1890-S Liberty Seated Dime - Small S?

Overdate

I bought this for $45, rim damage but nice detail.

Is this the Small "S" variety? The Red Book lists the Small "S" as rare and unpriced, and PCGS lists only one specimen graded.

LoveMyLiberty

Small S Fortin var. 108

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RichieURich

It looks like the small S variety to me. In Brian Greer's book "The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Dimes", the small S pictured matches your coin's S in size. Brian states that there are two mintmark positions for the small S, far left (which your coin is) and centered.

Although there is no price in the Redbook and there is only one graded at PCGS, it isn't a super rarity. Over all grades it is probably an R3, possibly an R4. It's probably worth around what you paid for it, would be worth probably double without the damage (but would have probably cost double also.)

Hope this helps.

DIMEMAN

There are 2 small 90-S dimes. MM center and MM left. Yours is the small MM left.

The MM centered is the scarcest.

roadrunner

Looks to be the same sized MM of many other dated S mint dimes that I've owned over the years.

roadrunner

Overdate

Thanks for all the responses, I learned quite a bit about my new acquisition.

seateddime

As stated before.

This is a small S the more common of the 2 small S coins, the centered one in high grades are very rare. This one is known in a MS64 and maybe a finer exists