specie
nounUK /ˈspiːʃiː/
US /ˈspiːʃi/
Specie means money in the form of coins, not paper bills.
The pirates buried a chest full of specie, all shiny gold coins.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Money in the form of coins rather than paper notes.
The merchant insisted on being paid in specie, not in banknotes.
3. A plural form of species used in some scientific contexts.
Several specie of birds were observed in the wetland.
4. In biology, a group of living things that can breed together.
The scientist studied a rare specie of butterfly.