> This is a delightful example of the flexibility of the human concept of money. I don't agree. I see it as an example of a clear misuse of the word money. J

> This is a delightful example of the flexibility of the human concept of money. I don't agree. I see it as an example of a clear misuse of the word money. Just because they have value that doesn't mean they are money. Those stones aren't used as a payment method for goods and services any more than a sack of grain or bestowing an honorary title. Heck, they fail even the most basic characteristics of money: serving as a unit of account (each stone disk is valued differently and arbitrarily) and a store of value (their value varies with how it's used).