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Planchet

Planchet \Planch"et\, n. [F. planchette a small board, dim. of planche. See Planch.] A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
planchet

"metal disk out of which a coin is made," 1610s, from French planchette, literally "a small board," diminutive of Old French planche (12c.), from Latin planca "board, slab, plank" (see plank). The planchette used in automatism and on Ouija boards is a re-borrowing of the French word, 1860.

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planchet

n. A flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin

WordNet
planchet

n. a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin [syn: coin blank]

Wikipedia
Planchet

A planchet \ˈplan-chət\ is a round metal disk that is ready to be struck as a coin. An older word for planchet is flan. They are also referred to as blanks.

Usage examples of "planchet".

Porthos, looking all round him as if in search of the circumstance that annoyed Planchet, and desirous of freeing him from it.

This last clause made Planchet knit his brows a little, but when he saw the brilliant eye, the muscular hand, the supple and strong back of his associate, he regained his courage, and, without regret, he at once added another stroke to his signature.

You should know that, Planchet, you who commanded the Parisians the day on which they ought to have fought against the musketeers, and who so well calculated marches and countermarches, that you never left the Palais Royal.

Planchet opened the window as desired, and the gust of tumult which filled the chamber with cries, wheels, barkings, and steps deafened D'Artagnan himself, as he had wished.

It requires private minters to buy their planchets, or blanks, from the Royal Mint, costs pay­able in fine metal of a weight equal to that of the alloy planchets.

It requires private minters to buy their planchets, or blanks, from the Royal Mint, costs payable in fine metal of a weight equal to that of the alloy planchets.

Mark asked, beaming happily through the glass planchets of his wire-rims.