Dice once needed stamps to prove taxes were paid

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Rolling a pair of dice apparently meant you owed the crown money. Every single die had to be physically stamped to prove the fee was paid, leading to rampant forgery and turning innocent tabletop gaming into an illicit underground enterprise.

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