have to fly to London to get it. I have had to pay more the Spike Guide Book price for most every British coin I have. The coin is nice with original surfaces. I would just enjoy it.
World coins you might as well throw out any price guide in use today. 90% of my world purchases are in no way indicative of what guides say.
More or less use them as a base and compare then to what I see them being sold for in the same condition.