A worker displays a newly minted commemorative 2.5 euro coin to mark the bicentennial of the battle of Waterloo, at Belgium's Royal Mint in Brussels Credit: Photo: REUTERS Paris objected to the new ...

Belgium hit out at France on Thursday after Paris forced it to scrap a new two-euro coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Around 180,000 of the ...

Two hundred years after Napoleon's ambitions to rule Europe died at Waterloo, France has won a small battle to prevent the minting of a euro coin commemorating the event. Belgium on Wednesday withdrew ...

An ancient coin, dating back to 1807, has been found in the Scottish highlands by a metal detectorist. The coin, which has a reasonably high value, may have been brought back to Scotland after the ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Belgium on Monday began minting 2.5-euro coins marking the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, after France forced it to scrap a two-euro coin of the ...