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
The amount of the subscription is 200,580 dollars, and �625 6s. 8d. in specie, which makes in the whole, in paper money, 300,634 dollars.
From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)
How far Solids less grave in specie than water, do submerge.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo
The king, who had taken over the proprietory rights of Arlington and Culpeper, demanded that the quit-rents be paid in specie instead of tobacco.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
