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5 Dollars - Joe's B & B Chetek, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Joe's B & B Bar & Grill |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Size | 38.5 x 36.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | Plain white ground with the denomination numeral "5.00" printed in large bold black type toward the upper centre of the note; the remainder of the surface is unprinted. |
| Reverse lettering | 5.00 |
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A piece of bar scrip from Chetek, a small city in Barron County in northwest Wisconsin. Bar scrip — privately issued paper redeemable for drinks or food at the issuing establishment — has a long, mostly undocumented history in rural American tavern culture. Joe's B & B Bar & Grill's version is unusually small even by scrip standards, barely larger than a postage stamp, which likely reflects a deliberate choice to prevent casual counterfeiting or accidental confusion with federal currency.
2021 issue, suggesting possible pandemic-era motivation — some bars used scrip during that period to manage gift purchases or pre-sell credit when in-person service was restricted.