Australia 5 cent Coin Blank

There are several terms for an unstruck coin. A blank, planchet or flan all of which are discs of metal that are cut from sheets in preparation to become a coin. Australian blanks for circulation coins struck by the Royal Australian Mint are supplied by the Poongsan company in South Korea.

Below you can see two different types of coin blank discs cut from the sheet of coin metal and the blank planchets which have been rimmed in preparation for their trip through the coin press.

An unused coin blank designed for the production of the Australian 5 Cents coin. Quite scarce. In descriptive holder.