Wiatt tokens are scarce, which is surprising because the candymaker and baker opened a second store in 1863 and engaged in many promotions.

The business' advertising was generally confined to single line ads scattered among the news columns. Newspapers of the day frequently reported on the activities of Harrison L. Wiatt Jr. and his younger brother, William G. Wiatt.

The main store was at 130 E. Town St., the current site of the Town Center building, just east of the City Center shopping mall.

In April 1863, the store staged a grand masquerade ball at Naughton's Hall. The Columbus Fact reported, "To ensure the pleasure of all, the Wiatt Bros. will again introduce the elephant arrayed in his gorgeous trappings and baring upon his back in true oriental style, a child of the Golden Sun."

Admission was $1, the equivalent of a day's wages for many.

At Christmas, the store displayed a massive cake shaped like a temple that drew hundreds of visitors .

Billy Wiatt was credited by The Columbus Gazette with designing the cake that was spectacularly displayed on a sheet of glass.

W.K. Lanphear struck the Wiatt & Bro. tokens. An estimated 89 to 228 survive. Four obverse dies were used, including one showing a tankard