Belgium Commemorates Waterloo With Euro, and France Is Not Pleased

Perhaps befitting a battle that ended French hegemony in Europe, Paris, it seems, has been outflanked once again. After it objected to a decision in March by Belgium to introduce a new 2 euro coin to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, the Belgians retreated, scrapping 180,000 coins they had already minted. But victory for France is proving elusive.
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