Belgian Congo, 1888 AD., Congo free state, Leopold II, Brussels mint, 5 Centimes, KM 3 var.

Belgian Congo (as Congo free state), Leopold II, engraver: Leopold Wiener, Brussels mint, 1888 AD.,
5 Centimes (ø 30 mm / 10,01 g), copper, 10,00 g. theor. mint weight, mintage ? , axes (as pictured) coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), reeded edge, center hole,
Obv.: * LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES SOUV. DE L'ETAT INDEP. DU CONGO , five crowned LII -monograms circle center hole, all within beaded circle and circular legend.
Rev.: 5 Ces.. / *** L 1888/7 W *** , star and rays around center hole, value above, date below, engraver´s initials flanking date, overdate 1888 on 1887.
KM 3 .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1887 175,000 medal alignment
1888 ? overdate variety exists
1888 ? overdate 1888 on 1887
1894 150,000 coin alignment

The Belgian Congo (French: Congo Belge, Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of the Belgians persuaded the government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexplored Congo Basin. Their ambivalence resulted in Leopold's creating a colony on his own account. With support from a number of Western countries, Leopold achieved international recognition for a personal colony, the Congo Free State, in 1885. By the turn of the century, however, the violence used by Free State officials against indigenous Congolese and a ruthless system of economic exploitation led to intense diplomatic pressure on Belgium to take official control of the country, which it did by creating the Belgian Congo in 1908.

More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo