Of a coin or medal. That side which contains the principal device. Thus, the obverse of our money coin is the side which contains the sovereign’s head. The other side is called the “reverse.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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