Stone Money

One of the main reasons for coming here!

More than likely, unless you are just here for diving, then you have come to witness the fascinating stone money of Yap. I was surprised to see so much of it scattered around the entire island. I was ...

Exploring the Island and stone money is a great way to spend an afternoon.

Worth doing some reading in advance and making time to do a guided tour of the island and the various stone money locations.

Mysterious Stone Money of Yap

Well, it's maybe not so mysterious as it's been studied quite a bit at this point but it is a must see. The small stone discs are everywhere, even in town, so at first I thought they weren't real. ...

If you're going to Yap...

I would say that the one thing most people may know about Yap is from history class and the idea of money and how Yap's stone money is an early and unique example of money. Seeing them in person and h...

I FIRST HEARD OF STONE MONEY WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD . .

. . . and wanted to go to Yap to see it, which I did for the first time in 2002. I've been back about a dozen times since (I'm a diver) and I still find the story of Stone Money, let alone the fact th...