I picked up a 1988 silver proof pound in a shop yesterday for 9.50 USD. It seems a decent price based on ebay prices. What does it go for in the UK typically. Beautiful coin.
Can you show us a photo of the coin? If it's a silver proof, it's worth £25.00 and if it's a Piedfort it would be worth £115.0 The normal, brass coins are worth £5.00 in UNC - i.e. $10 so lucky you if it is silver!
I don't have a good camera. It is definitely a silver proof and comes in a blue "ring box" type case and has a clear plastic capsule which appears to have been opened at one point although the coin looks untouched.
If it is a Piedfort it will be stated as such in the documentation in the original case if you still have it. Peidforts are thicker than normal proofs.
I saw a piedfort on ebay and the documentation and it is not that one. Still a pretty coin. I have always loved the pound coin since I got my first one in an unc collection I bought at either Harrods or Tower of London. Can't remember since it was 23 years ago. Do they still have the collection contest where you stick the coins to the envelope to send in and hopefully win a proof silver pound. I still have mine with the coins that haven't fallen out and gotten lost.
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