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
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 Headley, Joel Tyler
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
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
