planchet

[ plan-chit ]

noun

1. a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.

planchet

/ ˈplɑːntʃɪt /

noun

1. a piece of metal ready to be stamped as a coin, medal, etc; flan

Word History and Origins

Origin of planchet¹

First recorded in 1605–15; planch + -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of planchet¹

C17: from French: little board, from planche plank ¹

Example Sentences

If so, they were probably cut at the private mint of Matthew Boulton, of Birmingham, who furnished the United States Government for a long time with planchets for its copper coinage.

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One of the smiths proceeded to cut out the rest of the planchets, while his partner formed them into hollow hemispheres with his matrix and die.

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"The planchets," says the guide, "after being annealed in those furnaces which you see at the rear of the room, are taken upstairs and most carefully weighed."

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This drawing and annealing brings each band of metal to just the right thickness and condition, and we may go on and see the cutting-presses that stamp out the round pieces of metal called "planchets."

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At her right hand is a box containing silver planchets, which are to be coined into fifty-cent pieces.

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