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coin blank

coin blank

7.1
A flat metal piece ready to be made into a coin
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : plancha
  • The jeweler used a coin blank to create a beautiful new design.

Examples

  • Collectors sometimes seek out rare coin blanks as numismatic curiosities.

  • The factory produces thousands of coin blanks each day before they are struck as coins.

  • Each coin blank must meet strict standards of weight and composition before use.

  • The factory produces many coin blanks each day.

  • A coin blank is essential for minting new currency.

  • Each coin blank is carefully produced to ensure it meets quality standards.

  • In the mint, workers prepare coin blanks before they are stamped with designs.

Synonyms

planchet
vscoin blank
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A flat metal disk used to make a coin

notes the disk is specifically undecorated before stamping

Surface Forms

coin blank singular
coin blanks plural

Morphology

coin + blank

The phrase is a straightforward noun-noun composition: 'blank' means a raw piece prepared for manufacture and 'coin' specifies the intended product, so a 'coin blank' is predictably an undecorated disk meant to become a coin. This attributive pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Coin blank is the name for a plain metal disk ready to be stamped into a coin. Imagine a smooth metal circle with no picture yet — the word blank means 'no design', so coin blank describes the prepared disk before it becomes a finished coin.