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Message:: [QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 196725, member: 2100"]Hi tdec1000, Id for your token is NY10A-5a. Rarity is R2 - 2,000 to 5,000 known. This pair of merchants were fairly prolific with 22 varieties. They used 7 obverse dies and 6 reverse dies, most were very very similar with only minor differences in letter positions. I have 5 of the 10 die pairings in copper, and two of the off-metals. Upon looking at your pics, I must express some concerns that the token may be a cast counterfeit. I was looking at the overall roughness on the obverse (rusty dies can legitimately  produce a similar appearance), the pits by the "7" (or is it dirt?), and what appears that it could be the remains of the sprue protroding from the rim by the "NJ" of "BENJAMIN". Assuming that it is real though, I would grade it AU (exonumia collectors generally do not use the Sheldon scale), and Kanzingers 2002 book valued it at $15 in XF and $20 in Unc. There are 38 Civil War token merchants that advertised as being fruit or produce dealers. A great deal fewer than the 253 Dry Goods/Millineries or the 404 advertising as Grocers, Provisions, Notions and Crockeries. Probably one of the oddest "topics" is MI225BL, a Dr. L.C. Rose, who advertised "Treats All/Chronic/Female/& Venereal/Diseases/Detroit. That is the sole member for that sought after category, with the 6 varieties listing between $200 and $850.[/QUOTE]