The male and female sides of a coin

WillieBoyd2

The Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel ran the 1942 film "This Gun For Hire" last night.

TCM's host for the film was Eddie Muller, a writer specializing in "Film Noir" topics, who described the two stars of the film, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, as "they are like male and female sides of the same coin".

One example could be this one where one side was designed by a man and one side designed by a woman:

United States Commemorative Half Dollar 1938-S Oregon Trail Memorial
Laura Gardin Fraser designed the Indian and James Earle Fraser designed the covered wagon.

Let's see if we can find coins with a male and female side.

AUandAG

no

Insider2

I've got a token with both genders displayed on each side.

Hallco

Oldhoopster

I have been actively collecting since I was a kid in the early 70s and spent a lot of time trying to learn about numismatics. I've been a longtime subscriber to the numismatic periodicals and have built a nice library when reference books became readily available in the 80s and 90s. I continue to hang out on sites like this to learn.

I have NEVER heard the obverse and reverse referred to as the male and female side. I'll make you a deal. I won't review movies (I'm partial to Month Python and the Holy Grail and Caddyshack) and have Mr Muller stay away from coin references

ricko

I believe I will stick with 'obverse' and 'reverse' when it comes to coins....Those terms have worked for me all these decades....Cheers, RickO

toyz4geo

Uhhhhhhhhh...............ok. I have nothing.