(June 10, 2015 at 8:38 am)Brian37 Wrote: I have to admit, all I know about that battle is that the dictator Napoleon lost that battle. So maybe someone with more of a history background dumb it down for me and explain why the French would object to a coin noting the defeat of a dictator? I guess I am missing something here.
http://popist.com/s/9b86f13/
They probably wanted to put the words "I was defeated; you won the war" along the edge of the coin.
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