Reverse on coins showing primate (10)
I believe the answer is:
silverback
'primate' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'reverse on coins' is the wordplay.
'reverse' becomes 'back' (I've seen this before).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'coins' becomes 'silver' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'back' put after 'silver' is 'SILVERBACK'.
'showing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for silverback that I've seen is " gorilla?".)