France objects to "Waterloo" coin?

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It is celebrating a French defeat.  That is why they don't like it.

So? The French would prefer to stay under the rule of a dictator? That makes no fucking sense considering they were thrilled the Allies freed them from Nazi Germany. I cant wrap my head around that logic. Napoleon was no hero. He was an opportunist. If I were French I would celebrate his defeat.

You're not seriously comparing Napoleon in any way to the Nazis. or are you?

You should actually read what min wrote. Napoleon commissioned the code civil, also called code Napoleon, a book of laws far more advanced than what any of the nations fighting him had to offer. In parts it's still in use in France. The European 19th century would have looked very differently if Napoleon had actually won. Not that he was an all around good chap, but given the choice between being ruled by the absolutist monarchies fighting him and his rule, I would choose Napoleon anytime.

You really should look up the history of this age, since at the same time as the battle of Waterloo was fought the Congress of Vienna was in progress where the monarchs of that time were busy to role back every achievement of the French revolution. Among them the Russian Czar, who presided over a nation of indentured servants. These truly enlightened personalities also brought back the Bourbons to France. The same house the French revolution was fought against.

So careful what you're talking about. It's not as clear cut as liberating Europe. It's more on the lines of bringing back the ancienne regimes.

It's also an irony that the British are minting that coin, since without the timely arrival of their Prussian allies they would have had their butts kicked by Napoleon.