Token - Ballot Box Key Tag (ACT C1) ND
| Brass (Holed - 4 mm) | - | - |
| Location | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Utility items › Voting tokens |
| Composition | Brass (Holed - 4 mm) |
| Size | 32 × 23 mm |
| Shape | Oval |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#400707 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Manufacturer's imprint stamp
Script: Latin
Lettering: [STOKES/ A / ASIA]
Edge
Plain
Comment
Used as a key tag for keys used to lock and unlock padlocks on ballot boxes. Tags were issued for each state of Australia and were used until the 1970s when other methods of collecting votes were introduced rather than using wooden boxes.
This tag is an Australian Capital Territory Tag referenced as Type ACT C1: Imprint Type Stokes S5 (length 7 mm); Hole 4 mm; Machined Numbers 4 mm High. This Tag was issued in the 1960s based on its reverse imprint type.
Catalogued by W.J.D. Mira, Australian Ballot Box Key Tags & Electoral Seals, published by the Metropolitan Coin Club of Sydney, 1989; reviewed by Michael Carter, Australian Ballot Box Key Tags Listing - Consultation Draft 2021 (Revisiting Mira), self-published 2021.
