planchet

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noun

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

Similar
coin blank
OriginFrench planchette →
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Meanings

nounplanchet (plural planchets)

plural planchets

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin

Similar
coin blank
Broader
diskdisc

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchplanchette
  2. Englishplanchet

From French planchette. By surface analysis, French planche + -et.

More words from French

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Translations

Catalan cospell
  • cospellcoin blank
French flan
  • flancoin blank
German Münzrohling
  • Münzrohlingcoin blank
Italian tondello
  • tondellocoin blank
Polish kawałek metalu gotowy do stemplowania
  • kawałek metalu gotowy do stemplowaniacoin blank
Spanish cospel
  • cospelcoin blank
Cite this entry
APA

planchet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planchet

MLA

“planchet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planchet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “planchet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planchet.

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