Beard tax

Excise tax levied on facial hair / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A beard tax is a governmental policy that requires men to pay for the privilege of wearing a beard. The most well documented beard tax was in place in Russia during the 18th century.

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A Russian beard token from 1705, carried to indicate that the owner had paid the beard tax imposed by Peter the Great