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III depicted on the reverse, or back side of the coin, in smaller scale; the coin exhibits the obverse – "head", or front – and reverse – "tail", or back – convention that still dominates much coinage today. Legend: SABINIA TRANQVILLINA AVG
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later that year, and none bearing this portrait were ever issued officially. When George VI acceded to the throne, his image was placed to face left, implying that, had any coins been minted with Edward's portrait the obverses would have depicted Edward facing right and maintained the tradition.
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If not provided for on the obverse, the reverse side usually contains information relating to a coin's role as a medium of exchange (such as the value of the coin). Additional space typically reflects the issuing country's culture or government, or evokes some aspect of the state's territory.
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Generally, the side of a coin with the larger-scale image will be called the obverse (especially if the image is a single head) and, if that does not serve to distinguish them, the side that is more typical of a wide range of coins from that location will be called the obverse. Following this
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exists. Officially, as agreed by the informal Economic and Finance Ministers Council of Verona in April 1996, and despite the fact that a number of countries have a different design for each coin, the distinctive national side for the circulation coins is the
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The United States specifies what appears on the obverse and reverse of its currency. The specifications mentioned here imply the use of all upper-case letters, although they appear here in upper and lower case letters for the
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side to their right, while the reverse is the side visible with the hoist on the right and the fly on the left. Most flags reversed feature a mirror copy of the obverse, a format accommodated by most flag manufacturers.
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A Roman imperial coin of Marcus Claudius Tacitus, who ruled briefly from 275 to 276, follows the convention of obverse and reverse coin traditions. Legend: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG / VICTORIA GOTTHI
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exists typically to display the obverse to the left (or above) and the reverse to the right (or below) in photographs and museum displays, but this is not invariably observed.
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and the reverse is her owl. Similar versions of these two images, both symbols of the state, were used on the Athenian coins for more than two centuries.
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side of a modern piece of currency is the one that evokes that reaction by invoking the strength of the state, and that side almost always depicts a
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Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design of national obverse sides of euro circulation coins
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By tradition, each British monarch faces in the opposite direction of his or her predecessor; this is said to date from 1661, with
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Words (not digits) expressing the name or assigned value of the item, e.g., "quarter dollar", "one dime", "five cents"
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Following ancient tradition, the obverse of coins of the United Kingdom (and predecessor kingdoms going back to the
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After 695 Islamic coins avoided all images of persons and usually contained script alone. The side expressing the
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between 1817 and 1835. On rupees, the side that carries the name of the ruler is considered the obverse.
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symbols are further used to describe the relationship between the obverse and reverse sides of a flag.
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states that a vertically hung flag should be displayed with the reverse side out, such that the blue
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Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale College, Volume 2.
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were taken from the reverse of the nations' former pre-euro coins. Several countries (such as
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A movement back to the earlier tradition of a deity being placed on the obverse occurred in
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The Chrysanthemum Crest was no longer used after the war, and so (equally informally):
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faced right. The only break in this tradition almost occurred in 1936 when
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the side on which the date appears continues to be regarded as the reverse;
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include provisions for when and how the reverse should be displayed. The
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Current UK coinage features the following abbreviated Latin inscription:
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the other side, on which the date appeared, was regarded as the reverse.
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is an exception to both conventions, with a right-hoisted ("sinister"
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plant, the reverse showing the value "500", and the year 2006 (平成十八年,
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and the state were equivalent for most purposes. For this reason, the
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The words expressing the assigned value of the coin, "quarter dollar"
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and the common European side (which includes the coin value) is the
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on the obverse of UK and Empire coins would have broken tradition.
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Warman's Coins And Paper Money: Identification and Price Guide.
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follows its function, which is to serve as a readily accepted
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means the back face. The obverse of a coin is commonly called
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L 264, 2003-10-15, pp. 38–39; EU doc. nr. C(2003) 3388.
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and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage,
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continues to use the State Arms, as on its earlier issues.
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A number of the designs used for obverse national sides of
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In the many republics of ancient Greece, such as Athens or
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Front and back sides of coins and other two-sided objects
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List of flags with reverses that differ from the obverse
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of the state, whether it be the monarch or otherwise.
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the side without the date is regarded as the obverse.
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The four digits of a year, that of minting or issue
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Obversion
Obverse Books
Coin flipping
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coins
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flags
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medals
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numismatics
abbreviation
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