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Message:: [QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 1780555, member: 2100"]Sorry for the late reply non_cents, I just don't have the time to visit here as often as I would like. Things that tend to make a scarce token inexpensive are typically one of two things: either a town has many issuing merchants, or an issuing merchant has many varieties. Fuld's ref. indicates that the merchants of the city of Cincinnati issued 1973 cwt variations. That is not only more than any other city, but even more than the total issued from any given state (not including Ohio of course). New York City came in a distant second at 1076 variations. Inexpensive rarities will likely come from one of those two cities.  Oliver Boutwell, a miller in NYC, has 39 listed variations, with id NY890B-34b (R9) listing for $60 in Unc, & NY890B-9bo listing for $70 in Unc. Four of Boutwell's R8 (5-10 known) tokens list for $40 in Unc.  Lanphear in Cincinnati issued over 200 varieties of cwts, but his tokens are slightly higher, with most of his R9 tokens (and there are many of them) listing for $125 to $150 in Kanzinger's 2002 book.  Those were the two that came to mind quickest for inexpensive rarities, but you may find others if you search thru Kanzinger's book.[/QUOTE]