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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3362238, member: 39&quot;]Or take the Vatican 1978 Vacant See issues. Because two popes died in the same year, the second Sede Vacante <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12159.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12159.html" rel="nofollow">coin</a> says SEPTEMBER MCMLXXVIII ...</p><p><br /></p><p>But yes, such dates are rare. Hamburg had two denominations in that time - the two you show us - which were issued by the city and state government. Three others were issued by the Hamburgische Bank and, as the coins say, &quot;authorized by the senate&quot;. (See <a href="http://www.muenzkatalog-online.de/katalog/muenzen/muenze_5211.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muenzkatalog-online.de/katalog/muenzen/muenze_5211.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> for example.) Now those three are the other extreme so to say - strictly speaking, they have no date at all. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the &quot;J&quot; is the mintmark of the Hamburg mint. They still make coins there ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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