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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2172773, member: 39&quot;]The concept behind this &quot;70 Years&quot; silver series is different. At the end of WW2, several European countries (Belgium and France among them) found that, the closer our political and economic integration is, the less likely a war among European countries will be. Of course we still had military conflicts and atrocities in Europe later, but not among countries that are EU member states. Back to Waterloo - I find it odd how the Royal Mint emphasizes that this battle &quot;began almost 100 years of peace.&quot; <a href="http://www.royalmint.com/shop/200th_Anniversary_of_Waterloo_2015_UK_5_pound_BU" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royalmint.com/shop/200th_Anniversary_of_Waterloo_2015_UK_5_pound_BU" rel="nofollow">(Source)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Not in Continental Europe where Waterloo is after all. Apart from the fact that shortly after the restoration of the &quot;pre-Napoleonic order&quot; there were the 1830 and 1848 revolts and revolutions, Britain&#039;s Waterloo ally Prussia was involved in or started several wars in the 19th century years after that ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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