Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Operation Enduring Freedom and Omnibus. Thanks to Richard Than and Bruce Bufalini for the pictures - keep them coming!

END OF AN ERA - Well it's official: the run of the full-size Railroad graphic plate is coming to an end and will be replaced by this plate featuring an image of a bank barn. The Railroad plate was the last full-size graphic plate to be issued as the state transitioned to the "Family of Plates" style, the design language with a small graphic to the left. The bank barn was and is a staple in Pennsylvania, especially in the Pennsylvania Dutch areas such as southeastern and central Pennsylvania. The Preserve Our Heritage legend remains.

Richard Than submits this perfect shot of a Notary Public plate. As you probably surmised, these can be ordered by Notaries within the Commonwealth to tell everyone they are a Notary. As you can see, it's still on the WWW base, one of a handful of plate types that are still actively being issued on that base AND it's new high! Be sure to visit the "List of All Plates & Current Highs" page for a list of all current plates and their highs!

Matt Ciecka sends in this picture of a personalized Temple University Alumni plate on the Visa base with the map outline graphic. This is a "first-of" for this site - thanks Matt!

Last but not lease, Bill Stephens sends in this picture of a Municipal Motorcycle plate, a very tough one to spot in the wild. Bill actually grabbed this image from a Facebook group about happenings in the Lehigh Valley; the ability to source images and information from multiple sources without leaving the comfort of your home is certainly one positive about social media, and certainly has helped this site over the years.

Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Let Freedom Ring and National Ski Patrol. Thanks to John Clark and Adam R. (via Noah Foster) for the pictures - keep them coming!

This site has received several pictures of the Flyers Charities plate type on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base but this one, sent in by Noel Torchio, is the first high-quality one. As we have said in the past, we appreciate all submissions but we also make photo upgrades when possible.

We spotted this new high for the St. James Alumni plate type. This is yet another plate type that is still being issued on the WWW base which first debuted in 1999! Our working theory is that there are still many of these plates on this base sitting in the PennDOT warehouse and PennDOT is issuing them until they run out. According to a recent warehouse inventory report, plate numbers through S/J 11199 are in stock, so it's likely that a new base will begin at S/J 11200 - stay tuned! Be sure to visit the "List of All Plates & Current Highs" page for a list of all current plates and their highs!

Jaska Börner sends in this picture of a Virginia Tech plate. This site has a picture of a personalized plate of this type on the new base but this is our first picture of a numbered plate on the new base.

And now for something COMPLETELY different, we have this 1937 Passenger plate, sent in by Chris Zavatski. At first glance is looks like a normal 1937 Passenger plate, but if you click the link here, you will see that a small run of 1937 Passenger plates had keystones flanking the "1937 PENNA".

Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Westminster College and Elle's Angels Foundation. Thanks to John Clark for the pictures - keep them coming!

Here's a new high for the Gettysburg 1863 plate type, sent in by Bruce Sakson. Back on March 22, 2026 we posted that this type transitioned to the new base for personalized plates, but PennDOT appears to still have an inventory of numbered plates. It's uncertain how long PennDOT plans to issue WWW and Visa plates still in their inventory before a hard stop to switch to Let Freedom Ring. Be sure to visit the "List of All Plates & Current Highs" page for a list of all current plates and their highs!

John Kerestes sends in this picture of a personalized International Association of Fire Fighters. This is a "first-of" for this site, plus it's always nice to see a plate with just a few characters on it!

Recently there were two sample plates on eBay for plate types that never made it to production. There are a number of plate types that fit that description, this site currently does not have a section for those types but may in the future. Thanks to John McDevitt and "licenseplatekingcompany" for the pictures.

Last up this week is a perfect image of a Motorcycle plate on the new LFR base, courtesy of Devan Ciemiewicz. We always appreciate submissions to this site, especially when the picture is this good!

Here is the latest batch of plate types to be spotted on the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Lehigh University Alumni and Ohio State Alumni. Thanks to John Clark for the pictures - keep them coming!

A 1999 memo from PennDOT to auto tags stores has been located and is now available on the Documents (Reference) page, located on the Defunct Types, Special Event Plates, Etc. page.

Here's a new high for a plate type that still has not made the transition to the new "Let Freedom Ring" base: Steel Worker. Be sure to visit the "List of All Plates & Current Highs" page for a list of all current plates and their highs, and thanks to Bruce Sakson for providing the picture!

We are lucky to have an amazing community of PA plate collectors and enthusiasts. One of the byproducts of that is that this site sometimes gets so many submissions that several weeks elapse before we can get around to "your" picture. Here are three recent pictures of PA Sportsman plates. The left picture, from Bruce Sakson, is a new high for the Visa base; the center picture, from Dillon Hornberger, is the first plate observed on the new base; and the right picture, from Mike Laick, is a nice-looking personalized version on the new base. We are very grateful for your submissions, please keep them coming!

Last but not least we have this beautiful pair of Judiciary (Defunct Types, Special Event Plates, Etc. page) plates from Jeff Lesher. This plate type began in 1928 and was issued through 1935. Judges did not get their own plates again until the 1990s. The 123-J format carried over into 1929 but plates issued later that year bore the format shown in the image on the right - click the link to see more.