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Planchet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Planchet has 1 sense
- planchet(n = noun.artifact) coin blank - a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin; Array is a kind of disc, disk
CIDE DICTIONARY
Planchet, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Planchet, n. a plain metal disc from which a coin is made.
Etymology
dimin. of planch slab of metal f. OF planche: see PLANK
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