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taxation

課税　—　Institutions

A state taking money or goods from those it rules.

Continental note (one sixth of a dollar) Continental note (one sixth of a dollar)Resolution of 17 February 1776 National bank note (ten dollars) National bank note (ten dollars)1929 series
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⚠ The medium in which taxes are collected can determine a society's currency. If it is decreed that "taxes must be paid in coin," the people must work and sell goods to obtain that coin. Taxation was often the greatest force in the spread of currency.