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IS PLATE VANITY ELIGIBLE? |
Apportioned Bus (1982) | ||||
FORMAT 1: BN-00000, www base, dash separator. |
from Jordan Irazabal from Jordan Irazabal from Eric Conner
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FORMAT 2: BN-04000 to BN-04999, visitPA base, dash separator, first spotted 5/18/17.
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from Jordan Irazabal
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FORMAT 2: BN-05000, visitPA base, keystone separator, first spotted 6/16/19. |
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Bus (1924) | ||||
FORMAT 1: BA10000 to BA47999 without the dash separator. When PA re-plated in 2000, all bus plates were reissued on a plate-for-plate basis. This included anything between BA-10000 to BA-47999. The replacement plates in this series on the www base did not use the dash separator. Low number spotted BA23115. |
from Clayton Moore from Clayton Moore Clayton Moore & Rick Kretschmer |
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No
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FORMAT 2: BA-48000 to BA-59999 have dash separators |
from Clayton Moore
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FORMAT 3: BA-60000 to BA-80899 on visitPA base, keystone separator. |
from Jordan Irazabal from Bill Stephens from Mike Alfonce |
Image added 10/23 |
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FORMAT 4: BA-80900 on visitPA base, keystone separator, without sticker well. Change posted 10/29/18. |
from Tom Perri |
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FORMAT 5: BA-81900 or below on visitPA base, keystone separator, with map outline. Change posted 5/5/19. |
from Preston Turner from Bill Young from Mike Alfonse |
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Limousine (1990) | ||||
FORMAT 1: LM-20000 to LM-22999, www base, dash separator, narrow font tag line |
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Yes as configured in Format 4 below.
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FORMAT 2: LM-23000 to LM-26999, www base, dash separator, wider font tag line. |
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FORMAT 3: LM-27000 to LM-30999, on visitPA base, keystone separator, wider font tag line, with sticker well. Format added 12/5/10. |
from Tom Perri from Tom Perri from Ryan Battin from Bill Stephens from Tom Perri & Nick Tsilakis
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FORMAT 4: LM-31000, visitPA base, keystone separator, wider font tag line, with map outline and no sticker well. Format added 11/29/20. |
from John McDevitt |
Mass Transit (1977) | |||||||||
Stacked prefix on www base, wide font on tag line. (Plate M/T30045 confirmed.) |
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No
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FORMAT 2: MT-33000 to MT-39999 In-line prefix with dash separator on www base, narrower font on tag line. |
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On visitPA base, wide legend on tag line, first observed 6/20/06
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from Eric Butler from Bruce Bufalini |
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On visitPA base, with map outline. Posted 7/28/19. |
from Bruce Bufalini from Brandon Sowers from Bruce Bufalini from Jesse Hunley from Bill Young from Bill Young from Brayden Harnish from Brayden Harnish |
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Omnibus | ||||
FORMAT 1: OB-50000 to OB-58999, on www base, dash separator, tag line font on this type uses a sans serif I. |
from Tom Firth from Clayton Moore from Alex Wiedlich |
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No
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FORMAT 2: OB-59000 to OB-60999, series uses the serif I on the tag line. Other formatting same as FORMAT 1. |
from Clayton Moore
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FORMAT 3: OB-61000 to OB-63999, series uses the sans serif I on the tag line. Other formatting same as FORMAT 1. |
Eastern Coast Productions from Alex Wiedlich |
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FORMAT 4: OB-64000 to OB-68999, uses the serif I on the tag line. Other formatting same as FORMAT 1. |
Eastern Coast Productions from Nick Tsilakis from Worthpoint |
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FORMAT 5: OB-69000 to OB-86799, on visitPA base, keystone separator, tag line font on this type uses a serif I. Has sticker well. |
from Nick Tsilakis from Alex Wiedlich from Clayton Moore from Tom Perri & Jordan Irazabal from Ryan Battin Eastern Coast Productions |
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FORMAT 6: From OB-86800 to OB-87699 on visitPA base, keystone separator, tag line font on this type uses a serif I. No sticker well. |
from Tom Perri |
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FORMAT 7: From OB-88200, on visitPA base, keystone separator, tag line font on this type uses a serif I. Now with map outline. |
from Preston Turner OB-90703 from Jaska Börner from Bruce Bufalini |
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School Bus (1956) | ||||
FORMAT 1: SC-00000 to SC-05999, on www base with small keystone separator, tag line font has slightly wider characters than the FORMAT 2 plate. NOTE: The top plate has a permanent validation sticker used on a school district owned bus. |
from Clayton Moore from Tom Firth
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Font comparison FORMAT 1 FORMAT 2
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No
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FORMAT 2: SC-06000 to SC-46999, on www base with small keystone separator, tag line font has slightly narrower characters than the FORMAT 1 plate. |
from Tom Firth
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FORMAT 3: SC-47000 to ~SC-80299 on visitPA base with larger keystone separator, and sticker well. First seen in 8/2006. |
from Nick Tsilakis from Brendan Sherry
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FORMAT 4: ~SC-80300 to ~SC-82299, same as Format 3 above but without sticker well. First seen in 9/2018. |
from Bruce Bufalini
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FORMAT 5: ~SC-82300, same as Format 3 above but without sticker well. First seen in 9/2018. |
from Bruce Bufalini from Bruce Bufalini from Matt Ciecka from Bruce Bufalini from Bill Young from Bill Young from Bill Young from John Fedorchak |
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School Vehicle (1993) |
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FORMAT 1: SV14000 to SV14499, on www base, narrow font on tag line, no separator. NOTE: Some pre-www plates are still in use into 2010-2011. |
from Bruce Bufalini |
Yes as configured in Format 10 below |
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FORMAT 2: SV14500 to SV17499 On www base, wide font on tag line, no separator. |
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FORMAT 3: SV17500 to SV17799 On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, no separator, changeover to this type spotted 11/3/05. |
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FORMAT 4: SV17800 to SV19799 On visitPA base, narrow font on tag line, no separator. Added 7/17/07. |
from Worthpoint from Brandon Sowers |
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FORMAT 5: SV-19800 to ~ SV-20249 On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, and keystone separator. Added 1/20/09. |
from Nick Tsilakis
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FORMAT 6: ~ SV20250 to ~ SV20799 On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, without keystone separator. Added 11/12/09. |
from Brendan Sherry |
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FORMAT 7: ~ SV-20800 to ~ SV-21249 On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, with keystone separator. Appears to be same as Format 5. Added 5/16/10. |
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FORMAT 8: ~ SV21250 to ~ SV21999 On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, without keystone separator. Appears to be same as Format 6. Added 3/27/11.
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from Brendan Sherry from Brandon Sowers |
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FORMAT 9: ~SV-22000 to SV-26799 On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, with keystone separator. Appears to be same as Format 5 & 7. Added 3/11/13.
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from Nick Tsilakis from Jordan Irazabal from Bruce Bufalini from Tom Perri
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On visitPA base, wide font on tag line, with keystone separator. Now with map outline. Added 12/3/2017. |
from Jeff Lawson from Bruce Bufalini from Nick Tsilakis from Preston Turner SV-30674 spotted by Bruce Bufalini on 3/1/22 |
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FORMAT 10A: Personalized, up to 5 characters with SV prefix. |
from Bill Stephens |
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Taxi (1977 - Prior to 1977 taxi vehicles used bus plates.) |
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FORMAT 1: TX-35000 to TX-38999, tag line font on this type uses a sans serif I, on www base. |
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as configured in Format 4 below
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FORMAT 2: TX-39000 to TX-45999, tag line font on this FORMAT uses a serif I, on www base. |
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FORMAT 3: TX-46000 On visitPA base with larger keystone separator, and sticker well. |
from Brendan Sherry from Jordan Irazabal from Jaska Borner from Preston Turner from Jaska Börner |
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FORMAT 4: Personalized, up to 5 characters with TX prefix |
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