Post photos of your toned Yap coins!
Romankow
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Slightly off topic but interestingly "Stone money" of Yap in Micronesia is used as a measure of wealth
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/02/15/131934618/the-island-of-stone-money
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180502-the-tiny-island-with-human-sized-money
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
In all my years of collecting coins, I never had the slightest inclination to acquire a Yap coin. Cheers, RickO
Can't lift one.
Jim
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Can't lift one as it is not made for pocket change. But this is the most toned one I have ever seen.
Jim
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
The "most toned one" is probably that giant one - the largest they ever made - that went down with its canoe and sank to the bottom of the ocean while in transit from Palau to Yap. But the Yapese went to so much trouble to create it, that they still regard it as being "owned by someone" and part of the traditional money system, even though physical possession wasn't possible due to it being several kilometres underwater. This isn't even regarded as really being a problem, since the big ones are never physically moved either.
All this happened over 100 years ago, so it's probably quite crusty by now. Wherever it is.
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Image submitting one for grading
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This one has nice color.
It also fit in a regular shipping box, making it an ideal example of this type.
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I read somewhere that when the Japanese occupied the island during WWII, they destroyed thousands of these stone coins by crushing them for use to construct roads and runways.
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