Show remarkable PIECE OF MONEY unwieldy medium of exchange on island of yap the most remarkable money in the world Is used on the island of yap in the caroline group the accompany ing picture shows a single coin per through the middle coins colas of this kind are sometimes as much as twelve feet in diameter and vary in value according to their size they are circular slabs of limestone and form a most unwieldy medium of ex change A man who had extensive business debts to meet wo aid need a A bit of small change whole fleet of canoes or perhaps ten yoke of bullocks and a wagon to transport his specie generally speak ing however this stone stono money Is not moved about to any extent the great discs or heels being kept outside the houses of the rich men |