The island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean is a place where people used and still use the heaviest money in the wold: Yap stones. These are round white stone with a hole in the middle. The Yap stones do not coms from the island. The Yap men have to go to islands 400 miles away to get them. They work the stones to make them round and then make a hole in the middle. They put a pole through the hole so that more than one person can carry that stones. Big stones can be twelve feet high-as big as two tall men. They can weigh more than one ton.Small stones are as big as dinner plates. Rich people do not carry the yap stones. Servants follow the rich people. Each servant carries a stone on a pole over his shoulder. Today people on the island use paper money for everyday shopping. But for other things they still prefer Yap stones.
Money has changed a lot over the years: from feathers to Yap stones to today's plastic money or credit cards. Money has became a very important part of our lives. Just take a took around you and you can see how important it is.