Abstract: Blanks of noncircular, especially polygonal (e.g. heptagonal), outline are fed to a die-stamping press of an embossing plant such as a mint by means of a turntable with radially oriented transport plates projecting beyond its periphery at angularly equispaced locations. Each transport plate has an outwardly open recess with inner edges conforming to part of the blank outline and with two substantially parallel jaws spaced apart by the maximum width of the blanks, the depth of the recess being less than this maximum width to let an inserted blank protrude by one corner in an incorrect position and by two corners but to a lesser extent in a correct position.