MINNESOTA
Highest 1903-09 pre-state plate known: #4047
1909 1 - 6951 (7065 final issued, Dealer D300-499)
1910 1 - 11988 (Verify Dealer)
1911 1 - 19536 (Dealer D48)
1912-14 1 - 66817 (#67387 final number issued 12/1/1914)
1915-17 1 - 190960 (#100000 reached 4/20/16, #190999 final
number issued 11/9/17)
1918-20 1 - 332164 (Issued 11/9/17 new registrations,
11/15/17 renewals)
Truck began 1921.
In 1927, Model T finally increased to 2,002 lbs., for "B" class.
Highest ordered: 1946 #A4000, 1947 #A3000.
1 - 2,000 LBS. 2,001 + LBS. TOTAL
1921 A 1 - A141-209 B 1 - B159-966 301,175
1922 A 1 - A175-952 B 1 - B174-567* 350,519*
1923 A 1 - A223-635 B 1 - B172-569* 396,204
1924 1 A - 241-173A* 1 B - 222-475B 463,648
1925 A 1 - A267-980 B 1 - B255-830* 523,810
1926 A 1 - A249-044 B 1 - B301-672 550,716
1927 A 1 - A257-574 B 1 - B295-725 553,299
1928 A 1 - A257-875* B 1 - B328-426* 586,301*
1929 A 1 - A245-060* B 1 - B378-369 623,429*
1930 A 1 - A196-829* B 1 - B428-302 625,131*
1931 A 1 - A136-949 B 1 - B453-259 590,208
1932 A 1 - A115-615 B 1 - B456-916 572,531
1933 A 1 - A93-387 B 1 - B478-940* 572,327
1934 A 1 - A88-641 B 1 - B504-831* 593,472
1935 A 1 - A71-562 B 1 - B547-386 618,948
1936 A 1 - A57-434* B 1 - B611-872* 669,306*
1937 A 1 - A34-760 B 1 - B663-670* 698,430
1938 A 1 - A25-150 B 1 - B675-465 700,615
1939 A 1 - A19-065* B 1 - B700-270 719,335
1940 A1 - A13-749* 1 - 733-591* 747,340*
1941 A1 - A9767* 1 - 763-214 772,981
1942 A1 - A6961 1 - 748-064 755,025
1943 BASE 750-652
1943 TAB A1 - A4758 1 - 632737 637,495
1944 A1 - A4354* 1 - 640-839* 645,193*
1945 A1 - A3592 1 - 632-650* 636,242*
1946 A1 - A1358 1 - 670-279* 671,637
1947 A1 - A2997 1 - 720-127 723,124
1948 A1 - A3517* 1 - 800-218* 802,599*
1949 A1 - A2772* 1 - 870-850* 873,622*
ALL WEIGHTS
1950 1 - 961-347*
1951 1 - 1-004-356* (1-005-000 final number listed)
1952 1 - 996-765* (No 7-digit expected)
1953 1 - 1-039-700*
1954 1 - 1-073-802*
1955 FORMAT AA 1000 - MD 9968 No I,O,Q,BY,HZ,MC used.
PREFIX POSITION MEANING 1955 1956-64 1965-73
1 - Congressional District A-C, E-H, J-K 1-9 1-8
2 - Deputy Registrar Office A-V A-Z A-Z
Mail Issuance LA-MD MA-MZ, M MAA-MZZ
(Verify LZ)
1956-64 FORMATS 1A 1000 - 9Z 9999 No I,O,Q used.*
(Mail Issuance) MA 1000 - MZ 9999 No C,I,Q used.*
(Added 1959-64) M 1000 - M 9999
*Added: 4I (1961), 3I, 3Q, 4Q, 4O, 5I, 5Q (1964),
MI (1956), M (1959), MQ (1962).
(See Misc. #1 for 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1962 District/
Office Codes; discrepancies noted in 1960 and 1961 lists.)
1957-64 TABS
1957 0004117 - 1184022*
1959 0003352 - 1264107*
1961 0002066 - 1331633*
1963 0003073 - 1429403* (also 3600020 - 3600021)
1964 4009029 - 5473900*
1965-73 FORMATS 1AA 100 - 8ZZ 999 2nd position: No I,O used.
MAA 100 - MZZ 999 2nd position: No E*,M,O used.
No B used in 2nd position except 4 and M series.
No O or Q used in 3rd position in 4 series.
No BM, BS, PG, PP, PU, XW used. No SB used in 3 series.
1965 initial assignment on file (1,691,700 P).
1968 initial assignment on file (1,926,000 P).
1971 base issued 11/16/70.
Mail Series seen: (*MEA-MEZ added 1971)
1965 MLC 100 (235,801 P)
1968 MNN 460 (269,461 P)
1971 MPA 100 (304,201 P)
1974-77 BASE No I,O,Q used.
11-16-73 "1974" Type 1 AA 1000 - CP 1515 (495,516 P)
11-16-73 "1974" Type 2 CP 8563 - ED 7288 (295,726 P)
11-16-73 "1974" Type 3 EE 6061 - KZ 9853 (1,191,793 P)
1975 "JUN 75" Type 2a LB 3476 - NM 5513 (488,038 P)
1975 "NOV 75" Type 3a NM 7506 - NZ 8901 (100,396 P)
1976 "APR 77" Type 4 PA 2858 - PW 3985 (127,128 P)
(TOTAL 2,720,986 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Illinois dies, steel (495,516 P)
Type 2 - Illinois dies, aluminum (784,214 P)
Type 3 - 1960-73 Minnesota dies, steel (1,292,159 P)
Type 4 - 1978-on Minnesota dies, steel (127,128 P)
Branch office assignments AA-NU in County Code Book.
Prefixes not listed: BM, BS, BY, CC, CL, CR-ED, HZ, KW, KY-LJ,
LN, LP, LV, LX, MA-ME, MH-ML, MP-MT.
PREFIXES NOT SEEN:
BM,BS,BY,CL,CS,DR,DZ,HZ,LA,LV,MC,PG,PP,PR,PT,PU
(Non-Pass.: BY,HZ,PR,PT,SB,YW; DZ,LA,MC discontinued 1974)
FROM VARIOUS REPORTS IN PERIOD ALPCA NEWSLETTERS (AND THEORIES):
Type 1 - 500,000 (AA 1000 - CP 5999 = 500,000 w/o BM,BS,BY,CL)
Type 2 - ED 9999 (CP 6000 - ED 8999 = 300,000 w/o CS,DR,DZ)
Type 3 - (ED 9000 - KZ 9999 = 1,207,000 w/o HZ)
Type 2a - LB 1000 - NM 4999 (NM 6999 = 528,000 w/o LV,MC)
Types 2 and 2a - 800,000
Types 1, 2 and 2a - 1,367,000
Type 3a - (NM 7000 - NZ 9999 = 102,000)
Type 4 - (PA 1000 - PW 3999 = 129,000 w/o PG,PP,PR,PT,PU)
1978-88 PLAIN/LAKE SCENE BASE No I,O,Q in 1st or 3rd position.
3-1-77 "MAR 78" Type 1 AAA 001 - CEM 999 (1,298,700 P)
"AUG 78" Type 2 CEN 001 - CGZ 999 (56,943 P)
Jul.77 "OCT 78" Type 3 CHA 001 - FKZ 999 (1,884,114 P)
"NOV 81" Type 4 FLA 001 - FOR 515 (83,432 P)
Oct.81 "JUL 82" Type 5 LAA 001 - PNB 537 (2,092,443 P)
1985 "SEP 85" Type 6 RFC 075 - RMF 718 (164,480 P)
(TOTAL 5,994,234 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Non-graphic, 1960-73 dies
Type 2 - Non-graphic, 1978-on dies
Type 3 - Graphic, no map, dated "78"
Type 4 - Graphic, no map, undated (also reported as FHA-FOZ)
Type 5 - Graphic, map, dated "83"
Type 6 - Graphic, map, undated (also reported as RAA-RMZ)
Replaced 1988.
1987-2009 LAKE SCENE EXPLORE BASE
Oct.86 "MAR 87" Type 1 001 AAA - 001 HZG (4,762,234 P)
"OCT 93" Type 2 510 HZL - 188 PSL (3,423,252 P)
"OCT 97" Type 3 286 PTR - 999 PYW (120,594 P)
Jul.97 "OCT 97" Type 3a AAA 001 - DBZ 999 (1,631,367 P)
Oct.99 "MAY 00" Type 4 DCA 001 - XZZ 271 (8,628,634 P)
2/1/08 "FEB 09" Type 4a SAA 001 - SYS 257 (497,759 P)
(TOTAL 18,443,254 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, solid water band at bottom
Type 2 - Steel, dark fading band at bottom
Type 3 - As Type 2, but aluminum
Type 4 - Aluminum, light fading band at bottom
No I,O,Q used except in 5th position. S omitted after PFS 999, but
reinstated in all positions when SAA resumed after XZZ.
SAA-SZZ, WAA-WZZ omitted; SAA-SZZ reinstated after XZZ.
Prefix: (10,757,760 P), Suffix: (8,993,845 P)
Replaced upon 7 years of use, starting 1989.
2008-23 FLAT BASE No F,I,O,Q,S used.*
6/15/08 "SEP 08" 001 AAA - 887 XYW (9,301,577 P)for Counter issue.
