paper money vs specie

paper money

noun
  • Cash in the form of banknotes. 

  • A type of joss paper resembling banknotes burnt to venerate the deceased, ancestor spirits, deities, etc. 

specie

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

  • Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie. 

How often have the words paper money and specie occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )