Algotspecie
/ˈspiːʃiː//ˈspiːʃi/
noun
mass noun
Money in the form of coins rather than notes.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin, ablative of species ‘form, kind’, in the phrase in specie ‘in the actual form’.
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It is wise to note that the value of all money, whether digital bits, notes of rag paper or specie, is an agreement we make with one another. I could choose to deliver your salary in urns of salt, as was once apparently done.
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