in specie
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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
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
Thus the trust consisting in specie, must be returned in the same specie.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul
But since 1551 there had been minted a Reichs gulden in specie equal to 72 kreutzers.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
The total imports of the year were $215,725,995, of which $4,967,901 was in specie.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
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