in specie
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One soldier in the Continental Army, Joseph Plumb Martin, recounted how he received no pay in paper money after 1777 and only one month’s payment in specie, or hard currency, in 1781.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
During the War of 1812, the Bank of the United States had suspended payments in specie, “hard money” usually in the form of gold and silver coins.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
I then call equally Grave in specie, those Matters of which equall Masses weigh equally.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
While searching for these vessels, he captured an English government packet with $55,000 in specie on board, and sent her home.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
He made a few prizes, and among them a brig of ten guns, with $12,500 in specie on board.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
