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 call a Matter more Grave in specie than another, of which a Mass, equall to a Mass of the other, shall weigh more.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo
American recruits.—Proposes that Spain should furnish a convoy between Havana and the United States.—Plan for paying the French troops in specie from Havana.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various
The total exports were $217,517,130, of which $29,231,880 was in specie.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
