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
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
Only $70,000 was raised by private subscription and the government set aside $200,000 in specie which had recently arrived from France.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
And thus a great piece of Wood is said to weigh more than a little lump of Lead, though the Lead be in specie more heavy than the Wood.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
