5 Francs Belgium - King Baudouin

This piece was struck for the Democratic Republic of Congo following the country's renaming under Laurent-Désiré Kabila, who had overthrown Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997. The issuing authority name — Banque Centrale du Congo — reflects that political transition directly. What makes this coin genuinely odd is its obverse: King Baudouin of Belgium, who died in 1993 and whose country had relinquished the Congo decades earlier in 1960. His presence here is a licensing arrangement, not a political statement — the design was recycled for a commemorative or novelty issue well outside any orthodox monetary framework.