✅ SOLVED 1860 tag of some sort

[Bharpring]

Can anyone ID this 1860 tag?

 

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[Bharpring]

OK, so I messaged Oddcoins (Neil) about the dog tag and this was his reply:

WOW ~ that 1869 Savannah dog tag is a great find! . . . . . I have the newest edition of Dr. William Bones' book US DOG LICENSE TAGS. In there it has that 1869 is the oldest reported dog tag from Savannah GA.

I will forward your inames to Dr. Bone because he likes to document ALL known pre-1900 dog tags. Looks like the serial number on your piece is 409 . . .so you know there was 408 tags issued before this one . . . .but how many were issued after yours?!
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[jewelerguy]

Considering that newspaper article from 1873, a dollar seems pricy for back then.

using an inflation calculator on the internet, 1 dollar in 1873 was the same as $19.79 today. Looking at another site that showed average wages around that time, laborer jobs of various types paid in the $5 to $8 per week range. So, it would seem that owning a dog would have been a luxury if you were expected to give a day or two of pay just for an annual tax

 

[rick67]

using an inflation calculator on the internet, 1 dollar in 1873 was the same as $19.79 today. Looking at another site that showed average wages around that time, laborer jobs of various types paid in the $5 to $8 per week range. So, it would seem that owning a dog would have been a luxury if you were expected to give 3 to 4 weeks pay just for an annual tax

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[cw0909]

no info on your tag, just an interesting story about a dog that had lots of tags

https://animalfair.com/2016/05/14/glance-history-dog-license-tags/

more owney
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibit...ilway-mail-service/all-about-owney/index.html