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1 Mixed Drink - Corner Bar Weyauwega, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Corner Bar, Weyauwega, Wisconsin |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain orange stock with no vignette or decorative underprint. Black letterpress text arranged in four centred lines across the face constitutes the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOOD FOR ONE MIXED DRINK CORNER BAR Weyauwega, Wis. |
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Wisconsin tavern trade tokens and scrip were common through much of the twentieth century, particularly in small towns where a bar's regular clientele ran tabs or bought drink tickets in advance. Weyauwega — Waupaca County, population rarely above two thousand — had enough of a local bar culture to support this kind of informal paper scrip. The Corner Bar's "1 Mixed Drink" denomination is specific enough to suggest it was used for promotional purposes or pre-purchased rounds rather than general change-making.
No catalog reference in the standard Wisconsin obsolete scrip literature definitively dates this piece, which makes provenance from a known collection the primary dating tool.