1. obverse - Noun
2. obverse - Adjective
Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things.
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A 20-drachmae coin in cupro-nickel with an image of Europa on the obverse was issued in 1973. Source: Internet
A golden earring dating from the 4th century BC is depicted on the obverse of the Macedonian 10 denar banknote, issued in 1996. Source: Internet
A denarius from 44 BC, showing Julius Caesar on the obverse and the goddess Venus on the reverse of the coin In 59 BC, when he was four years old, his father died. Source: Internet
After 1992, all notes have instead featured a fish eagle on the obverse. Source: Internet
A portrait of Itō Hirobumi was on the obverse of the Series C 1,000 yen note from 1963 until a new series was issued in 1984. Source: Internet