obverse
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The obverse or heads side of the 50p features the official coin portrait of King Charles III.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
In October 2024, for the abolition quarter, the panel picked a Douglass image on the obverse, or front, and a reverse design showing a shackled hand and a fist breaking free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
In On Animals, a new collection of old essays, veteran journalist Susan Orlean is almost the obverse of wonder-seeking naturalists like David Attenborough.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 31, 2021
Barnacled and throttled, the underside of the Santa Monica Pier is the shadowed obverse of the cheery tourist destination above it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2021
He examined the coin, looking first at the eagle side, then at the face of Liberty on the obverse.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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