1897S barber dime some damage should I keep it or sell it 1 1

[Ollie3677]

1897 S barber dime is it worth anything

[Sandon]

    Your 1897-S Barber dime, a scarcer issue, has Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated details but appears to have been improperly "cleaned", resulting in hairline scratches and an unnatural color, as well as having a scrape on Liberty's face.  An unimpaired example in this grade range would have a retail (dealer sell) value of approximately $200 to $300. It is difficult to value impaired coins, but I would estimate a value of half the retail ($100 to $150), and dealers would pay half to two thirds of that if they want to stock such pieces.

   I regard impaired coins as collectible with an appropriate discount. If you are interested in collecting Barber dimes by date and mint, you might want to keep this coin, as it may be difficult and somewhat costly to find an unimpaired 1897-S with this much detail. 

[Ollie3677]

Thank you  It may have been cleaned I inherited it so I don’t know the history of it. I appreciate you reply

[RWB]

Your dime looks nicer than most other impaired coins of similar grade. It's not valuable enough to have graded and put into a plastic slab, but you might be able to get $50+ from a date/mint Barber dime collector. Might be a nice ebay coin.

[powermad5000]

With over a million minted, this is not really a key date as would be a 1901 S or an 1895 O or an 1897 O. While this one does get higher premium along with higher grade, imho with the aggressive cleaning it had on both sides with numerous and obvious hairlines as well as the gouge across the nose, rim ding on the reverse and the spots of environmental damage on the obverse, I would say its eye appeal as it remains and with its impairments would bring this coin to grade as AU details and maybe around $100 in value. Because the impairments and environmental spots, a dealer would give you less for it. I think with its mintage you would be able to find an unimpaired example with the similar details for reasonable cost.