Lapel (numismatics)
The reverse (abbr .: Rev. ), also known as the value side , is the reverse (abbr .: Rev.) of a coin in numismatics . The front is called the obverse .
origin
The internationally used noun revers was taken from the French language to designate the back of numismatic objects. French revers generally means "back".
The terms obverse and lapel in the sense of "front" and "back" are also used for medals , orders and decorations , seals and flags .
use
In numismatics, the term reverse is always understood to mean the reverse of a coin. But there are different opinions about which side of a coin is front and which back. Official documents and publications designate the uniform value side of the euro coins , which shows the numerical value and the inscription Euro or Euro Cent , as the obverse or European coin side and the different side, which shows motifs with national-symbolic character, as the reverse or national side . The problem of assignment is increasingly being avoided by using the terms face and value side , which can usually be clearly assigned to coins.
However, there are also coins that have neither a front nor a back, such as the Schmalkaldic Bundestaler with a Saxon and a Hessian side.
Motifs
Modern coins often show the face value of the coin as an inscription on the value side according to the denomination of a currency .
On very old coins, the reverse is indicated by a quadratum incusum .
Later an attribute of the god depicted on the front was depicted on the lapel or a figure that referred to special events, places and myths or excellent products and the like.
The reverse of Roman coins usually shows a figure of a god or the emperor grouped with figures of gods, often just an inscription. Coins from the Roman colonies , for example, show a priest driving plowing oxen or the twins Romulus and Remus suckled by the she-wolf . Coins of the military colonies show the legionary eagle and the vexillum .
Sometimes the reverse also differs from the obverse by using a different language in the inscription, as on the coins of the Greco-Indian kings.
literature
- Heinz Fengler, Gerhard Gierow, Willy Unger: Transpress Lexicon Numismatics. 3. edit and exp. Edition 1982. Berlin 1976, p. 408.
- Gerd Scharfenberg, Günter Thiede: Lexikon der Ordenskunde , Battenberg Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-86646-051-5 , p. 463.
Web links
- Revers on www.Numispedia.de (January 8, 2015)
- Differentiation between obverse and reverse on www.Muenztreff.de (January 8, 2015)
- Obverse and reverse on www.muenzen.net (January 13, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Differentiation between obverse and reverse on www.Muenztreff.de ( aspects of suitability for everyday use ). Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ↑ Heinz Fengler, Gerhard Gierow, Willy Unger: Transpress lexicon numismatics. 3. edit and exp. Edition 1982. Berlin 1976, p. 408.
- ↑ Heinz Fengler, Gerhard Gierow, Willy Unger: Transpress lexicon numismatics. 3. edit and exp. Edition 1982. Berlin 1976, p. 37.
- ↑ Keyword: Revers , the online one in Duden , accessed on January 4, 2015.
- ↑ Keyword: "revers" In: Langenscheid dictionary French. Langenscheid editors (ed.), ISBN 3-468-13115-1 , Berlin and Munich 1999, p. 359.
- ↑ Meridian (ed.): With the euro through Europe. ISBN 3-7742-0768-2 , Munich 2006, p. 8.
- ↑ Differentiation between obverse and reverse on www.Muenztreff.de ( aspects of coin sovereignty ). Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ Deutsche Bundesbank : The euro coins. P. 6 f. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed on January 14, 2015.
- ^ Deutsche Bundesbank : The euro coins. P. 14 f. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed on January 14, 2015.
