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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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What's the difference between a 'slug' and a 'blank' ?
In the mixed lot I got something that's well.. blank on both sides. How do I determine what is it?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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A slug is the thing that eats your salad while you are not looking. A blank is the the space in your paycheck where the deposit amount should be.
As far as I know they are the same thing Blank is the more common expression this side of the Atlantic. I heard them called slugs all the time in the UK.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Weigh it and measure it. determine what its made of then that will narrow your search down just a bit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Slug:
A fake 'coin' made outside the mint in an effort to fool the public (eg a vending machine) and is illegal to do.
Blank: A piece of metal that was intended to eventually become a coin, but, due to a confluence of fortunate incidences, was missed by the coining chamber.
There is only one type of blank.
The one with the upset rim is an unstruck planchet.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In US minting terminology at least, a blank is the round piece of metal punched from a sheet that will form the coin. The next step would be turning that blank into a planchet by upturning the edge to form a protorim and the final step would be the striking of the coin. A slug however is just a flat piece of metal that can imitate a coin and could be used for the purpose of fooling vending machines.
Finding things like that in a mixed lot can be incredibly difficult to figure out but weight and diameter are good places to start.
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Pillar of the Community
 Poland
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Thank you for clarification!   So does this look like an unstruck planchet? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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If you look at the sides of most electrical junction boxes you will see holes, or punched circular outlines, through which electrical lines are run. The punched metal circle, often the size of nickels, are called slugs. I try to keep them out of my salads by placing magnets strategically around my salad bowl ...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So does this look like an unstruck planchet? I guess it all depends on the country of origin. If it is an unstruck coin "blank", that's a very strong rim and combined with weight/diameter may help you narrow down the possibilities. At first glance, it sort of reminds me of a Denmark 20Kr I have in front of me, which weighs ~9.3gr. I'm sure there are many other possibilities--good luck! |
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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The planchet is smaller than a cent, that's a cm ruler  So far, excluded: US, Canada, Britain, East Germany, Denmark, Spain. It won't be easy to pin down to a certain type. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Talk about me ignoring the obvious, LOL.
Yeah..that 20kr is 22mm.
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Valued Member
United States
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Actually I think that is the size of a cent, notice it is a little offset of the ruler. If you run a straight line up the picture I think you'll see it could very well be a blank cent planchet.
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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In hand, it's slightly smaller (by 0.5 mm?) and a bit thicker if it is of any importance.. but would the color be right for a cent?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That is definitely not a US cent planchet, the rim is not correct and unless the lighting is off, the color looks to be more of a brass color rather than a bronze/copper It could still be a cent planchet, just not a US cent Edited by biokemist6
10/17/2008 5:53 pm
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