Planchet planchet is struck. After striking, it becomes a coin and is no longer a planchet. Occasionally, a planchet will escape the mint without having been struck. This is a blank planchet error, and is usually worth a few dollars for modern coins. Occasionally, blank planchets can be rare and valuable, such is the case for Morgan Dollar blank planchets, although authentication is highly recommended for such pieces as they would be fairly easy to counterfeit. 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.
Larvell Blanks the need to upgrade at short, the Braves acquired Darrel Chaney from the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Lum at the 1975 Winter meetings. Later the same day, Blanks and Ralph Garr were sent to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Henderson, Dick Ruthven and Ozzie Osborn. The Chisox then sent Blanks to the Cleveland Indians for Jack Brohamer. Despite not having a regular position, Blanks still saw a decent amount of playing time in as a middle infielder. Early in his Cleveland career, Blanks and manager Frank Robinson got along, but the relationship began to crumble in . Blanks batted