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

The painted ceramic, valued at $100,000, features a seated youthful warrior surrounded by figures with offerings on its obverse.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

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

But to study cancer, I realized, is to also study its obverse.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee