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Dog Tax Token

1949 year
Bronze 6 g 25.20 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
King
Leopold III (1934-1951)
Type
Tokens › Tax tokens
Year
1949
Composition
Bronze
Weight
6 g
Diameter
25.20 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round (Holed at top)
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#94661
Rarity index
77%

Reverse

Serial number

Script: Latin

Lettering: 202344

Edge

Plain

Comment

As early as 1926, the Belgian tax authorities issued national dog tax tokens.
Only round tokens were minted by the Royal Belgian Mint in 1926, 1941, 1948 and 1949. Other tokens of different shapes were struck by private mints.
From 1941, a number had to be affixed to the reverse.
Blind and invalid dogs were exempt from this tax!
The national dog tax was abolished on December 24, 1949, but some provinces and communes continued to levy it.
A ring passed through the hole in the token enabled it to be attached to the dog's collar.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1949  716000 - - - - - -

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