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Taxes Are Older Than Money

Five eras of the government's oldest input. The first coin arrives about 2,400 years after the first recorded tax.

Era

Two bands, one argument. The gold band starts where taxation starts. The navy band starts where money starts. Hover the chart or select an era above.

Egypt c. 3000 BC to the Sixteenth Amendment, 1913 | horizontal scale compressed for legibility

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