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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JeffC, post: 4148774, member: 90913&quot;]I&#039;ve got a medal with a nice story.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the late 1600’s, Russian Tsar Peter the Great travelled extensively throughout Europe and noticed how the fashion and habits were different.&nbsp; Around 1698, he decided that his countrymen should be groomed in a similar fashion as modern European men.&nbsp; He ordered that all Russian men must shave and, if any Russian does not want to shave off his beard, he must pay a Beard Tax.&nbsp; If a man were rich enough to pay the annual tax, this was his receipt – a so-called Beard Token.&nbsp; He must carry it with him at all times as evidence of payment, if the police stops him. Otherwise, the police can forcibly shave him in public.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse says “Money Taken” and the reverse, in Cyrillic characters, reads “Year 1705” below the Russian double eagle emblem.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071998[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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