Old brass tag
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Lil Worm6
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Could it be an old dog tag?
I was thinking the same thing but the old dog tag's normally have the city or county name on them.
Lil Worm6
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This is true. I have never seen one without. I will keep looking around.
Country Dirt Kid
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Even though there is no city I think that its a dog tag because the ring hole is wore through. Those old dog tags wore through eventually because the dog jumped around so much.
Ron 71
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That last C could stand for County, Maybe the dog licensing covers two county's
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teotwawki12
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I found a 1900 dog license recently of the exact same design. I’m guessing whatever the municipality was that issued it had a name too long to fit. Great find!
Something & Chesapeake City?
On the similar one at the link below it is said to be “Mayor & City Council” of Baltimore Md.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/tokens-tags/499134-dog-tool-tags-1853-farmhouse.html
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/tokens-tags/499134-dog-tool-tags-1853-farmhouse.html
teotwawki12
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Would make sense that it’s a big city...that’s a really high number for an 1800s dog license
Good one Benz
Another older one (with a far lower number) here says the same:
http://archive.wetreasures.com/askmarkparker/201004.htm
http://archive.wetreasures.com/askmarkparker/201004.htm
Right on, that was my first thought too. None of the 5 counties starting with C touch Montgomery: https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maryland
dlax
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It's a dog license, here is a similar bell, also worn until it fell off. Very cool that it's 1899! 
kingman mikey
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It would say dog tax or dog license on it, may be a locker key tag from that company. 
cellrdwellr
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I'm going with a baggage tag or something along those lines. Yes it LOOKS like a dog tag, but IMO I dont think it is... That's an awfully high number of licensed dogs for that time period, you would think? Really cool relic!
EDIT: sorry didn't see NHBenz already ID'd it as a dog tag, AWESOME!
EDIT: sorry didn't see NHBenz already ID'd it as a dog tag, AWESOME!
