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Beard tax token
1705
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
In the late 1600s, in an attempt to modernise Russian society and discourage the growing of facial hair, Peter the Great introduced a beard tax. Those who wished to grow a beard were taxed and given a token as proof of payment.
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Details
- Title: Beard tax token
- Date Created: 1705
- Location: Russia
- Physical Dimensions: weight 4.51g
- Registration number: C.3701
- Copyright: © The Trustees of the British Museum
- British Museum link: C.3701
- Authority: Peter I
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