Planchet
[plæntʃit]
Definition
(n.) A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.
Typed by Jared
Definition
n. a flat piece of metal ready to receive impression as a coin.
Editor: Quentin
Examples
- If a planchet is too heavy, but near the weight, it is filed off at the edges; if too heavy for filing, it is thrown aside with the light ones to be remelted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The planchets, after being adjusted, are taken to the coining and milling rooms, and are passed through the milling machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These strips are now taken to the cutting machines, each of which will cut 225 planchets per minute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From a strip worth $1,100 about $800 of planchets will be cut. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Woman feeding planchets to brass tubes, from the bottom of which they are carried to the steel dies which form the coins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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