in specie
Example Sentences
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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
One of the above named Solids, when more grave in specie than the water, can never be sustained, by any whatever quantity of it.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo
But of what value are they to the holder, if he is compelled to pay his debts in specie?
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel
Dallas agreed with him in the amount of taxes, but recommended also the creation of a National Bank with a capital of fifty millions, five of it in specie and the residue in government stock.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
