money in the form of coins rather than notes
硬币。
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in specie 1 in coin 用硬币 -
2 Law in the real, precise, or actual form specified 【律】 照原样的;不折不扣的the plaintiff could not be sure of recovering his goods in specie. 原告不能确定能照原样拿回他的商品
"mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, ablative of