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1 Can Pop - Rick's Halfway Bar Cadott, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Rick's Halfway Bar, Cadott, Wisconsin |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Red ground with a large dark brown deer antler vignette spanning the full width of the note, framing a central small soda can marked 'Halfway' in an orange label. Issuer name and redemption legend printed in mixed serif and bold typefaces above the vignette in black letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | Rick's Halfway Bar Good for One Can Pop |
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Bar scrip from small-town Wisconsin, issued by Rick's Halfway Bar in Cadott — a village of roughly 1,400 people situated almost exactly halfway between the equator and the North Pole, a geographical curiosity the town has long leaned into. "Halfway Bar" is almost certainly a play on that claim. This type of single-denomination drink token, redeemable for one can of pop, was a practical workaround for establishments managing tabs, vending situations, or promotional giveaways without handling coin.
Locally printed scrip of this kind rarely survives in quantity. Most was redeemed and discarded.