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House Hang free drink - Sugar River Lanes Belleville, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Sugar River Lanes |
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| Composition | Paper (White card stock) |
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| Obverse description | Left half carries a full-colour photographic vignette of foaming beer glasses raised in a toast; right half, printed on a pale grey ground, bears the issuer's logo — a bowling ball and pin device — in blue and red, with redemption terms in black letterpress below. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted stock in a pale pink-cream tone with faint horizontal laid lines visible across the entire surface; no text, vignette, or device of any kind. |
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Bowling alley drink tokens in paper or card form occupy an odd corner of exonumia — less durable than metal tokens, more susceptible to counterfeiting, and entirely dependent on the trust of a small local business. Sugar River Lanes is an independent alley in Belleville, a village of roughly 2,500 in Dane County, Wisconsin. These house scrip pieces circulated only within the premises, redeemable at the bar for a complimentary drink — most likely issued to league bowlers, staff, or as promotional giveaways during events.
Card stock examples like this rarely survive; they were spent, pocketed, or simply discarded.