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See https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/QR/article/download/270/2372 https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/QR/article/download/270/2... for a scholarly discussion of what is known of the history. It is reported the 15,903 copies of the original 1698/9 beard tax token were ordered, but unclear if that number were actually produced. Previously only one example was known. Little documentary evidence remains to suggest the beard tax was imposed prior to 1705. The later 1705 and 1725 versions of the beard tax token are rare, but numerous examples exist. And records show the rule was promulgated and tax collected starting in 1705.