"color of someone's money" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 153",
          "text": "Marry come up with such gentlemen! though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.",
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          "ref": "2022, Jeffery Farnol, The Broad Highway",
          "text": "\"Then supposin' you show me the color o' your money?\" he growled, \"come, money fust; I aren't takin' no more risks.\" For answer I laid the coins before him.",
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        "Someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised."
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