Look up: Obverse

1. Obverse
   the side of a coin on which the main design appears, heads.
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2. obverse
   The front or 'heads' side of a coin, usually the side with the date and main design.
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3. obverse
   The side of a numismatic item which bears the principal design or device, often as prescribed by the issuing authority. In paper money, this is called the face. In slang, the obverse is the 'heads' side.
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4. obverse
   [n] - the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides 2. [n] - the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
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5. Obverse
   The front, or 'heads' side, of a coin. On Roman Imperial coins, usually shows the head of the Emperor or a relative. On Roman Republican coins, can show a variety of themes. On Greek coins, it's sometimes not even clear which side of the coin we are referring to.
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6. Obverse
   The face turned towards the observer; commonly used in reference to coins, medals and art.
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7. Obverse
   Obverse: The opposite, the opposite side, the counterpart. For example, mania is thought of as the obverse of depression just as heads is the obverse of tails on a coin.
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8. obverse
   The side of a coin or medal upon which the principal minting authority is recorded, usually (but not invariably) the 'head' side. The opposite side of the coin, the 'tail', is known as the reverse.
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9. Obverse
   Ob·verse' adjective [ Latin obversus , past participle of obvertere . See Obvert .] Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
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10. Obverse
    Ob'verse noun [ Confer F. obverse , obvers . See Obverse , adjective ] 1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse . 2....
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11. obverse
    Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf. ... Origin: L. Obversus, p.p. Of obvertere. See Obvert. ... 1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; the other side being the reverse. ... 2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answeri...
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12. obverse
    noun the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
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13. obverse
    noun the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides; `the obverse of this issue`
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14. Obverse
    The face or front side of coins and medals.
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15. Obverse
    • (a.) The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse. • (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf. • (a.) Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more appare...
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16. obverse
    obverse 1. The side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse). 2. The front or principal surface of anything. 3. A counterpart. 4. Facing or turned toward the observer: 'The obverse side of a statue.'
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17. obverse
    Obverse refers to the front, or face side of a coin....
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18. obverse
    The `heads` side of a coin or medal, generally bearing the effigy of the head of state or an allegorical figure (eg, Liberty of Argentina and USA; Helvetia or William Tell of Switzerland and La Semeuse of France)....
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19. Obverse
    In numismatics, the obverse is the side of a coin bearing the head or principal figure.
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