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BICENTENNIAL STATE '76 oddball
Unknown plate, colors are
opposite of typical Bicentennial plate. |
from Charlie Metz
from Charlie Metz |
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BOOSTER / TOURISM
PROMOTIONAL
The
plate pictured here was spotted in a PennDOT Welcome Center on I-476 at the
Delaware/Pennsylvania border. Besides the eight characters, the plate is also flat which is a departure from normal
considering PA does not issue all-flat plates. The plate did have a
debossed sticker well. I am told that these plates are in use at other PA
welcome centers. A point of information; over the years two 8-character vanities have been spotted. It
is believed that they were later recalled. |
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DARE?
It
has the coding of a DARE plate, but without the legend and graphics, and the
placement of the D/A27H5 is centered and high while on the DARE plate it is
aligned to the left. It also uses two sticker wells one the lower left and
right. It may be a test plate that got released, or something someone
had made up. |
from Jordan Irazabal
& Tom Perri |
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Diplomatic plate? Not really
From information received from Ned Flynn, there
was a wealthy family in the Stroudsburg area some years ago that had an
affinity for New York City theatre. They purchased vanity tags with
DPL in an effort to appear as diplomats hoping they might receive favorable
parking, It is unknown how the use of the keystone separator and a
dash came about.. |
from
John Anshant |
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Fakes
Livery
There is no such plate in PA. These are computer generated
images, the product of someone's fertile imagination. These and other
computer generated or modified images have been posted on Wikipedia and
Wikimedia. Some have even been attributed to this website. I
have never posted an image on either of those sites.
No
Fee/Exempt or Rental
There is no such plate in PA. This is a computer generated image,
another product of someone's overactive imagination. This and other computer
generated or modified images have been posted on Wikipedia and Wikimedia.
Some have even been attributed to this website. I have never posted an
image on either of those sites. |
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Ford's 28-Millionth Vehicle
This was presumably made to commemorate Ford's 28 millionth vehicle. This image comes from eBay user "punknhetty" and sold for $2,553.88 on February 15, 2023. Thank you to Clayton Moore for the heads-up. |
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ONLYGOD
This
street shot oddball was sent to me with the hope that I could explain it.
The sender, David Melendez, wondered if PA was offering such a black and
white plate with the Philly skyline. I assured him that the state is not
offering such a plate. The plate, as shown, has some kind of acrylic cover.
It's difficult to know if that cover adds to or changes the appearance of
the plate. A vanity check shows that the plate number is in use. |
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ONLYGOD
This
street shot oddball was sent to me with the hope that I could explain it.
The sender, David Melendez, wondered if PA was offering such a black and
white plate with the Philly skyline. I assured him that the state is not
offering such a plate. The plate, as shown, has some kind of acrylic cover.
It's difficult to know if that cover adds to or changes the appearance of
the plate. A vanity check shows that the plate number is in use. |
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Masonic
Booster Plate (?)
This was spotted on the front of a
vehicle. It appears to be the same
symbol as used by BLUE LODGE and PRINCE HALL Masonic Lodges. The rear
plate was a standard issue. Posted 5/17/06. |
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75 MOTORCYCLE INVERSION ERROR
77 MOTORCYCLE INVERSION ERROR |
from Bill Pratt
from Bill Pratt
from Dave Lincoln |
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MOVIE PROPS
Motorcycle
From the TV series
“It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
Municipal
This
plate was used in the movie Ground Day. The PENNSYLVANIA font seems
correct but the others are not. The plate is actually cardboard with
no holes.
Official Use & Municipal
Images of police vehicles used in the making of
Tony Scott's Unstoppable from last September 2009.
Passenger & Municipal
from the 2012 movie
Won't Back Down
Passenger
from the 2010 movie The next three days |
from Jim McDevitt
from Eric Butler
from John Netzlof
from John Netzlof
from Jason DeCesare
from Jason DeCesare
from Bill Young |
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NOVELTY
Note the use
of 8 characters. |
from Sarge/Klassy Karz |
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PASSENGER
ERROR
Skewed Serial Number
Inversion error
Inversion error + unpainted keystone
Unpainted keystone
Inverted S |
from Nick Tsilakis
from
Grant MacKenzie
from Bruce
Bufalini
from Nick Tsilakis
from Bruce
Bufalini |
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PASSENGER
FAKE
This
plate appears normal except for the slanted or italic font and the dash
separator seems low, below the mid-line of the plate. Jason says the
RATAN-05 appeared to be flat rather than embossed, and the normally white
background was more of a dingy grey. The RATAN-05 is a valid
registration number. |
from Jason Plank |
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
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from Tom Perri
from eBay |
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PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL POLICE
This
is not an official plate, or at least not one issued by PennDOT. It was
in use on the front of a Philadelphia School Police vehicle. |
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Sample Mystery Type
Information
from Bruce Bufalini:
Image
taken September 22, 2001, at the University of
Pittsburgh, Greensburg campus. The plate was on the front of a DEP (Dept. of
Environmental Protection)-owned car. There was some sort of conference there
held by the DEP, and at the
time I had theorized that there was a DEP prefix plate series reserved for
them, though I've never seen another such plate, sample or real issue,
before or since.
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from Bruce
Bufalini |
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Sovereign
Citizen
It was mounted on a partially de-badged
3rd generation facelift Mitsubishi Outlander and was seen in Southern Bucks
County PA. The car had a matching flag sticker on its rear glass.
This is not a state or government
issued plate. |
from Donald Lewis |
Image
added
11/6 |
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DCNR PLATES & STICKERS |
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ATV (Class 1)
Plate measures 4 x 7.
Class 1 ATV is a motorized off-highway vehicle, which travels on three or
more inflatable tires and has a maximum width of 50 inches and a maximum dry
weight of 1200 pounds.
Format 1: 0000A to 9999W
Format 2: 000A0 to 999W9
Format 3: 00A00 to 99W99
Format 4: 0A000 to 9W999
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Format 1
Format 2
Format 3
Format 4
from Andrew Pang |
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ATV-2
(Class 2)
FORMAT 1: 0000X to 9999Z
FORMAT 2: 000X0 to 999Z9
FORMAT 3: 00X00 to 99Z99
FORMAT 4: 0X000 to 9Z999
FORMAT 5: X0000 to Z9999
Plate measures 4 x 7.
Class 2 ATV is a motorized off-highway vehicle, which travels on three or
more inflatable tires and has a width which exceeds 50 inches or a dry
weight which exceeds 1200 pounds.
See Reference |
Format 1
from Vern Kreckel
Format 2
Format 3
from Jordan Irazabal
from Vern Kreckel
Format 4
Format 5
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ATV Dealer
0000
Newer style plate measures 4 x
7. Base plate color is almost white. Older larger style replaced by
this smaller version by mid-2006.
See Reference |
from
Dominic
Fornato
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ATV Temporary
"T" 00000
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Snowmobile
See Reference
Snowmobile Temporary Registration
Registration Sticker
A0000 to Z0000
Unknown vintage
Registration sticker is believed to be newer than
the one above, unknown vintage.
2001 Snowmobile Validation Sticker
2004 Snowmobile Validation Sticker and
Registration Sticker
2005 Snowmobile Registration Sticker and
Validation Sticker
Another 05 Validation Sticker, appears to be a
different color, but may be faded.
2008 Snowmobile Registration Sticker and
Validation Sticker
2009 Snowmobile Registration Sticker and
Validation Sticker
2012 Snowmobile Registration Sticker and
Validation Sticker |
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