Definition

• Flan.  The French word for planchet or blank – the metal disk (or other shape) made for striking into a medal or a coin. Flans to be struck in a coining press need to be upset after they are blanked.  See blanking.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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