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Connecticut: Motorcycle

CONNECTICUT MOTORCYCLE PLATES    Pairs 1912-20.  Singles 1921-on.

 

Numbers began at #1 all years unless noted.

Sidecar series issued 1916-23; all have reverse M/C colors.

1912:  #1766 highest listed in directory as of 6/1/1912.

1913:  #2909 highest listed in directory as of 9/10/1913.

1918:  #4186 highest listed in directory as of 7/1/1918.

1920:  Sidecar #2202 highest listed in directory as of 9/1/1920.

1958:  #9000 shown on DMV chart.

Tabs were Commercial colors in at least 1946, 1949.

 

     MOTORCYCLE   WITH SIDECAR             ALL MOTORCYCLES

1912   C2392            -           1924   4714*     1936   2526*

1913   C2890            -           1925   4123*     1937   2813*

1914    3069            -           1926   4396*     1938   2902*

1915    4245            -           1927   4836*     1939   1670

1916    4723           778          1928   1341      1940   2123

1917    4813           907          1929   3536*     1941   1918

1918    2739          1612          1930    484      -----------

1919    3948          1809          1931   3489*     1956   7099*

1920    4417*          198          1932   3144*     1957   7783*

1921    3418          2079          1933   2489*     1958   7781*

1922    3039          1867          1934   2486*     1959   7711*

1923     599            97          1935   2435*     1960   7572*

 

VARIATIONS

1912-19:  1-2-digit, 3-digit and 4-digit sizes.

1920-42, 1956-61, 1967 all-numeric:  1-3-digit, 4-digit sizes.

1942-55:  G and H prefixes use smaller letters.

1956-61:  1-3-digit has serifs on "1" of date, 4-digit no serifs.

 

1942-55 BASE   Black/Silver                            No I seen.

1942 Type 1: Dated "1942"                    1 - 3685     (3,685)

1946 Type 2: Dated "194"                  4778 - 9999     (5,222)

1949 Type 2a                                A1 - D574     (3,571)

1950 Type 3: Dated "19"                   E312 - K435     (5,119)

                                                   (TOTAL 19,425)

 

1961-66 BASE   White/Blue            Letters not seen:  DIOQRTVXY

1961  "1961"  Type 1: Dated "1961"           1 - 9649     (9,649)

1962  "1962"  Type 2: Dated "1962"        A864 -              (1)

1962 "MAR 63" Type 3: Dated "19"          B410 - F816     (3,404)

1963 "MAR 64" Type 4: Undated, no border  G271 - L993     (4,719)

1965 "MAR 66" Type 5: Undated, border     M617 - Z990     (5,369)

                                                   (TOTAL 25,974)

Replaced March 1966.

 

1967-70 BASE   Blue/White  "CONN." bottom.

1966 "MAR 67" Type 1: Large size             1 - 9999     (9,999)

1966 "MAR 67" Type 1a                       A1 - Z999     (8,991)

1966 "MAR 67" Type 1b                     AA 1 - VK58    (39,658)

1969 "MAR 70" Type 2: Small size         10001 - 15366    (5,366)

                                                   (TOTAL 64,014)

Replaced March 1970.

 

LETTERS NOT SEEN:  (No DA-DZ, XA-XZ used; assuming no I,O,Q used)

A000 - DIMOPQRTWX

AA00 - -I O QRT----

AA00 -  I O Q

 

1971-77 BASE   Blue/White, "CONN" bottom.

1970 "MAR 71" Type 1                 20290 -  29292       (9,003)

1970 "MAR 71" Type 2                 30386 -  68738      (38,353)

1972 "MAR 73" Type 3                 70202 - 154033      (83,832)

                                                  (TOTAL 133,744)

Description of Types:

Type 1 - "CONN" offset to left

Type 2 - Small "CONN" center

Type 3 - Large "CONN" center, extending slightly beyond 3 digits

  

 

1977-80 BASE   Blue/White (Fully Reflective)

1976 "MAR 77"                       300656 - 393054      (92,399)

 

  

1980-87 BASE   White/Blue, "CONN" bottom (Partially Reflective)

1979 "MAR 80" Type 1               393-643 - 422-925     (29,283)

1981 "MAR 82" Type 2               424330  - 428095       (3,766)

1981 "MAR 82" Type 3               428-229 - 524-998     (96,770)

1985 "MAR 86" Type 4               525-643 - 547-577     (21,935)

1986 "MAR 87" Type 5               550-664 - 574-896     (24,233)

                                                  (TOTAL 181,254)

Description of Types:

Type 1 - Wide "CONN" center, hyphen

Type 2 - As Type 1, but no hyphen

Type 3 - Small "CONN." center, hyphen

Type 4 - "CONN" at left, last "N" extends under 4th digit

Type 5 - "CONN" at far left, last "N" under hyphen

 

1971-87 bases replaced March 1987.

 

  

1988-2002 BASE   White/Blue, "CONN" top (Partially Reflective)

1987 "MAR 88" Type 1               575-070 - 673-864     (98,795)

1998 "MAR 99" Type 2               674-515 - 701-454     (26,940)

                                                  (TOTAL 126,385)

Description of Types:

Type 1 - Normal "CONN", last "N" centered over hyphen

Type 2 - Wide "CONN", last "N" extends over 4th digit

 

Replaced March 2002-03.

 

  

2002-24 GRAPHIC BASE

2001 "MAR 02"                      708-132 - 946-916    (238,785)

Aug. 2018        00-AUKM, 00-CPCD, 00-DSSG, 00-JDBX, 00-KGST

 

 

SIDECAR COLORS 1916-23                  MOTORCYCLE COLORS 1956-60

1916   Black/White                      1956   Black/Silver

1917   White/Blue                       1957   White/Blue

1918   White/Green                      1958   Blue/White

1919   White/Black                      1959   White/Blue

1920   White/Blue                       1960   Blue/White

1921   Black/Yellow

1922   White/Maroon

1923   Dark Green/White