The most collectible Michigan license plate is definitely that of , which the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association awarded "Plate of the Year. It was so good they didn't even issues new plates in and , instead revalidating plates with stickers. During the white-on-blue years Michigan plates simply said "Great Lakes," replaced by "www. Skip to main content. Shop by Category. More View more categories Less View less categories. All Auction Buy It Now. View: Gallery View. Buying Format All Listings filter applied.
Dated Green Plastic. Dated Red Plastic. Results Pagination - Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Collectible Michigan License Plates Antique Michigan license plates can be fun to collect due to the huge range of color combinations they exhibited over the 20th century.
What are the major eras of Michigan License plate design? Vintage Michigan license plates for sale can easily be sorted into distinct historical periods: — - Before standardized plates, Michigan issued round metal vehicle registrations displayed on the dashboard or hung from the rear-view mirror. Regular license plates were required as well, but these were homemade, displaying the owner's house number and "MICH" on wood, leather or rubber.
An initial letter was added to the number sequence during some years, while in others the serial number was instead increased to six or seven digits. From onward every plate's serial began with two letters followed by four digits, changing to three of each in The Great Lake State slogan had started in for Michigan and ran through with the exception of This plate was the last of the AB format Michigan plates. These plates honored the 10th anniversary of Oakland University, an affiliate of Michigan State University.
Gold and white are the school's colors. This is the first year of the ABC numbering format in Michigan, and also the last yearly issue in the state. Michigan passenger issue base. This was the first of Michigan's multi-year issues, being used from the end of through the end of These plates were used for a year longer than the issue, featuring dual sticker boxes at the bottom corners for and stickers.
This plate was used from the end of through the end of Michigan issued this plate at the end of to commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States. These plates were current at about the time that I started collecting, and they were a big influence on my interest in plates. These plates remained in use through the end of Michigan followed up their spectacular Bicentennial issue with this white on black base, same general format as the plates previous to the base, which was used from the end of through the end of Staggered registration and month stickers were also introduced during this time, with plates only expiring in November or December.
Another exp. Some earlier issues on this base used a smaller version of the Great Lake State die, such as on the BBH-series plate above, while others in the series used a larger die such as seen on this plate. I can't swear that there's an official "early vs. This was a late-period passenger issue on this baseplate.
In late , the state exhausted the last of the available ABC format combinations, so they switched to this reverse ABC format. Production of the upcoming base was already underway, also using the ABC format, so the state started these plates at ZZZ and worked backwards to avoid conflicting with the serials used on the upcoming plate.
The plain white on blue base was first available in , starting with AAA. Larger dies than previously used were introduced, and the slogan was shortened to "Great Lakes". Plates were used with only month stickers in , then with year stickers thereafter.
Plates in the early series used this large die for the state name. These plates remain valid today. Another undated exp. The plate remained unchanged otherwise. Plates such as this in the "F" series had wide bolt slots rather than round holes as seen on most plates on this base.
The combination of these wide slots and the thinner metal made these plates susceptible to popping right off their bolts, kind of like a button in a buttonhole. The design was changed shortly thereafter.
Back to good ol' galvanized steel and round bolt holes by this point in the sequence.
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