[ˈspiːʃi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- money in the form of coins rather than notes
(e.g: the Bank of England in 1795 had held around £8 million in specie)


Phrases:
- in specie

Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin, ablative of species ‘form, kind’, in the phrase in specie ‘in the actual form’