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Traditionally, the side of a coin carrying a bust of a monarch or other authority, or a national emblem, is called the:

  1. obverse

  2. reverse

  3. tails

  4. flat
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In numismatics, the obverse is the 'heads' side of a coin featuring the portrait of a monarch, president, or national emblem. The reverse is the 'tails' side. 'Tails' is colloquial but 'obverse' and 'reverse' are the technical terms used by collectors and mints worldwide.

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