When think of money, we think of coins and paper bills. That is what money is today. But in the past, people used many things me countries used cows, salt, tea, or butter, other countries used feathers stones. eather the island of Santa Cruz in the Pacific Ocean stuck the They made this money from small red feathers. They thirty-two feathers together to make a string. The string could be up to buy a feet long. They used this money to pay for a marriage or to boat. and and of Yap in the Pacific Ocean is a place where people used still use the heaviest money in the world: stones. are round white stones with a hole in the middle. The Yap stones do not come fro the island. The Yap men have to go to islands 400 miles make to get them. They work the stones to make them round and then more a hole in the middle. They put a pole through the hole so that than one person can carry the stones. stones can be twelve 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 p stones. Servants follow the rich people. Each servant carries a stone on a pole over his shoulder. Today people on the island use paper ese 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 become a very important part of our lives. Just take a look around you and you can see how important it is