Yes typically, although you can see that whatever worked all over the obverse also was rubbing on the rim of the rev. It has been worn down into the tops of the letters . It also was wearing on both of the top corners of the Lincoln Memorial.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz