Tobacco Print, Tobacco Botanical Print, Vintage Herbarium Wall Art, Sarcastic Colonial Currency

VIBE:
By 1619, Virginia had legalized Nicotiana tabacum as currency. Salaries, fines, taxes, and the famous "tobacco brides" — Englishwomen shipped over and paid for in 120-pound bales — were all denominated in cured leaf. Tobacco notes, paper receipts backed by certified hogsheads in a warehouse, functioned as bank notes for nearly two hundred years. Every other currency since has promised something it does not deliver. Tobacco never made that mistake: it told you up front what it would do to you, and then it did it. This print suits the wall of anyone who appreciates a transaction conducted in plain language.

Also available as part of the What Built America set of 3 — https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/4506871897/vintage-botanical-print-what-built

PRINT:
— Caption: "The first colonial currency. Still the most honest one."
— Style: Pressed-specimen herbarium plate — a single mature tobacco leaf pinned flat with a brass coin set alongside as a scale reference.
— Typography: Didone serif, the formality of a Treasury document.

✻ WHAT YOU’LL GET
Your purchase includes 6 high-resolution JPG files (300 dpi), ready to print in a variety of sizes.

Ratio Guide:
2:3 Ratio: 4×6, 8×12, 12×18, 16×24, 20×30, 24×36 in
3:4 Ratio: 6×8, 9×12, 12×16, 15×20, 18×24 in
4:5 Ratio: 4×5, 8×10, 16×20 in
5:7 Ratio: 5×7 in
11:14 Ratio: 11×14 in
ISO A2: A5, A4, A3, A2

✻ DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY
No physical product will be shipped. Frame is not included. This is a digital file for instant download.

✻ WHERE TO PRINT
We suggest printing on archival matte paper or textured cardstock to capture the depth of the vintage illustration.

✻ PLEASE NOTE
Colors may appear slightly different in print than on screen.
The artwork contains authentic vintage characteristics like paper grain and subtle age imperfections.

✻ LEGAL
Copyright © Mordant Press. For personal use only. Reselling, redistribution, or commercial use is strictly prohibited.