10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Monument to the Battle of the Nations

The Battle of the Nations, fought outside Leipzig in October 1813, was the largest engagement in Europe before the First World War — roughly 600,000 troops across four days, with over 90,000 casualties. Napoleon's decisive defeat there effectively ended French dominance of Central Europe. The monument commemorated on this coin took over a century to complete: construction began in 1898 and was only finished in 1913, timed precisely to the battle's centenary.