BE 2015: Waterloo

[Pabitra]

Belgium might issue a coin on bicentenary of Battle of Waterloo in 2015.
Even though Belgium as a nation did not exist in 1815, the battle which changed the shape and history of Europe, was fought in area now in Belgium.

[Pabitra]

It may not be allowed to issue

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2989209/Paris-tries-block-Waterloo-200th-anniversary-coin-upset-French-people.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11462782/French-try-to-block-Battle-of-Waterloo-coin.html

[augsburger]

Official, History will be changed to keep the French happy.

[Pabitra]

If you don't then geography of EU may change 😉

[Figleaf]

Maybe we should wait for a serious newspaper to confirm this. It sounds like an RT bulletin

Peter

[<k>]

According to Nostradamus, Joan of Arc President Le Pen will annex those troublesome Walloons in 2017 and force them to melt all their propagandistic coins. 

[Figleaf]

At last believable stuff coming out of Nostradamus. For the historically inclined, there's a slightly over the top, but interesting page on Waterloo here. Waterloo a German victory?

Peter

[Pabitra]

According to Nostradamus, Joan of Arc President Le Pen will annex those troublesome Walloons in 2017 and force them to melt all their propagandistic coins. 

If the Walloons go to France, Flanders will become a great nation.

[chrisild]

If the Walloons go to France, Flanders will become a great nation.

Maybe we should leave it up to the Belgians whether they want Belgium to be one country, or merge parts of it with some other country.   Let's focus on coins here ...

Christian

[Pabitra]

France wins second battle of Waterloo, after loosing Battle of Marignano


www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/12/france-wins-second-battle-of-waterloo-after-commemoration-coin-dropped

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/11/us-odd-eurozone-waterloo-idUSKBN0M72K220150311

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/11/battle-of-waterloo-euro-coin_n_6846136.html

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.numismatica-visual.es/#translate-en

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.numismatica-visual.es/2015/02/vetada-moneda-de-2e-cc-2015-batalla-de-marignano/&usg=ALkJrhieKlE0rFzCktyJkBl-TIbzIMG3eA

[Bimat]

Following France's stand on this particular issue, India should also protest against Pakistan for issuing Pakistan-China friendship coins.

Aditya

[Pabitra]

This year, the Government of India calendar has the theme " golden Jubilee of 1965 Victory".

You never know, India may go ahead and issue a 50 Rupees face value Gold coin on India's victory over Pakistan, since the new Government has already announced its plan to issue gold coins.

Alternately, India should issue India - Russia friendship coin.

[Bimat]

This year, the Government of India calendar has the theme " golden Jubilee of 1965 Victory".

You never know, India may go ahead and issue a 50 Rupees face value Gold coin since the new Government has already announced its plan to issue gold coins.

Alternately, India should issue India - Russia friendship coin.

 

"Golden Jubilee of 1965 Victory" is indeed a good theme. But then China may issue a coin in 2022 commemorating "60 Years of Sino-Indian War" (which we lost)

Aditya

[Figleaf]

At least Reuters got it right:

Belgium withdrew a proposal to strike a special 2-euro piece in honor of the Anglo-Dutch-German victory outside Brussels on June 18, 1815, an EU official said, 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.

It is a unilateral Belgian decision to withdraw the proposal after a French objection and its not about the message but about the medium. As Reuters noted, the UK will issue a Waterloo coin.

No other nation than the UK and especially its press has such intense hate for its allies and nothing to say about its enemies.

Peter

[Pabitra]

Phil is not English.
His logo shows a cup of coffee and no decent Englishman would dare seen sipping anything but tea.
He is as mainland European as Peter and Christian are :-)