| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''revers'', from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''reversus'', past participle of ''revertere'' to turn back | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''revers'', from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''reversus'', past participle of ''revertere'' to turn back |
| ''Obverse'' and its opposite, '''reverse''', refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper [[money]], flags, seals, medals, [[drawings]], old master [[prints]] and other works of art, and printed [[fabric]]s. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse means the back face. The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse tails. | | ''Obverse'' and its opposite, '''reverse''', refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper [[money]], flags, seals, medals, [[drawings]], old master [[prints]] and other works of art, and printed [[fabric]]s. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse means the back face. The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse tails. |
− | In fields of [[scholarship]] outside [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics numismatics], the term front is more commonly used than obverse, while usage of reverse is widespread. | + | In fields of [[scholarship]] outside [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics numismatics], the term front is more commonly used than obverse, while usage of reverse is widespread. |
− | In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing publishing], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recto_and_verso recto and verso] are used for the front and back of pages in [[books]], and often for [[prints]] and [[drawings]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse] | + | In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing publishing], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recto_and_verso recto and verso] are used for the front and back of pages in [[books]], and often for [[prints]] and [[drawings]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse] |