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- Rai_stones abstract "Rai, or stone money (Yapese: raay), are large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite crystals. Rai stones were quarried on several of the Micronesian islands, mainly Palau, but briefly on Guam as well, and transported for use as money to the island of Yap. They have been used in trade by the Yapese as a form of currency.While the monetary system of Yap appears to use these giant stones as tokens, in fact it relies on an oral history of ownership. Being too large to move, buying an item with these stones is as easy as saying it no longer belongs to you. As long as the transaction is recorded in the oral history, it will now be owned by the person you passed it on to—no physical movement of the stone is required.".
- Rai_stones thumbnail Rai_stone_from_Yap_currency.jpg?width=300.
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- Rai_stones wikiPageExternalLink 0201.pdf.
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- Rai_stones wikiPageExternalLink yaps-amazing-stone-money.
- Rai_stones wikiPageID "1211492".
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- Rai_stones wikiPageRevisionID "705335485".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Anagumang.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Aragonite.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Bead.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Calcite.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Canoe.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Archaeological_sites_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landmarks_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Money.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:National_symbols_of_Palau.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oceanian_art.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rock_art_of_Oceania.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trade.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Category:Yap.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Circle.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Coconut.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Copra.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink David_OKeefe.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Disk_(mathematics).
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Greshams_law.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink His_Majesty_OKeefe.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Imperial_Japanese_Army.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Inheritance.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Limestone.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Micronesia.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Milton_Friedman.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink National_symbol.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Palau.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Petrosphere.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Raft.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Ransom.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Rock_(geology).
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Rumung.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Sea_cucumber_as_food.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Vehicle_registration_plate.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink Yap.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink File:Presentation_of_Yapese_stone_money_for_FSM_inauguration.jpg.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink File:Rai_stone_from_Yap_currency.jpg.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink File:String_Figures_and_How_to_Make_Them.djvu.
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLink File:Yap_Stone_Coin,_British_Museum.jpg.
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- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rai stones".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rai".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "Stone Wheel".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "Yap Stone".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "largest coin in the world".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "money stone".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "rai stones".
- Rai_stones wikiPageWikiLinkText "stone money".
- Rai_stones wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Rai_stones wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Lang-yap.
- Rai_stones wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Means_of_Exchange.
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- Rai_stones wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Archaeological_sites_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Landmarks_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Money.
- Rai_stones subject Category:National_symbols_of_Palau.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Oceanian_art.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Rock_art_of_Oceania.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Trade.
- Rai_stones subject Category:Yap.
- Rai_stones hypernym Disks.
- Rai_stones type Redirect.
- Rai_stones type Site.
- Rai_stones comment "Rai, or stone money (Yapese: raay), are large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite crystals. Rai stones were quarried on several of the Micronesian islands, mainly Palau, but briefly on Guam as well, and transported for use as money to the island of Yap. They have been used in trade by the Yapese as a form of currency.While the monetary system of Yap appears to use these giant stones as tokens, in fact it relies on an oral history of ownership.".
- Rai_stones label "Rai stones".
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- Rai_stones sameAs Rai_(peníze).
- Rai_stones sameAs Rai_(Währung).
- Rai_stones sameAs Ŝtonmono_rai.
- Rai_stones sameAs Piedras_rai.
- Rai_stones sameAs Monnaie_de_pierre.
- Rai_stones sameAs Uang_Batu_Besar.
- Rai_stones sameAs Rai_(moneta).
- Rai_stones sameAs 石貨_(ヤップ島).
- Rai_stones sameAs Rai_akmenys.
- Rai_stones sameAs Rai_(ruilmiddel).
- Rai_stones sameAs Raisteinar.
- Rai_stones sameAs Rai_(valuta).
- Rai_stones sameAs Kamienie_rai.
- Rai_stones sameAs m.04hnlg.
- Rai_stones sameAs Камни_Раи.