License Plate Values: A Guide to Relative Prices of Collectible U.S. Auto License Plates and Their Grading, “1954—ALPCA Golden Anniversary—2004”

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2004

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License plate hobbies

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United States
Canada
Alabama (USA)
Alaska (USA)
Arizona (USA)
Arkansas (USA)
California (USA)
Colorado (USA)
Connecticut (USA)
Delaware (USA)
District of Columbia (USA)
Florida (USA)
Georgia (USA)
Hawaii (USA)
Idaho (USA)
Illinois (USA)
Indiana (USA)
Iowa (USA)
Kansas (USA)
Kentucky (USA)
Louisiana (USA)
Maine (USA)
Maryland (USA)
Massachusetts (USA)
Michigan (USA)
Minnesota (USA)
Mississippi (USA)
Missouri (USA)
Montana (USA)
Nebraska (USA)
Nevada (USA)
New Hampshire (USA)
New Jersey (USA)
New Mexico (USA)
New York (USA)
North Carolina (USA)
North Dakota (USA)
Ohio (USA)
Oklahoma (USA)
Oregon (USA)
Pennsylvania (USA)
Rhode Island (USA)
South Carolina (USA)
South Dakota (USA)
Tennessee (USA)
Texas (USA)
Utah (USA)
Vermont (USA)
Virginia (USA)
Washington (USA)
West Virginia (USA)
Wisconsin (USA)
Wyoming (USA)
Alberta (CAN)
British Columbia (CAN)
Manitoba (CAN)
New Brunswick (CAN)
Newfoundland and Labrador (CAN)
Nova Scotia (CAN)
Ontario (CAN)
Prince Edward Island (CAN)
Québec (CAN)
Saskatchewan (CAN)
Northwest Territories (CAN)
Yukon (CAN)

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A guide providing the values of the historic passenger license plates of the United States and Canada. Each state and province is presented through a table listing the year of issue of each license plate and a condition rating from 1 (mint) to 5 (fair). Values in U.S. Dollars are then noted for each year/condition combination for which the editor had data. Some combinations are left blank, such as mint examples of early plates, where there was insufficient data to draw conclusions on valuation. Remarks are provided for select years when specific materials, methods of validation, slogans, and other notable features were used. A final colmn notes if passenger license plates were issued as singles or pairs. A chart listing registration data from the first eight years of registration, and then every five years up to 1975 follows each jurisdiction's value chart, with some registration data appended at the end of the book. An introductory section reviews license plate identification, grading, the impact of pairs and "shorties" on value, slogans and materials used in license plate construction, comments on the impact of internet auctions on the hobbie, and a table of abbreviations used in the book. After the valuation tables is a narrative section describing key points in the history of passenger license plates from each covered jurisdiction accompanied by black and white imagesof selected license plates. A concluding section provides advice on license plate collecting, a discussion of the evolution of registration systems and optional license plates, discussion of nonpassenger license plates, a summary of grading standards, a list of the top 100 most valuable United States passenger license plates, and value tables for select optional, Bicentennial, motorcycle, dealer, handicapped, and personalized license plates. Eighth edition.

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Book, perfect bound; 5⅜ × 8¼ inches; 176 pages plus introduction i - ix, illustrated

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Contact research@registrationhistory.org for access options; physical resource located in the VRHC collection.

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King Publishing Company

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14819/88

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