specie

Money you mint

Specie is money in the form of coins rather than paper currency or other instruments.

The term appears almost exclusively in the phrase in specie, meaning in coin or, more broadly, in the exact form specified: The contract required payment in specie.

In legal contexts, in specie can mean in its actual form rather than as an equivalent value.

coinage

coin

Stamped metal currency

bullionPrecious metal in bulk
goldElement seventy-nine
silverLustrous white precious metal

currency · minting · numismatics · denomination · doubloon · sovereign · ducat · florin · guilder · shilling

payment

cash

Ready spending funds

metallicResembling ore-based elements
reserveSupply kept back
settlementResolved dispute or colony

redemption · exchange · transaction · convertibility · backing · standard · bimetallic · vault · treasury · bank

value

intrinsic

Belonging by nature

worthDegree of importance
premiumAdded cost for better
purityUncontaminated quality

fineness · assay · weight · carat · hallmark · fungibility · liquidity · appreciation · hoarding · speculation

specie

coin

cash

intrinsic

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