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| ILLINOIS Highest 1907-11 pre-state known: #38207 Numbering began at 1 each year 1911-67. All numbers reservable at least by 1926. 1911 plate and disc undated. Dated disc issued along with plates 1912-17. Truck began 1920. NUMERIC SERIES 1911 38055 1928 1-313-133 1945 1512 549* 1912 67198 1929 1-410-891 1946 1610 032 1913 94057 1930 1-418-123 1947 1750-414 1914 99901 1931 1-411-007 1948 1948 805* 1915 99988 1932 1-300-403 1949 2078 447* 1916 248390 1933 1-277-003* 1950 2286 337 1917 338657 1934 1-284-244 1951 2404 733 1918 388251 1935 1-350-944* 1952 2462 076* 1919 472179 1936 1-474-441* 1953 2580 021 1920 501972 1937 1-568-682* 1954 2699 691* 1921 578548 1938 1578 792* 1955 2848 596 1922 680-792 1939 1638 759* 1956 2979736* 1923 840-683 1940 1722 783* 1957 3074445 1924 976-632 1941 1826 763* 1958 3118894 1925 1-101-586 1942 1749 341* 1959 3224 011* 1926 1-179-387 1943 1638 851* 1960 3307 067* 1927 1-248-408 1944 1515 183 LETTER SERIES H0001 - Z9999 1914 H,K,P,R R0832 (130,730 P) 1915 H,K,P,R,T,U,X,Y (Z expected) Y9667 (179,648 P) 1934-35: Official highway map sent with plates. 1939-41: Issued in Chicago and Springfield. 1956-57: Aluminum for Mail Order from Springfield, steel for office issue in Chicago, etc. PRODUCTION FIGURES 1950-57 (#3000000 specially issued 1956) 1950 2,300,000 P 1951 2,420,000 P 1952 2,500,000 P 1953 2,590,000 P 1954 2,710,000 P 1955 2,880,000 P 1956 2,986,000 P (1,686,000 P aluminum, 1,300,000 P steel) 1957 3,080,000 P (1,680,000 P aluminum, 1,400,000 P steel) 1961-78 FORMATS No I,O,Q,Z used.* No T,U used in 1st position.* 1961-66 1 - 999 999, AA 1000 - WY 9999 (Capacity 4,185,999) 1967 1 - 999 999, AA 100 - WY 9999 (Capacity 4,682,799) 1968-78 0 - 999 999, AA 0 - WY 9999 (Capacity 4,710,000+) 1961 LETTTER PROGRESSION No I,O,Q,Z used. Series 1: AA-PP (Double letters only) (126,000) Series 2: AB-KY (Omitting doubles) BM,DL omitted. (1,872,000) Series 3: LA-NY (Omitting doubles) No R,S,U,V,W used. (432,000) (TOTAL 3,429,999) Source: Troy Tribune newspaper article, August 25, 1960. 1964 Order: AA-RD BM, DL, PM omitted (3,600,999 P) No R,S,U,V,W in 2nd position of LA-WY series. 1972 Order: AA-WY DL, FU, VD omitted (4,970,000 P) No U,V in 2nd position of LA-WY series. OMITTED PREFIXES BM omitted 1961-68, issued 1969-on. (Municipal Bus) DL omitted all years. (Dealer) FU issued 1961-71, omitted 1972-on. PM omitted 1963-68, issued 1969-on. (Permanently Mounted Equipment) ST omitted 1965-68, issued 1969-on. (Semi Trailer) (Verify 1969-71) VD issued 1965-71, omitted 1972-on. *Letters added as follows: 1967 - R,S,W in 2nd position in LA-WY series, including RR,SS,WW. 1969 - T in 1st position. 1973 - U in 1st position. 1975 - Y in 1st position. 1976 - Z in 1st position. 1961 NP 6343 (3,399,343*) 1962 PH 7207 (3,499,207*) 1963 RD 5972 (3,596,972) 1964 SD 6234 (3,750,234) 1965 VE 5069 (3,911,069*) (VN listed in Wheel Tax book) 1966 WG 3587 (4,080,587) 1967 SK 1505 (4,228,805*) (plus VF 2500 - VF 7838) 1968 SW 8636 (4,348,637) (plus VF 672 seen on DAV tag) 1969 TP 3198 (4,523,199*) (plus VF 426 - VF 4861) 1970 TW 5545 (4,565,546*) (plus VF 8092) 1971 VT 8002 (4,758,003*) 1972 WX 2838 (4,952,839*) 1973 UX 1840 (5,151,841*) 1974 UY 9999 (5,170,000) (plus YS 6766) AAA 100 - AML 471 added (207,372*) 1975 YT (5,330,001) (plus IN, KZ, LZ, OB, QC, QY, SV) 1976 ZS 165 (5,520,166*) 1977 ZD 7631 (5,407,632) (plus OA, OF, OX, YB, ZD, BZ) 1978 YY 6581 (5,366,582) (plus ON, QD, YR, JZ, MZ) 1979-84 BASE All letters used*. 1979 "SEP 79" Type 1 0 - 999 999 (1,000,000 P) 1979 "SEP 79" Type 1a AA 0 - ZY 9999 (4,570,000 P) Nov.79 "NOV 80" Type 1b-3 (Previously omitted letters)(2,160,000 P) Type 1 "NOV 80" IC 3006, OP 7391, OW 284, WZ 5370, ZZ 1499 Type 2 "4 82" AQ 9842 - HQ 1802, IF 9926 Type 3 "9 81 " JQ 4549 - ZQ 1473, IA 8145, IK 2331 - IY 9996, AZ 1160 - RZ 8322, XZ 8823 Apr.82 "4 83" Type 3a XAA 0 - ZZZ 999 (2,028,000 P) Dec.82 "12 83" Type 3b PXJ 784 - PZU 145 (62,362 P) Apr.83 "4 84" Type 3c NVG 566 - NZU 30 (117,465 P) (TOTAL 9,937,827 P) Description of Types: Type 1 - Dated "79", square corners, Texas dies Type 2 - Undated, square corners, Texas dies Type 3 - Undated, round corners, Illinois dies *Type 1a: 1976 letters assumed used. Types 1b-3: IA-IZ, OA-OZ, QA-QZ, XA-XZ, AI-ZI, AO-ZO, AQ-ZQ, LU-ZU, LV-ZV, AZ-ZZ. Types 3a-3c: All letters used. (Some personalized issued earlier) Replaced 1984-86 as follows: 1984 - 0 - 999 999 1985 - AA-MZ, AAA-MZZ 1986 - NA-ZZ, NAA-ZZZ 1983-2002 BASE All letters used.* Aug.83 "DEC 83" Type 1 0 - 999 999 (1,000,000 P) Type 1a AA 0 - ZZ 9999 (6,760,000 P) Type 1b AAA 0 - PRM 616 (10,594,617 P) Type 2 PSZ 701 - ZZZ 999 (6,942,299 P) Sep.95 "SEP 96" Type 2a B 0 - Z 99 999 (900,000 P) Jul.96 "DEC 96" Type 3 B 100 000 - Y 624 927 (5,924,928 P) 2001 "07-02" Type 4 Y62 5616 - Y67 6125 (50,510 P) (TOTAL 32,212,126 P) Description of Types: Type 1 - Dated "83/85, 84/86", small (3" Illinois) legends Type 2 - Undated, large legends (3 3/8" Illinois), wide dies Type 3 - Undated, large legends, narrow dies Type 4 - As Type 3, but new spacing (change reported at Y62 5000) (Reported: Y 506 000 no hologram, Y65 0000 - Y70 0000 hologram) Type 1: AAA 100 - AYB 184 issued first to new registrants. *Type 2a letters used: B,C,D,F,J,S,T,Y,Z Type 3 letters used: B,C,D,F,J, T,Y Type 2a formats: B 0 - B 9999, B 10 000 - B 99 999 Previous formats still issued as of 1999. Replaced August 2001 to July 2002. T sticker issued in some cases. 2002-17 LINCOLN PORTRAIT BASE 7-17-01 "08-02" Type 1 100 0001 - 999 9999 (8,999,999 P) 4-6-06 "12-07" Type 1a G10 0001 - Q99 9999 (12,899,986 P) 10-17-16 "08-17" Type 1b ZZ1 1001 - ZU9 3000 (no ZW) (437,996 P) (TOTAL 22,337,981 P) Type 1a letters used: G,X,A,H,K,L,N,P,R,S,V,E,Y*,Z,Q. (No I,M,O,U,W) *Y only Y70 0000 - Y99 9999 Type 1b: Prefixes progress backwards, number progress forwards. Renewals received previous formats (0 - 999 999, AA 0 - ZZ 9999, AAA 0 - ZZZ 999, B 0 - Z99 999, B00 0000 - Y99 9999) unless registrants signed a form to the contrary. New registrations issued 100 0001 series. For vehicle transfers, registrants may keep their old number for a fee or be issued a new number at no charge. Therefore, old combinations have become increasingly scarce. Dealer-issue series began 11/19/2004 at 900 0001. 2018-19 NEW LINCOLN BASE No I,O used. 1-1-17? "01-18" Type 1 AA1 1001 - AF9 9999 (533,994 P) 2-?-17 Type 2 AG 11001 - AP 76000 (687,993 P) 2-?-18 "02-19" Type 3 AQ 13774 - BN 42561 (1,630,770 P) (TOTAL 2,879,529 P) Description of Types: Type 1 - Dark gray jacket, old spacing Type 2 - Dark gray jacket, new spacing Type 3 - Light gray jacket (Verify BH,BJ,BL,BM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||