Gold Coin Battle of Waterloo 200th Anniversary 2015 Proof

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200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo

An exclusive gold coin issued by the British Royal Mint in 2015, weighing 39.94g in Proof quality, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars - the Battle of Waterloo. France was crushingly defeated there. The battle ended the Napoleonic era and brought much-needed peace to a France plagued by instability for more than two decades.

The coin on its reverse depicts a key moment in the victory, the agreement between the commander of the Dutch-British army, Wellington, and the commander of the Prussian army, Blücher. The motif of the marshals seated on horses against the backdrop of the battlefield is complemented by the inscriptions "THE BATH OF WATERLOO" and the year "1815". The obverse shows a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by artist Jody Clark, followed by the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II. D.G.REG.F.D.", the year of issue, the denomination and the artist's initials "JC.".

The coin comes in a deluxe wooden box (along with a booklet containing information about the main characters of the battle and interesting facts about how the British Royal Mint revived the minting of coins and medals dedicated to the Battle of Waterloo) and a certificate of authenticity in a limited edition of only 500 pieces for the whole world!

The Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo took place on 18 June 1815, about 20 km south of the Belgian capital, Brussels. Here, the French army of Emperor Napoleon I suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of part of the troops of the VII Coalition of European Monarchs, represented by the Anglo-Batavian army of Field Marshal Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher. For the French monarch, the battle was one of his last appearances as a military leader, strategist and head of state, and marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars for Europe.

Although the Allies managed to achieve a general victory, the course of the campaign played rather to their disadvantage. The British marshal, however, halted the retreat on the second day, and took up an advantageous position on a slope in the country around Waterloo, where he waited overnight for the enemy to attack. After a wasted morning, Napoleon then made repeated attacks on the centre of his position, but the French troops were regularly turned to retreat with high casualties on both sides. Around 1600 hours, the first Prussian troops began to join the British, and as the numbers increased, after less than four hours of pressure on the enemy's right flank, they turned the French army to flight. Although Napoleon, in his memoirs, attributed the blame for the debacle to the incompetence of his marshals, it was more likely a confluence of dozens of failures by both the emperor himself and his subordinates, but equally a combination of circumstances and the abilities of his opponents.