Unusual+Currencies

=Unusual currencies =  By Mary B

Coins started in about 550 B.C. There are a lot unusual currencies. Some are still used today. It was used to trade and make it easier to trade. They’re from all over the world. The first paper money started in China. Early coins were made from gold and silver. The heaviest money is yap money they carry it on bamboo sticks it is not used today.

Yap money By Micaela

Yap money is a kind of stone that was used for hundred of years ago. Yap money has a hole in the middle so people can carry it in bamboo sticks yap money can weigh over 500 pounds and (227 kilograms). This is the heaviest money in the world.

No yap can’t not be used as money because now earth has people. In the olden days they use to it as money but now they don’t use it cause now in every part of the world has paper money but it can still be called yap. But you can still see them in the museum of yap.

Yap money is used as money to buy stuff but the people maybe made because they didn’t know what to do so maybe they carved it and made money.

Yap money is used to trade stuff like if I had us dollars I give my money to the store and and I take what ever I had. Yap money came from the island yap where it’s close to new zeland in the Pacific Ocean. It was used to trade things.

Interesting facts Did you know yap money is the heaviest money in the world. Did you know it weighs over 500 pounds and (227kilograms).

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