Editing Euro coins (section)

===Belgian 2.50 euro coin===
In 2015, Belgium issued a 2.50&nbsp;euro commemorative coin which is legal tender inside the country. 70,000&nbsp;coins were minted, commemorating the 200th&nbsp;anniversary of [[Napoleon]]'s defeat in the [[Battle of Waterloo]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bilefsky |first=Dan |date=9 June 2015 |title=Belgium Commemorates Waterloo With a Coin, and France Is Not Pleased |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/world/europe/belgium-commemorates-waterloo-with-euro-and-france-is-not-pleased.html}}</ref>

Belgium originally planned to mint 2&nbsp;euro commemorative coins for the occasion. This plan was blocked by [[France]], however (after 180,000 of the coins had already been minted; they had to be discarded). Minting the 2.50&nbsp;euro denomination obviated France's complaints as the coins are not legal tender in the [[European Union]], only in Belgium.<ref>Jason Karaian. [http://qz.com/423450/frances-whining-wont-stop-belgium-from-minting-coins-commemorating-the-battle-of-waterloo/ "France’s whining won’t stop Belgium from minting coins commemorating the Battle of Waterloo".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104210309/http://qz.com/423450/frances-whining-wont-stop-belgium-from-minting-coins-commemorating-the-battle-of-waterloo/|date=2016-01-04}} ''[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]'', 9 June 2015.</ref>

EU law states that any country can issue any new coins it wants as long as they are in an irregular denomination, so it invented a €2.50&nbsp;coin.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/shortcuts/2015/jun/10/euro-coin-row-france-wins-the-battle-belgium-wins-the-war Euro coin row: France wins the battle, Belgium wins the war] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084137/https://www.theguardian.com/business/shortcuts/2015/jun/10/euro-coin-row-france-wins-the-battle-belgium-wins-the-war|date=2018-09-02}} The Guardian June 10, 2015.</ref>