Token - Ballot Box Key Tag (ACT E1) ND
| Brass (Holed - 4 mm) | - | - |
| Location | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Utility items › Voting tokens |
| Composition | Brass (Holed - 4 mm) |
| Size | 33 × 23 mm |
| Shape | Oval |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#401101 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Manufacturer's imprint stamp
Script: Latin
Lettering: [STOKES/ MELB]
Engraver: stokes
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 E1: Imprint Type Stokes S4 (small lettering); Hole 4 mm;
Two sub types:
Type E1i - has no numbers on the Obverse.
Type E1ii - has Machined Numbers 4 mm High.
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.
