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10 Euros Bicentenary of battle of Waterloo
| Issuer | Royal Belgian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Reverse description | A detailed battle scene commemorating the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo (1815–2015) dominates the field. At centre-right, a commanding officer on horseback — evoking the Duke of Wellington — surveys the action, accompanied by mounted aides-de-camp in period uniform to his right. To the left, a group of infantry soldiers in early nineteenth-century military dress march across the foreground, rendered in fine relief against a dramatic open background. In the upper left, the silhouette of a mounted figure looms large, evoking the shadow of Napoleon, while streaming banners sweep diagonally across the middle field. The inscriptions 1815–2015 and WATERLOO appear prominently in the upper portion of the reverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1815 - 2015 WATERLOO |
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Belgium issued this coin on the 200th anniversary of a battle fought on its own soil — Waterloo lies roughly 15 kilometers south of Brussels. Napoleon's defeat there on 18 June 1815 ended the Hundred Days and led directly to his second abdication four days later. The engagement cost roughly 47,000 casualties across all sides in a single afternoon.
A noteworthy political wrinkle: an earlier €2.50 commemorative planned for 2015 was blocked by France, which objected to a neighboring eurozone member celebrating a French military defeat. Belgium proceeded with this non-circulating silver issue outside that diplomatic constraint.