I'd suggest a beater grade parker 51. I've gone to fountain pen network's WTB section a couple times and just said "I'm looking for functional parker 51s for daily writers." Ended up with 3. One for 30, which had a repaired barrel crack, 2 for 60ish which looked great to me. All of them are fantastic writers. Pelikan 200 or 400 would work in your price range, as would a Lamy 2k, which is on my wish list right now. Also, anything from Bexley is a good choice, even the steel nibbed ones. I just finished writing a letter with my simplicity (noodlers Antique Manuscript Brown ink and G Lalo paper), and it was fantastic.
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