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planchet

planchet

1 9.9
A flat metal disk used to make a coin
  • noun
  • /ˈplænʃɛt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : plancheta
  • After cutting the metal, he placed the planchet in the machine to create the coin.

Examples

  • The jeweler prepared a planchet to be stamped with the design of the new coin.

  • " The planchet started moving all over the board.

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  • The fact that it is thinner, though, suggests it may have been altered in some way after it left the mint, because normally if a planchet (blank coin) was thinner than usual, it would still receive a decent, proper strike by the die (which produces the design on coins).

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  • She carefully examined the planchet for any imperfections before striking it.

Synonyms

coin blank
vsplanchet
  • Specialized
7.1

A flat metal piece ready to be made into a coin

has the same meaning but is an alternative term

Surface Forms

planchet singular
planchets plural

Etymology

Planchet comes from the French word planche ('board') plus the small ending -et, so it originally meant a 'small plate' or 'little board'. Think of a thin 'plank' or plate: a planchet is that flat metal piece ready to be stamped into a coin, which is why the word now means a coin blank.