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PLATE TYPE
(first year of issue)
PLATE FORMATTING
REFERENCE INFORMATION |
PLATE PHOTOS & NEEDED IMAGES |
UPDATES |
PROTOTYPES, SAMPLES & PLATE HISTORY LINK |
IS PLATE VANITY ELIGIBLE?
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Emergency
Vehicle (~1977) |
Plate History |
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FORMAT 1A: From between EV-30131 and EV-30309
.. On visitPA base, large keystone separator, embossed tag legend. On
vehicles that required stickers in the past such as those
belonging to private ambulance companies, etc.
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from
Dominic
Fornato
from Brendan Sherry
from Bruce Bufalini
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Yes |
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FORMAT 1B:
~EV-37100. Same as above withstate map outline in
place of sticker well, embossed tag legend. First seen July 2023. |
from
John McDevitt |
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FORMAT 1A: EV-50000 to
~EV-70999.
On visitPA
base, large keystone separator, sticker well upper left, embossed tag legend. PennDOT notified plate holders in February 2007
that all EV plates would be replaced. First seen mid-March 2007.
NOTE: Both variants (Format 1 & 2) are
being issued concurrently. |
From Brendan Sherry
from Ryan Battin
from Ryan Battin
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FORMAT
2B: EV + up to 5 characters as a personalized plate |
from Nick Santiago
from Steve Noll
from Jeff Lawson |
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FORMAT 3A: ~EV-71000 .
On visitPA
base, large keystone separator, state map outline in place of sticker well, embossed tag legend.
First seen September 2017. |
from Nick Santiago
from Bruce Bufalini
EV-73397
from Jaska
Börner
Paramedic John Ryan webphoto via Bill Young |
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Lincoln University (official)
(year unknown, was issued on previous base) |
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Original Format, white or yellow on blue, has
never been photographed or collected. Likely dates from the late 1980
or 1990s, replaced in 1999. |
L0000U |
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FORMAT 1: L0500U to
L0529U, on www base. Issued in pairs |
from Jordan Irazabal
from Jordan Irazabal
from Jordan Irazabal |
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No |
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FORMAT 2: L0570U to L0572U, believed to be on visitPA base. |
No
plates spotted or photographed |
Image
needed
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FORMAT 3: L0700U on map base. Plates not in
use yet. Format added 2/24/19. |
No
plates in use yet |
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Municipal
Government Owned
(1973) |
Plate History
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FORMAT 1: MG-00000 to MG-91999
blue on white, PENNSYLVANIA on top, wide MUNICIPAL font on bottom, 1977-1984
issue, type still in use. |
from Klassy Karz
from
Matt Ciecka
from Clayton Moore
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FORMAT 2: MG-92000 to MG-99999
white on blue PENNSYLVANIA on bottom, wide MUNICIPAL font, addition of
sticker well, issued 1984 until c1985-1986. |
from Eric Butler
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FORMAT
3: 00000-MG to unknown point below 24852-MG white on blue, PENNSYLVANIA
on bottom, wide
MUNICIPAL font. Issued circa 1985-1986. |
from Clayton Moore
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FORMAT 4: ~26776-MG to 99999-MG
white on blue, PENNSYLVANIA on bottom, narrow MUNICIPAL font. Issued
circa 1986 until 2003. |
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FORMAT 5: MG-0000A to
MG-8999,
white on blue, PENNSYLVANIA on bottom, narrow MUNICIPAL font, 2003 to
present
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from Jeff Lawson
from Brendan Sherry
from Ryan Battin
from Ryan Battin
from Bruce Bufalini
from Bruce Bufalini |
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ERROR PLATE: MG prefix
transposed
No dash
separator. Other formatting same as above.
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from Clayton Moore
from
pl8s.com
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FORMAT 6: MG-9000J
On visitPA base. MG screened and stacked on left, 4 digit serial number
followed by one letter, embossed, Letter advances last, PENNSYLVANIA
on top, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT on bottom, screened. This is a new format
first seen early February 2017. |
from Bill Houser
from Bill Houser
from Steve Ondik
from Ryan Battin
from Steve Noll
from Steve Noll
from Jeff Lawson
from Bill Houser
from Bruce Bufalini
from Richard Ruck via
Bill Young
from Preston Turner
from Jaska
Börner
from Bill Young
M/G9999M
from Bill Young
from Bruce Bufalini
from Preston Turner
from Bill Young
Letter O suffix not used
from David Hobbs |
Image added
8/27 |
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Municipal
Government Owned
Motorcycle
(1971?) |
Plate History
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FORMAT 1: 000MG to
999MG, blue on white PENNA on top, MUNICIPAL on bottom.Removed MG000 format from 'current'
list. See
Municipal Motorcycle
on
History Page. |
from Allan Cooper |
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FORMAT 2: MG000 to MG999, white on blue PENNA on bottom, MUNICIPAL on top.
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from Bruce Bufalini
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FORMAT 3:
MG00A to MG99E
white on blue PENNA on bottom, MUNICIPAL on top.
Type added 9/9/07
Plates measures 4½ x 8
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from Jaska
Börner
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FORMAT 4:
MG00G
on visitPA motorcycle base. MG
screened and stacked on left, 2 digit serial number followed by one letter,
embossed, letter advances last, PENNSYLVANIA on top, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MC
on bottom, screened. This is a new format first announced early February 2017. Plates measures 4" x
7". |
Plates in use as of 4/4/2021. |
Photo needed |
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Official Use
- Commonwealth of Pa Owned
(1924) |
Plate History |
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Issued in pairs for passenger vehicles and as
singles for commercial, trucks, heavy equip., etc. |
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FORMAT 1: PA-10000 to PA-29999,
blue on reflective white, PENNSYLVANIA on top, OFFICIAL USE on bottom,
1977-1984 issue, type still in use. Plates issued in pairs to
passenger vehicles. |
from Tom Firth |
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FORMAT 2: PA-30000 to PA-55999, blue on reflective white, PENNSYLVANIA on top, OFFICIAL USE on bottom,
1977-1984 issue, type still in use. Single plate issued to commercial
vehicles. |
from Eric Conner
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FORMAT 3:
PA-60000 to PA-99999,
reflective white on blue, PENNSYLVANIA
on top, OFFICIAL USE on top, sticker well lower left, issued 1985 until early 2009.
Issued to
commercial vehicles as single plates. |
from Tom Firth
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FORMAT 4: 10000-PA
to 41999-PA ,
reflective white on blue, PENNSYLVANIA on bottom, OFFICIAL
USE on top, sticker well lower left, first issue date 1985, to present.
Issued to passenger vehicles in pairs. |
from Chuck Harrington
from Chuck Harrington
from Ryan Battin
from Bruce Bufalini
from Bruce Bufalini
from Jordan Irazabal
from Nick Tsilakis
from Bruce Bufalini
from Tom Perri
from Bruce Bufalini
from Bruce Bufalini |
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Read story
on this one-of-a-kind sample.
from Norm Ratcliffe
Unknown |
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FORMAT 5: PA-0000A to PA-1499A,
white on blue, PENNSYLVANIA on bottom, OFFICIAL USE on top, 2009 to 2010.
This is a continuation of Format 2. Issued to commercial vehicles as
single plates. Spotted 4/21/09. |
from Bill Stephens |
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FORMAT 6:
PA-1500A
to
PA-2697A or above.
Note the use of COMMERCIAL as the plate legend in place of OFFICIAL
USE. These are a variation of the above format. Plates issued
2011. |
from Jordan Irazabal
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FORMAT 7:
PA-2698A or above to PA-1499B. Note the
dropping of the word COMMERCIAL and return to using OFFICIAL USE.
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from Jordan Irazabal
PA-1063B
from Jordan Irazabal |
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Truck
Official Use. Added 7/15/2018.
State
agencies will have the option of using their own logo in place of the coat
of arms shown here. |
from Clayton Moore
anonymous
from Brandon Sowers
from Richard Than |
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Passenger
vehicle Official Use
This design will take the place of Format 4 above.
First seen about mid-2021.
State
agencies will have the option of using their own logo in place of the coat
of arms shown here. |
from Nick Tsilakis
1/16/22
42143P/A
from Bruce Bufalini
from Jay Embee
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Official Use, PennDOT,
agency-specific |
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Added 7/30/2017. Department of Transportation Official Use, issued to passenger vehicles.
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from John Clark
from Bill Ceravola
from Mike Alfonse
from Brayden Harnish
from Richard Than
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PennDOT has begun a pilot project for the use of digital vehicle license
plates that allow a license plate’s status to change in real-time. They are
in use on several types of PennDOT vehicles including dump trucks, foreman
crew cabs, and passenger vehicles in PennDOT’s District 8 (Dauphin County)
and District 1 (Erie County); as well as on passenger vehicles and trucks
used by PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services. Info added 7/7/2019 |
from Bill Ceravola
from Bill Ceravola
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Department of Transportation Official Use, issued as
single plates to commercial truck type vehicles.
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from Tiger Joe Sallmen
from Charles Sweitzer
from Bill Young
from Bruce Bufalini
from Bill Young
from Bill Young
from Bill Young
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See Format
1D above. Similar digital plates expected. |
Image
needed |
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Pennsylvania State
University (official) (1983 or earlier) |
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FORMAT 1: A00-01P to between A16-99P and A19-99P.
Has sticker wells in upper left and right corners.
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late Jake Eckenrode collection via John
Anshant |
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FORMAT 2: From changeover between A17-99P and A20-00P to
A46-07P.
Has sticker well in lower left corner, Issued in pairs. |
from Tom Perri
front plate
rear plate
from Tom Perri
from Jordan Irazabal
and Tom Perri |
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This plate is not believed to be an official
plate. It also was probably never issued. It is likely a novelty
or test plate although it is on the Official base. |
from eBay |
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UNISSUED FORMAT - An unknown number of these plates were produced
but not issued. A few have found their way into the hands of
collectors. |
from Clayton Moore |
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FORMAT 3: Plate revision. Format 2 plates
appear to have ended at A46-07P. This
new series began at A47-00P. Format added 2/17/19.
Plates added 7/14/2019 |
from Bruce Bufalini
from Brayden Harnish
from Jaska
Börner
from Brayden Harnish
from Brayden Harnish |
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University of Pittsburgh (official)
(year unknown) |
Plate History |
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ORIGINAL FORMAT:
Yellow on
blue, "U"0000"P" to plate changeover during 9/99. Uses 'title case' on
plate legend. University of Pittsburgh at top, PENNSYLVANIA at
bottom, no stickers used, plate is semi-permanent. |
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FORMAT 1:
U0500P
to changeover at or before U1000P.
Uses 'title case' on plate legend |
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FORMAT 2: From changeover at or before U1000P to
changeover to Format 3. Uses 'small caps' on plate legend |
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FORMAT 3: From
U1100P to U1499P on visitPA base.
Plate legend format same as previous. Format added 1/22/10. Issued in pairs. |
from Eric Conner
from Brendan Sherry
from Bruce Bufalini |
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FORMAT 4: From U1500P.
Numbers will
likely start at
the end of the Format 3 series. New format added 2/24/19. First
image added 5/30/21. |
from Bruce Bufalini |
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