As far as I know, there is no currency that existed because there were taxes involved, and that's certainly not the experience of the major fiat currencies. In

As far as I know, there is no currency that existed because there were taxes involved, and that's certainly not the experience of the major fiat currencies. In fact it might be otherwise: taxes are a deterrent to use currency, which is why barter is so often used by people and small businesses to avoid the tax-man today.