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specie
noun /ˈspiːʃi/
a) Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.

“Dick” Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, “Got to ‘scram,’ kid — write if you get work.”

b) Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.

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