![]() If you look closely at this plate, you can see blue sticking out along the edges of the plate. Some Golden State plates manufactured near the beginning of this stretch were made on old blue blanks to use them up. As mentioned before, starting in January, 1987, this plate became the general issue for the state for a whopping ten months. 1986 plates and still in use today.Ĭalifornia 1988 passenger issue. This plate also uses the redesigned blue-on-white month sticker, introduced with exp. Plate numbers in the '1' series after this point were not used and are now being issued on some special-issue California bases. These blue plates were then discontinued. Blue seven-digit plates were issued concurrently with 'Golden State' bases through the end of 1986, confirmed into the '1SWC' series. This feature was added to stem concerns that these new screened plates could still be identified as California plates in cases such as a fire when the screened background was somehow obliterated.Ĭalifornia 1987 passenger issue. This does not appear very easily in the scan, but is more readily seen by looking at the back of the plate. This plate has a lightly debossed 'CA' in the lefthand sticker box. Another of the Golden State plates issued during the period where the plate was still an optional issue. This plate was awarded ALPCA's Plate of the Year award for 1983.Ĭalifornia 1986 passenger issue. These plates are also still in use today on cars originally registered with them, and are considered to be something of a status symbol. Plates were issued starting with 2AAA000 and ending up around 2GPZ999, making this a rather rare (by California standards) variety. This plate then became the general issue from January through October of 1987. The 'Golden State' baseplate was introduced in December 1982 and was an optional baseplate issued concurrently with the gold-on-blue seven-digit base until the end of 1986 for an additional $5 fee. I have one of these, in the '1MVR' series, but the etching wouldn't show up in a scan so it is not included on this page.Ĭalifornia 1984 passenger issue. Some of these seven-digit blue plates have the letters 'CA' lightly etched in the upper left sticker well. This numbering sequence is still in use today, with plates having passed the 7AAA000 mark in March, 2013. In April 1980, the regular 123-ABC series was exhausted and California switched over to a 1ABC234 format. Similar dies are still in use today.Ĭalifornia 1982 passenger issue. Passenger plate would follow suit in 1980, see next. This was done at this time due to an exhaustion of available six-digit commercial plate combinations, making that the first series to switch to seven digits. In late 1977, at the beginning of the 'WLA' series of plates, California switched to narrower dies for the serial numbers on these plates. This variation was fairly short-lived, only lasting a year or so before the next set of dies was rolled out (see next.)Ĭalifornia 1981 passenger issue. Another variant on the blue base, plates starting in 1977 in the late 'S' series through approximately the 'WKZ' series carried these fatter serial dies. This plate also has a month sticker, as California adopted staggered registration starting with 1976 expirations.Ĭalifornia 1978 passenger issue. This series began in 1975 starting with plate number 501-LXU. This plate features a wider die set for the state name and smaller sticker wells at the top corners. Gold-on-blue plates were issued through the end of 1986 in California.Ĭalifornia 1977 passenger issue. This series of plates started off with a 123-ABC format, later changed to 1ABC234 when the series was exhausted. This plate has the same narrower dies for the state name as the older 1963-era plates had. In fact, some plates issued in late 1969 received their 19 stickers at the same time due to the late-year registration. Most of these plates were issued with 1970 as their first expiration, but a handful got out with 1969 stickers. Gold-on-blue plates were introduced starting in 1969, and again vehicles of that era would still carry their original plates with proper stickers. ![]() Plates are currently provided by the Driver & Motor Vehicle Services branch of the Oregon Department of Transportation.Front and rear plates are required on all vehicles except for motorcycles.Ĭalifornia 1969/70 passenger issue. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1911, when the state began to issue plates. State of Oregon first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. ![]() Passenger car plates have 3 letters and 3 numbers. In 1963, California issued new base license plates with a black background and yellow lettering.
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