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What is the technical name for the heads side of a coin?
The technical name for the heads side of a coin in obverse, and the tails side is called reverse The technical name for the heads side of a coin in obverse, and the tails side is called reverse
If you're flipping a coin and call obverse are you calling heads or tails?
Heads. The obverse is the front of the coin. Its opposite (the back of the coin) is the reverse.
What is the reverse of a coin?
All coins have two sides, an obverse and a reverse. The obverse is the front or the "heads" side, the reverse is the back or the "tails" side.
What are the two sides of a coin?
heads and tails The technical terms are obverse (front) and reverse (back)
Why is the bottom of a penny called tails?
The two sides of a coin are referred to as "Heads" and "Tails" because, the obverse usually has somebody's "head" on it, like a King, Queen or President, etc. The reverse side is therefore referred to as "tails". Heads and tails.
Why is one side of the quarter called tails?
The reverse of a coin is called "tails" because the obverse traditionally shows "heads" (relief images of famous people).
Is the obverse of a coin heads or tails?
Normally the "heads" side is the obverse. That categorization is contentious when a coin bears the picture of the reigning monarch on one side, such as coins from Canada, Britain, and Australia. In those cases numismatists tend to call the design side the obverse and the portrait side the reverse, but that's not universal.
What is on each side of a nickel?
On the obverse (heads) side is an image of President Thomas Jefferson, and the reverse (tails) shows his home Monticello.
Which side of a coin is classed as the front?
The Front of a coin is the heads side Known as the obverse. The Back of a coin is the tails side "reverse".
How many outcomes are there when tossing a coin three times?
1heads heads heads 2heads heads tails 3heads tails heads 4heads tails tails 5tails tails tails 6tails tails heads 7tails heads tails 8tails heads heads
What is the name given o the back of a coin?
The front side (heads) is called the Obverse side and the back side (tails) is called the Reverse.
What is the front of a coin?
Technically, the two surfaces of a coin are known as the obverse (front) and reverse (back). Informally, they are known as heads or tails. One side is called the obverse the other side is called the reverse. The obverse is general the side which features a monarch or president.
