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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1867535, member: 39&quot;]Those beer tokens were used for several purposes. One was to make cash handling easier: The waiter would be given a certain number of tokens at the beginning of the day or shift, the guest would order and pay, and for every beer the waiter would simply put a token into a box. At the end of the work day, the waiter pays the amount &quot;indicated&quot; by the tokens. At some places, the waiters had to buy the tokens first, but the concept was the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another reason for beer tokens was that brewery employees usually had the right to get a certain amount of free beer. Some employees used the tokens as means of payment. Yet another purpose: If somebody had a big party, he would buy a certain number of tokens from the landlord, and then give them to his guests. And I am sure there were more opportunities to use such beer tokens. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I still find it hard to believe that, in the case of tokens with a dual (glass/10 pf) &quot;face value&quot;, the beer value should be the decisive one while the pfennig value would be neglectable. If that is what one wants, just have a &quot;one glass of beer&quot; token. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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