Two hundred years after Napoleon’s ambitions to rule Europe
died at Waterloo, France won a small battle on Wednesday March11,2015 to prevent the
minting of a euro coin commemorating an event that shaped today’s
continent.
Belgium has withdrawn a proposal to mint a €2 coin to honour the victory over Napoleon after French objections
Belgium withdrew a proposal to strike a special 2-euro piece in honour of the Anglo-Dutch-German victory outside Brussels on 18 June, 1815,averting an EU ministerial vote after Paris objected on the grounds that glorifying a time of conflict ran counter to efforts to foster European unity
Belgium, which as a state emerged from Dutch rule a decade after Napoleon’s death, is preparing to celebrate Waterloo with a weekend of festivities and re-enactments of one of history’s decisive combats and expects many more visitors to the battlefield near Brussels, where facilities are being renovated.
The 19 countries using the Euro, a common currency intended to cement cohesion after centuries of conflict in Europe, use their own national design on one side of the coins. They may also mint special editions of the largest, the 2-euro ($2) – but these designs must be approved by a council of EU ministers.
Those this year include a German coin marking 25 years of reunification, a French commemoration of 70 years of peace since World War Two and Finland’s memorial to composer Jean Sibelius, born in 1865. Euro notes allow no national distinction and show bridges, windows and doorways to symbolise openness and unity.
But collectors looking for Waterloo souvenirs need look no further than Britain, outside the euro zone. The Royal Mint is offering a 5-pound coin featuring the architects of Napoleon’s downfall, the Duke of Wellington and Prussia’s Marshal Bluecher.
Note
There are currently 19 EU member states in the eurozone, of which the first 11 (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain)introduced the Euro January 01,1999 when it was electronic only
Member states of the European Union
Greece joined January 01,2001, one year before the physical euro coins and notes replaced the old national currencies in the eurozone
Subsequently, the following 7 countries also joined the eurozone on 1 January in the mentioned year: Slovenia (2007), Cyprus (2008), Malta (2008), Slovakia (2009), Estonia (2011),Latvia (2014) and Lithuania (2015)
Belgium has withdrawn a proposal to mint a €2 coin to honour the victory over Napoleon after French objections
Belgium withdrew a proposal to strike a special 2-euro piece in honour of the Anglo-Dutch-German victory outside Brussels on 18 June, 1815,averting an EU ministerial vote after Paris objected on the grounds that glorifying a time of conflict ran counter to efforts to foster European unity
Belgium, which as a state emerged from Dutch rule a decade after Napoleon’s death, is preparing to celebrate Waterloo with a weekend of festivities and re-enactments of one of history’s decisive combats and expects many more visitors to the battlefield near Brussels, where facilities are being renovated.
The 19 countries using the Euro, a common currency intended to cement cohesion after centuries of conflict in Europe, use their own national design on one side of the coins. They may also mint special editions of the largest, the 2-euro ($2) – but these designs must be approved by a council of EU ministers.
Those this year include a German coin marking 25 years of reunification, a French commemoration of 70 years of peace since World War Two and Finland’s memorial to composer Jean Sibelius, born in 1865. Euro notes allow no national distinction and show bridges, windows and doorways to symbolise openness and unity.
But collectors looking for Waterloo souvenirs need look no further than Britain, outside the euro zone. The Royal Mint is offering a 5-pound coin featuring the architects of Napoleon’s downfall, the Duke of Wellington and Prussia’s Marshal Bluecher.
Note
There are currently 19 EU member states in the eurozone, of which the first 11 (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain)introduced the Euro January 01,1999 when it was electronic only
Member states of the European Union
Greece joined January 01,2001, one year before the physical euro coins and notes replaced the old national currencies in the eurozone
Subsequently, the following 7 countries also joined the eurozone on 1 January in the mentioned year: Slovenia (2007), Cyprus (2008), Malta (2008), Slovakia (2009), Estonia (2011),Latvia (2014) and Lithuania (2015)
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