One of the reasons I've really been enjoying this series on older foreign coins is that even if you're from the country where they were minted, you're not likely to see these coins on a regular basis. Many of the coins have been updated to newer versions, or in the case of Europe, most of the countries have switched to the Euro. This makes the coins more unique and special.
Today's coin is a 10 Centimes coin from France. It was minted in 1918 which is toward the end of the first World War. The coin is made of copper-nickel, according to Numista
The "R F" you see stands for French Republic. The coin is rotated to the left a little, but above the hole is supposed to be a hat. It looks more like the head of a turtle to me.
On this side we have the value and the year it was minted.
There were 30 million of these minted, so the value isn't great, but it's still likely to be at least $0.50.
Anyone have more of these? How about a different denomination?
