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Current Highs of Popular Plate Types
| Plate type | Current high |
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| Person with Disability | |
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Archived Posts: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023
Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Associated Alumni of the Central High School (personalized) and International Union of Operating Engineers. Thanks to Richard Than and John Clark for the pictures, keep them coming!
This picture of a Disabled Veteran (Severe Disability) comes from an eBay listing and helps a great deal with closing the gap for serial changeovers. This plate is part of the second format for this base; the first format looks identical but with "PENNSYLVANIA" on top and "DISABLED VETERAN" on the bottom, whereas Format 2 has these switched. As always, click on the type name to see a complete history of the type.
Here's something you don't see every day: a personalized Transporter plate, sent in by John Clark. This type is difficult enough to spot in the wild, let alone a personalized version.
Last month we received an email from John Clark asking if we'd noticed a change in the dies for the Moped plate type. It appears that he is correct: the "MP" was much closer together on this base up through at least CD131 and then farther apart starting at around CE013. This is the kind of thing that we love recording on this site, thanks John!
Lastly we have this sample plate for the Virginia Tech plate type. This comes from Brendan Sherry who is the coordinator for the Virginia Tech plate program for Pennsylvania. Thanks for sharing, Brendan!
Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Pennsylvania Equine Council and WHYY. Thanks to John Clark for the pictures, keep them coming!
John Clark also sends in this great picture of a St. Joseph's University plates. This type was previously spotted on the new base but the picture (from yours truly) was less than desirable. It's also a new high! Be sure to visit the "List of All Plates & Current Highs" page for a list of all current plates and their highs.
This Repossessor plate, recently listed on eBay, is a new high for the "WWW" base. This type is classified as a Dealer type by PennDOT and is fairly difficult to spot in the wild.
Last week we shared the 2026 SECA Car Show souvenir plate. This week we have what appears to be the same plate but with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections / DOC Training Academy text. Not much is known about this plate, other than the fact that it is associated with the annual car show.
Last up this week we have a "first-of" for this site: a 1956 Dealer plate with 1956 dies. While that sounds redundant, some plates had 1956 dies this year and some had 1957 dies, which are visually different as they are much thinner (see right picture). Thanks to eBay user "ziggszags" for the picture.
Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Fire Fighter and The Edward Francis Cancer Foundation. NOTE: The Fire Fighter plate is a remake of a number from a previous base. Thanks to Richard Than and Noah Foster for the pictures and be sure to visit the "List of All Plates & Current Highs" page for a list of all current plates and their highs!
Clayton Moore discovered this new high for 1933 Trailer plates. The previous high for this year and type was T2712 so this is a nice improvement. No numbers under 1000 are known for this year and all known plates for this year measure 6" x 12".
Our own John McDevitt spotted this personalized LVHN MedEvac plate on the Visa base, a "first-of" for this site. Considering only one other plate of this type has been spotted so far, I'd call this a pretty great find!
Here is a pair of Person With Disability plates (left from John McDevitt, right from David Hobbs) which narrows down the changeover point from the Visa base to the Let Freedom Ring base. Tracking serial numbers is a significant part of this website and we are always grateful when people can help us get the information as accurate as possible.
Lastly we have this booster plate for the 12th Anniversary SECA Car Show. SECA (State Employee Combined Appeal) hosts an annual car show at the Capitol to raise money for SECA and the charities they support. These and other booster plates are located on the Highs page under the Defunct, Special Event, & Misc. section.
Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: American Legion Auxiliary and Bus. Thanks to Bruce Bufalini and James Ruppert for the pictures, keep them coming!
Bruce also sends in this "first-of" picture of a personalized Operation Iraqi Freedom plate. Not pictured: the Lamborghini it was affixed to.
This Fraternal Order of Police plate, spotted on eBay, helps to narrow down the changeover from the format with the embossed "FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE" to the format with the screened "FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE." A short run with the embossed legend was produced when this type first switched from the "WWW" base to the "Visa" base.
Here's a new high for the Vertical Motorcycle plate type. It's also a "first-of" shot for the website; a personalized version was observed back in December 2025. As always, be sure to visit the "List of All Plates & Current Highs" page for a list of all current plates and their highs!
Last up this week is what appears to be an ordinary Visa-base Passenger plate, but upon closer inspection it's missing the beveled edges. Click the images to see more detail. Thanks to Brandon Sowers for the find!