1911 4994 5000M - 5288M 5533
1912 4925 5043M - 5374M 5525
1913 4929 5022M - 5412M 5603
1914 4963 5005M - 5392M 5559
1915 4600 5056M - 5494M 5552
94951 95039M - 95284
1916 PASSENGER: 38, 1295, 1296, 1348, 1381, 1414, 1476, 1567, 2374,
3022, 3370, 3618, 3956, 4454, 4604, 5018, 6394
(E6240 issued 9/6/1916, E6973 issued 9/7/1916)
1917 PASSENGER: O2229 issued 9/10/1917.
1915-20 FORMATS
1915-17, 1919: -1- - -9-, -10 - -99, 100 - 99999
1918: -1- - -99-, -100 - -99999, 100000 - 999999
1920: (Verify 1-digit) -10 - -99, 100 - 999, 1-000 - 999-999
1926
PASS. 1 - 915, 156-116 on [151-001 on assigned]
COMM. 6-751 - 150-547, [1-001 - 151-000 expected]
M135-129 - M137-484
1927
PASS. 1 - 1-000, 176-311 on
COMM. 2-477 - 164-674 [1-001 - 176-000 expected]
(167-701 - 168-200 also assigned)
1933-38 FORMATS 1933 1934-38 No I,Q used.
1 - 100-000 1 - 100-000 (100 000 1937-38)
A-1 - A-9999, A10-000 - A99-950 A 1 - A 99950
Exact county assignments unknown. Blocks assigned according to
first letter of county name, except I counties assigned F and
Wayne additionally assigned X,Y,Z and U. Plain numbers unknown.
Highest number issued by letter code per registration figures on
file (*or observed plate if higher, and all U,W,X,Y,Z, Plain,
Aa,Ff,Vv). M 99950 exhausted 1936-38, O 99950 exhausted 1937.
1933-37: Half Year windshield stickers issued, expire 8/1.
1938: Half Year plates issued "EXP.8-31-38", 1693 - 589142.
1939: Half Year plates issued "EXP.8-31-39", 654 - 551586.
1934: Aa 1 - Aa 200 assigned to Governor's office,
V 18385 on assigned to Veterans statewide.
1936-39: Personalized combinations added; 0, A 0 to Z 0, no I,Q
(25 P) plus A 00 - Z 00 in 1936, 1 A to 12 Z, no I,O,Q
(276 P) began 1937. 1937 #20 M, 15 P, LC 1794 also seen.
1938 #13 H, 15 K, 50 R seen.
1939 FORMATS A 1 - A 99950, AA 1 - AA 9950 All letters used.
Counties assigned according to first (and subsequent) letters of
county name, except Ingham assigned F and Wayne assigned U-Z.
Observed highs and registration figures on file.
Plain numbers only made upon special request, not all 1 to 9999.
HIGHEST NUMBER EXPECTED BY LETTER GROUP PER REGISTRATION FIGURES
1933-38 (OR OBSERVED PLATES U,W,X,Y,Z,All-numeric,Aa,Ff,Vv),
ASSUMING NO GAPS BETWEEN COUNTY NUMBER BLOCKS:
(*or observed plate if higher)
COUNTIES 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
6 A17-927 A 19086 A 20304 A 21430 A 22523 A 22913
6 B43-573* B 45501 B 48249 B 52274 B 57576 B 56304
8 C48-695* C 43419 C 46172 C 49546 C 52763 C 51364
2 D11-750* D 10371 D 11033 D 12015 D 12566 D 14691*
2 E10-158 E 10804 E 11496 E 12550 E 13398 E 12767
5(I) F55-673* F 51808* F 55370* F 65910* F 71193* F 64819*
5 G55-961 G 63144 G 67532 G 75522 G 83870 G 90404*
3 H20-651* H 20548 H 21517 H 23560 H 29391* H 24609
1 J19-009 J 20020 J 21142 J 23040 J 24649 J 23973
4 K74-586* K 72350 K 76154 K 84189 K 93079 K 96419*
6 L26-812* L 26551 L 28055 L 30357 L 32969 L 34696*
13 M77-168 M 82921 M 89497 M 99950, M 99950, M 99950,
(+1,015?) (+11,512?) (+9,050?)
1 N-3407 N 3801* N 4059 N 4434 N 4354 N 4465
8 O66-674* O 70447 O 78274 O 88734 O 99950, O 99061*
(+1,171?)
1 P-1689 P 2065* P 2040 P 2200 P 2361 P 2387
1 R-620* R 652 R 943* R 848 R 912 R 962*
6 S60-193 S 62582 S 66728 S 73253 S 80181 S 78290*
1 T-7059 T 7282 T 7788 T 8461 T 9095 T 9368*
Wayne U-160 U 51838 U 51799 U 49103 U 85724 U 57423
1 V-7563 V 8078* V 9049* V 8499 V 9071 V 8880
3 W95-314 W 97148 W 88264 W 94414 W 98026 W 96142
Wayne X97-399 X 95828 X 90453 X 98783 X 82561 X 72090
Wayne Y39-347 Y 44129 Y 71960 Y 96383 Y 98568 Y 97969
Wayne Z53-952 Z 9829 Z 29165 Z 46757 Z 87345 Z 68710
Wayne 91-919 99-699 96-616 98-888 97 130 99 678
? Aa-111 Aa 367 Aa 105 Aa 323 Aa 879 Aa 820
? (none) (none) Ff 195 Ff 536 Ff 572 Ff 202
Veteran (none) V 49127 Vv36095 Vv53825 Vv68486 Vv68123
PLATES OBSERVED SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN REGISTRATIONS:
1934 R 1352 - R 3299
1937 N 4515, N 6850 - N 10049 (M overflow?)
R 3247 - R 4796 (O overflow?)
1940-41 FULL YEAR AA-10-01 - UG-99-50 No I,O,Q used.
HALF YEAR VA-21-04 - ZC-15-86 (1941) (Verify 1941 SB)
Rank order determined by vehicle registrations.
Bay, Ottawa, Huron, Sanilac exhausted codes. (Verify UH-UZ)
Highest number expected by county per registration figures 1940-69,
and plates seen beyond registrations, on file.
1944, 1955, 1962 original non-expanded codes on file.
1942-43 AA-10-01 - TF-99-50 No I,O,Q used. PP, SB omitted.
1942 STRIP Full Year 100084 X - 615099 X
1943 TAB Full Year 7622 - 943637, A 8897 - A76642, B56801,
C66751, D32484, E98338, F 2719
1943 TAB Half Year H28034, J84698, K54510, L19634 - L69241
1944-54 FULL YEAR AA-10-01 - TE-99-50 No I,O,Q used.
HALF YEAR UA-10-01 - ZZ-99-50 NG, PU omitted.
Half year discontinued 1947.
1950: VV-73-33, VW-97-28, VX-46-39 seen, unknown county.
1951: Wayne exhausted AA-DZ, added WA-WR.
Macomb shifted from HJ-HR to HL-HZ. (Verify HK)
Saginaw shifted from HS-HZ to GS-GZ.(GR-16-68 seen)
1953: Berrien exhausted JN-JT, added JU.
Washtenaw shifted from JU-JZ to JV-JZ, added WW.
Muskegon exhausted codes. (Verify KR)
1954: Muskegon, Allegan exhausted codes. (WX seen; verify KR,MZ)
1955-61 AA-10-01 - ZX-99-50 No I,O,Q used.
Second hyphen used in 1955 only. YA-ZX = Upper Peninsula.
(Verify NG, PP, PU, SB, YN, YP. Verified: 1956 NG-5692,
1959 NG-9612, 1955 PU-57-29, 1957 PU-6472, 1955 SB-37-00,
1956 SB-3526, 1955 YN-69-15, 1956 YN-7035, 1959 YN-8355)
1959/61: Oakland and Macomb exhausted codes; ZZ-3257 - ZZ-7484 seen,
unknown county. Macomb added MX-MZ.
1960 TAB: Lowest numbers assigned in U.P., highest in Wayne Co.
1960 TAB 11809 - 2800020 1963 TAB 85509 - 3135983
1961 TAB 42926 - 3000224* 1964 TAB 54046 - 3366676
1962-64 AA-1001 - YG-9950 No I,O,Q used.
VW-YG (last 42 counties) in same order as 1955-61.
VW-1000 - VW-2000 issued in Washtenaw. XF-YG = Upper Peninsula.
Governor: LA-1000 (previously issued LA-1002)
Unknown county: YH-7415 - ZZ-9699 (Verify YT,ZM)
1965-69 AA-0001 - YE-9950 No I,O,Q used.
UA-UZ = Upper Peninsula.
AA-TZ, VA-WZ (58 counties) same as 1962-64. UP = Extra U.P. stock.
1966-69: HR, SS = House Representative, State Senator.
Macomb exhausted codes 1967-69.
1969 Branch office assignments (3,729,750 P) on file.
1970 No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
BBB-000 - NGS-611 (4,092,612*P)
Initial county assignment BBB-MSL (3,868,000 P) in County Code
Book. Supplemental assignment Ingham MSM-MXY (90,000 P).
Some prefixes split between counties 1970-75.
Initial allottment amounts by county 1969-79 on file.
1970-75 Non-Pass. Prefixes: MMC, REP, SEN.
1971-72 BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
1971 Type 1: Unpainted back BBB-000 - PGN-675 (4,489,676 P)
1972 Type 2: Maroon back PGS-131 - RMH-700 (492,570 P)
(TOTAL 4,984,701 P)
Initial county assignment BBB-MVF (3,903,000 P) in County Code
Book. Order same as 1970.
1973-75 BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
11-15-72 Type 1 BBB-000 - LYR-461 (3,572,462 P)
1973 Type 2 LYX-885 - NCX-968 (460,084 P)
1973 Type 1a NCY-039 - PRZ-788 (621,750 P)
1974 Type 2a PSF-504 - RFT-582 (211,079 P)
1974 Type 1b RGF-864 - RNH-505 (121,642 P)
1974 Type 3 RRS-630 - TKH-561 (691,932 P)
1975 Type 4 TLP-409 - VLB-259 (388,851 P)
1975 Type 3a VMF-600 - VRM-502 (65,903 P)
(TOTAL 6,248,503 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Galvanized steel, unpainted back (4,315,854 P)
Type 2 - Aluminum, unpainted back (671,163 P)
Type 3 - Heavy steel, greenish white back (757,835 P)
Type 4 - Heavy steel, unpainted back (388,851 P)
Initial county assignment BBB-BTF (284,000 P) for first 41 counties
on file. Remaining 42 assignments unknown. Order same as 1970-72.
Types 2 and 2a for Mail Order series.
1976-78 BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
11-17-75 (All aluminum) BBB000 - XSD663 (7,059,664 P)
Initial county assignment BBB-MVJ (3,904,000 P) on file.
Prefixes no longer split between counties except 1979 BFX, MBL.
Order same as 1970-75 except certain prefixes shifted to more
indentifiable counties: Bay BCB-BCZ, Wayne DBB-DZZ, GPB-GPZ,
HPB-HPZ, HTB-HTZ, Kent GRB-GRZ, Macomb MBB-MNG.
Mail Order series: MVK-PZZ (892,000), RHL-SGZ (391,000), VJC-VZZ
(279,000)
Secondary assignments RBB-RHK Oakland (108,000), SHB-VJB (821,000)
in County Code Book.
Non-Pass. Prefixes: DPL, MMC, MSG, REP, SEN.
1979-83 BASE No A,E,I,O,Q,U used*.
1979 "1979" Type 1 BBB-000 - NZH-490 (4,382,491 P)
1979 "1979" Type 2 PBB-042 - SMR-853 (992,812 P)
Type 1a SNK-205 - SVF-722 (96,518 P)
Type 2a SVN-111 - SZH-726 (75,616 P)
Sep.80 "MAR 81" Type 1b TBG-455 - ZHV-043 (2,100,589 P)
Jun.82 "DEC 82" Type 3 ZMM-027 - ZZZ-999 (210,973 S)
Oct.82 "APR 83" Type 3a 999-ZZZ - 720-ZMD (272,280 S)
(TOTAL 7,712,044 P,
483,253 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, pair strike, small or large slogan (6,579,598 P)
Type 2 - Aluminum, pair strike, either slogan (1,068,428 P)
Type 3 - Steel, single strike, large slogan (483,253 S)
*A,E,U added Type 3a only.
Initial county assignment BBB-NVM (4,307,000) in County Code Book.
Order same as 1970-75, except DBB-DZZ shifted to Wayne, and
Keweenaw and Osceola not assigned.
Non-Pass. Prefixes same as 1976-78.
Types 2 and 2a for Mail Order series.
Type 3a issued in backwards order, actual sequence unknown.
1982 stickers issued 7/1/1980.
Pairs discontinued 4/1/1981. Highest pair seen: WZP-162
Replaced during 1983.
1984-2008 GREAT LAKES BASE No I,O,Q used*.
11-15-81 "JAN(84)" Type 1 000 AAA - 687 CZH (1,549,688 S)
" Type 2 707 DAH -
" Type 3 062 DBC -
" Type 2a 881 DBE - 186 EZY (1,024,306 S)
" Type 4 519 FAA - 517 FBD (25,999 S)
" Type 5 259 FBF - 985 FTM (351,727 S)
Jun.83 "JUN(84)" Type 4a 845 FTN - 977 GRZ (493,133 S)
Jun.83 "JUN(84)" Type 2a 325 GTC - 821 SBZ (4,430,497 S)
Apr.86 "OCT 86" Type 6 333 SDA - 973 UHX (1,169,641 S)
Dec.87 "JUN 88" Type 2b 461 UJZ - 925 WDT (937,465 S)
Oct.88 "FEB 89" Type 6a 154 WFS - 929 YBU (968,776 S)
Jul.89 "JAN 90" Type 2c 456 YDA - 999 ZZZ (988,544 S)
Dec.89 "JUN 90" Type 2d 000 QAA - 999 QZZ (576,000 S)
Jun.90 "DEC 90" Type 2e AAA 000 - DNL 020 (2,026,021 S)
Feb.92 "AUG 92" Type 4b DPH 405 -
Jun.92 "DEC 92" Type 2f DPT 077 - HQB 686 (2,312,610 S)
Type 4c HSF 470 - HSF 522 (53 S)
Mar.95 "SEP 95" Type 2g HUH 601 - LDA 448 (1,360,848 S)
Jan.96 "JUL 96" Type 7 LDL 868 - MYS 416 (1,035,548 S)
Mar.97 "SEP 97" Type 8 MYV 308 - MYV 346 (39 S)
"SEP 97" Type 7a MZQ 546 - PQU 719 (940,174 S)
Feb.98 "10-98" Type 9 PRB 338 - QMW 001 (498,664 S)
"08-99" Type 10 QNK 138 -
"04-99" Type 9a QNM 575 - RMR 704 (556,130 S)
"06-00" Type 11 RPG 501 -
"03-00" Type 9b RSX 394 - RVS 907 (67,514 S)
(Type 9/12 RJP 753 - RVS 907 mixed)
"03-00" Type 12 RWB 930 - UAC 458 (1,248,530 S)
Type 13 UAC 557 - UAD 909 (1,353 S)
"MAR 02" Type 12a UAE 482 - UDT 999 (85,518 S)
3-15-01 "JUL 01" Type 14 UDU 000 - WZJ 082 (1,622,083 S)
"JUL 03" Type 13a XBS 093 - XHE 280 (132,188 S)
May 03 "JAN 04" Type 15 XJH 451 - ZZZ 999 (1,528,549 S)
10-15-04 "MAR 05" Type 15a AAA0000 - AFP8999 (1,339,000 S)
3- 3-06 "AUG 06" Type 16 AFP 9000 - AJX 1999 (793,000 S)
(TOTAL 28,665,000 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Galvanized steel, bolt holes, unpainted back,
large 5 5/8" "MICHIGAN", 2 sticker boxes
Type 2 - Plain steel, bolt holes, unpainted back, 2 sticker
boxes, small 5 1/4" "MICHIGAN", small 5 3/8" slogan
(030 DAH small "MICHIGAN", unknown metal)
Type 3 - As Type 2, but galvanized steel
Type 4 - As Type 2, but aluminum (519,186)
Type 5 - As Type 2, but aluminum, bolt slots (FBE reported)
Type 6 - As Type 2, but light steel, pale green back (2,138,417)
Type 7 - As Type 3, but medium 5 5/8" slogan with tipped "S"
Type 8 - As Type 7, but aluminum
Type 9 - As Type 7, but no sticker boxes
Type 10 - As Type 9, but heavy steel, pale green back
Type 11 - As Type 9, but aluminum
Type 12 - As Type 3, but large 6" slogan
Type 13 - Aluminum, thin dies, no sticker boxes (XAL reported)
Type 14 - As Type 13, but galvanized steel
Type 15 - Aluminum, thin dies, one sticker box in LR corner
Type 16 - As Type 15, but with Florida dies
Available 1981-82 for 2-year to 5-year registration options.
Initial assignments 000 AAA - 999 JKL (4,421,000) on file, to 182
or 183 offices and 52 auto clubs, in 5 shipments.
Suffixes omitted: AAS,APE,ASE,ASS,BAD,BAG,BAN,BAR,BAT,BED,BEG,BLA,
(FAA-HGZ not BRA,BUG,BUM,BUN,BUS,BUT,CAD,CAN,CUM,CUN,DAM,DUD,
specified) DUM,DYK,HUG,JAP,JEW.
Non-Pass. Suffixes: DPL, MMC, MSG, REP, SEN.
Ferris State College (FSC) became Ferris State Univ. in 1987.
6-FIGURE TOTALS: Suffix, w/Q (12,709,000) Prefix (13,824,000)
*Q used in all positions on QAA-QZZ suffixes and all prefixes.
"Q" die changed between DNQ 974 and DQJ 635, May 1993, "NOV 93".
(Verify DPQ, DQA-DQH)
Starting 5/11/2004, also issued to privately-owned pick-up trucks
and vans 5,000 lbs. or less.
Replaced January 2007 through May 2008.
2007-14 BLUE BAR BASE No I,O used.
1- 3-07 "MAR 07" BAA 0000 - CPS 0374 (9,040,375 S)
Law P 2013 requiring all plates to be replaced upon 10 years of use.
2013-25 PURE MICHIGAN BASE No I,O used.
3-26-13 "OCT 13" DAA 0000 - EVL 2504 (10,412,505 S)
EXTRA-COST OPTIONAL BASES:
1996-2008 OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER BASE No I,O used.
10-11-95 "SEP 96" Type 1 0MA00 - 2MP86 (13,287 S)
10-15-01 "AUG 02" Type 2 0MQ70 - 5MV99 (5,530 S)
(TOTAL 19,600 S)
$25 annual fee. Law effective 10/18/1994.
Reported issued late June 1995.
EA81C reported January 2009, possibly indicating original series
exhausted.
Description of Types:
Type 1 - White/Blue with Blue, Red, Black, Green & Yellow decal
Type 2 - Blue, Red, Black, Green and Yellow/White graphic
1996-98 WORLD'S MOTOR CAPITAL BASE No I,O, REP,SEN used.
1-2-96 "JUL 96" AAA 00 - ZZZ 99 (1,380,900 S)
Jul.96 "OCT 96" 00 AAA - 46 LPZ (609,547 S)
(TOTAL 1,990,447 S)
Initial assignment AAA 00 - DRV 99 (209,500) on file, to 181
offices. Prefixes omitted: APE,ASS,BAD,BAR,BED,BRA,BUM,BUN,BUT,
CAD,CUM,CUN,DAM.
$5 initial fee. Steel or aluminum. Issued to pick-ups also.
Discontinued 12/31/96, but revalidated until 2008.
Blue Personalized verified "JUL 93" #CES 19 - format disallowed 1996?
STEEL ALUMINUM
AZD 55 - FZL 14 HJQ 43 - JQR 50
KPM 80 - RSS 65 SBM 83 - UGS 09
WGZ 69 - ZNS 89
10 BMQ - 85 CVS 47 FTQ - 76 JNT
1997-2008 GREAT LAKES SPLENDOR BASE No I,O used.
1- 2-97 "MAR 97" Type 1 0AA A00 - 1CM W72 (1,430,173 S)
"06-99" Type 2 3CN D87 - 9EZ Z71 (1,436,585 S)
12-29-02 "JUL 03" Type 3 7FA F42 - 9GJ Z99 (787,258 S)
4-26-06 "SEP 07" Type 4 0GK A00 - 0GR A02 (144,003 S)
(Joey Hurd reported 4GR T06 on 7/29/06) (TOTAL 3,816,003 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - "MONTH" and "YEAR" legends, 2 sticker boxes
Type 2 - "MONTH" and "YEAR" legends, no sticker boxes (0FA H97)
Type 3 - No "MONTH" and "YEAR" legends, no sticker boxes
Type 4 - As Type 3, but with Florida dies
Initial assignment 0AA A00 - 9BS Q99 (969,000) on file, to 180
offices. Prefixes omitted: APE,ASS,BAD,BAR,BED,BRA.
Numbers progress before letters, regardless of position.
$5 initial fee. Discontinued 12/31/2006, but revalidated until 2008.
STEEL: 5AA A53 - 3BZ U88, 4CP W42 - 1EA P65, 3FC E96
ALUM.: 2CE K06 - 3CK H15, 2EV L79, 5FP C93 on
2007-22 SPECTACULAR PENINSULAS BASE No I,O used.
1- 3-07 "MAR 07" 0HA A00 - 9NB L32 (2,914,933 S)
Reportedly discontinued September 2021, but still revalidated.
2013-25 MACKINAC BRIDGE BASE No I,O used.
8-29-13 "NOV 13" Type 1 AAA 000 - AJG 968 (198,969 S)
9-22-14 "JAN 15" Type 2 AJH 426 - ECL 011 (2,138,586 S)
(TOTAL 2,337,555 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - White embossed characters (also MBA 086 = Mackinaw Bridge
Type 2 - Black embossed characters Authority)
2022-25 WATER-WINTER WONDERLAND BASE No I,O used.
12- 1-21 "JUN 22" 0NBM00 - 9QGQ70 (1,275,969 S)
2024-25 WATER WONDERLAND BASE No I,O used.
1-27-24 "JUL 24" 00AAA0 - 34ADW9 (92,350 S)
