5 Dollars - B & B Chetek, Wisconsin

Bar and tavern scrip from small-town Wisconsin is among the more ephemeral categories of American exonumia — printed in short runs, spent fast, and rarely saved. B and B Bar & Grill in Chetek, a lakeside resort town in Barron County, almost certainly issued this as drink or tab credit, the kind of in-house currency that kept regulars loyal and reduced cash handling on busy nights. The red paper stock is a deliberate differentiator, making it visually distinct from standard currency and harder to mistake — or counterfeit — in a dim barroom.