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3 Dollars - Bateman Tavern Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Bateman Tavern (John & Michelle's), Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | John & Michelle's Bateman Tavern $3.00 At the corner of County X and K, Lake Wissota |
| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, plain white paper stock with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements. |
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Chippewa Falls has a minor but genuine place in American brewing history — home to the Leinenkugel Brewery since 1867 — and bar scrip from the region carries that working-class tavern culture directly into paper form. This piece is private merchant scrip, issued by a specific named establishment rather than any banking or governmental authority, placing it firmly in the tradition of Depression-era and postwar tavern tokens and trade notes that circulated as informal credit within a regular clientele.
No federal authorization, no reserve backing. The note's value existed entirely on the goodwill between the issuer and whoever accepted it.