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18 June 1815 – Victory at Waterloo – 2015 Commemorative 2½ € coin

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English: 18 June 1815 – Victory at Waterloo – 2015 Commemorative 2½ € coin

Non-circulating 2½ commemorative coin, sold encapsulated in a coin-card.
Coin : diameter : 25,5 mm ; weight : 11 g ; mintage : 70000.
Struck instead of the regular 2 € coin scheduled for 2015 by Belgium, see below.
The Belgian Royal Mint also struck a silver 10 € coin.
Both coins are now sought-after collectibles.
Design : superimposed to the silhouette of the Lion's Mound are depicted the forces in presence : the Anglo-Dutch forces to the north and the Prussian forces to the south-east ; the napoléonic ones in-between.

About the scheduled regular 2 € commemorative coins (not circulated).
Each European country having adopted the € (EUR) as its currency is entitled to propose yearly to the other member States two motifs to be struck as €2-coin. In February 2015, Belgium proposed to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, a major turning point in European History. But France vetoed it. In the words of the then French President Fr. Hollande : The wounds of the defeat have not healed yet.
Consequently, the 180,000 coins already minted were not circulated, but melted and the metals recycled in other EUR-coins.
By doing so, France only succeeded in drawing the attention on this coin and making it very popular indeed as most of these commemorative coins are rarely seen in daily life because eagerly snatched by collectors.

After everything has been said about this coin, it remains that, in History, the 18 June 1815 Victory of Waterloo is perceived as a long awaited relief from the endless napoléonic wars and its cortège of deaths, ruins, lootings – all over Europe.
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Author Alta Falisa
Camera location50° 40′ 42.35″ N, 4° 24′ 17.24″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

The coordinates correspond to the tip of the Lion's Mound : ►(File:18_June_1815_–_Waterloo,_undulating_golden_plain.jpg).
About the yearly 2-€ coins : ► https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_euro_commemorative_coins#2015_coinage

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