The following is a list of the codes used. Regular issue US coinage was hoarded during the Civil War restricting merchants ability to make small change. Some merchants had tokens made to give out as change in their stores. If you ordered the least expensive tokens you would receive a combination of two existing dies, usually of a patriotic nature or similar to a US cent, these are call Patriotic Civil War Tokens . The rarity scale for Civil War tokens is listed below.
Most collectors collect by town, merchant or die.
Very few try to get one of each die combination and metal composition. So value is determined more by supply and demand than by individual rarity. This site has a variety of tokens for sale. The site of the Civil War Token Society. Site with a extensive listing of token books and links.