TYPE |
INFORMATION |
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