I've been flooding this forum the last few days with inquiries. Sorry if it's getting annoying. This will be my last one for a bit. So I found this in my stepdad's collection. He has one more and another very VERY large one. I assume that this may be currency from the Island of Yap which I believe can be quite valuable but I am not sure what something like this might be worth....or if it is in fact currency from the Yap. Anyone out there familiar with Yap money and if this is in fact legit? My dad was a coin dealer and had a ton of very unusual stuff.
I'm no expert, but a quick Google search wielded results. Yap money is GIANT, sometimes being over 6 feet in diameter. I didn't see any that small, so I don't know.
Yes I've done the same research. I have a feeling the stuff online isn't the only example of YAP money. I know what I have is some form of currency.
Might do better in the Ancients forum if it is protomoney or in the Coin Chat forum where more people will see it. I honestly don't think it is from Yap. https://www.pcgs.com/news/stone-money-from-yap
I bet many immediately asked for change of a hundred, so not to have to lug that monster around all day.
My first intuition is that these are spinning whorls, stone weights that were used when raw wool was spun by hand into thread.
