1 Mixed Drink - Corner Bar Weyauwega, Wisconsin

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.