A large amount of 'Beard Coins' of Payment of Tax paid by Peter I on 'Beard' is discovered

A large amount of copper coins with bearded beards was discovered in Russia from the site of old buildings. This coin seems to be " Beard Coin " which was functioning as a proof of payment of the tax "Beard Tax" tax imposed on a man whose beard had Piotre I.

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Archeologists investigated the site of Russia · Pskov 's 17th century building.

A bag containing coins found in large quantities from underground.

Coins made of copper were discovered among them. The coin has the word "Paid" and ...

"Beard" is drawn. This is a coin called "beard kopek", which means that it was functioning as a proof of paying the so-called "beard tax".

Peter I who had been educating Europe to modernize Russia once knew that in Europe 's developed countries' men are shaving beards in general.' In contrast to this, in Russia at that time there were many men who bearded as a symbol of masculinity. Peter John I who came back from the UK in 1967 imposed tax on beard to encourage people to shave as soon as catching up with developed countries.

There seems to be a lot of people who resist shaving the beard and pay the beard tax. In addition, Peter the Great gave the police authority to forcibly shave the beard of those who refused to pay the beard tax.

The discovery of a beard coin is that this time it is the second case. The beard coin, which was excavated for the first time, is exhibited at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The 5000 beard coins found this time are well preserved and Marina Krakova of the Pskov monument center says "sensational discovery".

The beard coin which is a product of the rare beard tax in the world was said to have been suspended in 1728 three years after the death of Peter the Great, and melted to make it into another coin. A large amount of beard coins found from the basement are welcomed by researchers as valuable materials for knowing Russian beard situation at the time.