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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andy, post: 28613, member: 645&quot;]&quot;The US dollar is the common currency in Yap, but the stone money is still used to this day for major transactions like payment of dowry or purchase of land&quot; from article/advertisment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I saw a movie about the stone money and that trader mentioned in the article when I was around an 8 year old kid on TV. I remember it well today,except for the details, but I had no idea that the stones still yielded such value today. I figured at the time that the island people were not backward it was just that they had everything they needed all around&nbsp; them to enjoy life to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess you must have enjoyed some diving in that area as well as some other things. Pretty nature <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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