Island of YAP: Discovering famous Stone Money (Rai) in Micronesia

Rai stones (or fei stones, stone money) on the island of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Ocean - famous stone money (Rai stones or fei stones) of Yap island. Let's travel to the Federated States of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean and let's go to the island of YAP where we will view the 'stone money' (Rai stones or fei stones) rocks that just lay around and have been here for centuries.
A rai stone (or fei stone) is one of many large artifacts that were manufactured and treasured by the native inhabitants of the Yap islands in Micronesia. They are also known as Yapese stone money or just stone money.
The Yap islands group is part of Micronesia and has a very peculiar currency: stone. Stone money known as “Rai” are large stone disks, sometimes measuring up to 4 meters, with a hole in the middle that was used for carrying them. It was and still is used as a trading currency there.
Yap or Wa′ab classically refers to an island located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and a part of the Federated States of Micronesia.
The Micronesian island of Yap is known for its stone money, known as Rai or Fei: large doughnut-shaped, carved disks of (usually) calcite, up to 4 m (13 ft) in diameter (most are much smaller). The smallest can be as little as 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. There are around 6,000 of the large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite crystals. Rai stones were quarried on several of the Micronesian islands, mainly Palau, but briefly on Guam as well, and transported to Yap for use as money. They have been used in trade by the Yapese as a form of currency.

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