I was very surprised to find this coin on a flea market. It is a classical colonial coin, with the effigy of Leopold II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, second king of the Belgians. It is also a very colonial coin: it shows a "native" shield, as a European should make it. There is nothing really native on this coin. Despite the bloody history it stands for, I like the European design.
This is only the smallest of a series of 4 silver coins (50 centimes, 1 franc, 2 and 5 francs), but I am already glad I can own this one.
Bart