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
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 Galilei, Galileo
He has got 5000 pounds in specie, which he is taking out to the bank at Maritzburg.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
How are public creditors now to be paid in specie?
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel
