1885 Minneapolis Dog Tax Tag

[milco]

I found this at a construction site yesterday at an older school. It measures 28mm in diameter. Thanks to Ill Digger for making me take a second look at this one.

http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=6856.0

[Mudder]

:omg: Just goes to show that there have always been taxes >:tongue:. It is a fantastic find and thanks for sharing it.

[aloldstuff]

Judging by the design of the numbers, I'm thinking 1885 is the date. But then again we should wait for the experts to chime in. Nice recovery. Congrats

[tanacat]

That's very cool- the oldest I've found is 1921. I was gonna take a pic and put it on here but got distracted looking for my old tags (I save them all) lol Here's a 1947 dog tag I found recently- see how the date is on the bottom and 1585 is the id #. I'm no expert, but I think yours is from 1885 :clapping:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/frogtopia/104_0935.jpg

[milco]

I have been getting some exciting responses to my posts on this find from several forums and today I received an email from a collector who is one of the editors on a collectors guide for these dog tags. It is as follows:

This is the first Minneapolis dog tax tag dated 1885 reported! The oldest known is dated 1883 (only 1 reported) . . . . but then the next oldest known is 1886 (only 1 reported), the 1887 (4 reported) . . . . and the 1887 tags are an acorn shape.

[jkress]

Congrats... it looks like it is in uncirculated condition. lol
I have one dog tax tag from 1895. The date is below the tax number on mine too.
Very cool find!