Obverse and reverse
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obverse-and-reverse-189-4917052
title:
Obverse and reverse
text:
The obverse and reverse are the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse means the back face. The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse tails. In numismatics, the abbreviation obv. is used for obverse, while ℞, )( an
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Front and back sides of coins and other two-sided objects
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse
date created:
2003-11-25T00:41:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T17:52:49Z
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