FRANCE, French State (Vichy), Philippe Pétain, Maréchal et chief de l’état, 1940-1944. Pattern 10 Francs 1943 (Copper-Nickel, 31 mm, 12.83 g, 6 h), Essai. Paris. PHILIPPE PETAIN MARECHAL DE FRANCE Uniformed bust of Philippe Pétain to left, CHEF DE L'ETAT below. Rev. TRAVAIL ESSAI - FAMILIE - PATRIE A farmer and a militiaman shaking hands over a woman holding her child in her arms, 1943 below, ESSAI in left field. GEM 179.2. Extremely rare. Tiny flan faults on the reverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.