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The country was founded on tobacco. It was used as currency for the first 150 years.
by Hilift 2y ago
The country was founded on tobacco. It was used as currency for the first 150 years.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y agoIf there’s any truth to the pop culture trope of trading cigarette cartons in prisons, it possibly never stopped being used as currency.
- bitmasher9 2y agoIt would be black market currency now. Most US jails and prisons ban cigarettes.
- failrate 2y agoCigarettes have been replaced with sealed packets of fish.
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- kaonwarb 2y agoThis is a bit broad. Tobacco was very significant in Virginia and Maryland (which, along with North Carolina, did use it as money for a period—before the United States was an independent nation [0]). Its influence outside of that region was significant, but I wouldn't characterize it as foundational. [0] https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/tobacco-money https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruse...