MISSOURI

Highest 1907-11 pre-state plate known:  #28153

Numbers began at 1 each year.  Truck began 1922.

1911    16148         1924   494-892*        1937       703-828*

1912    24241         1925   549-344*        1938       714-932*

1913    35684*        1926   594-190*        1939       730-767

1914    50366         1927   606-009         1940       771-114*

1915    72211         1928   636-905         1941       820-301

1916   103014         1929   665-032         1942       864-938

1917   150544*        1930   698-698*        1943 TAB   747-814*

1918   185705         1931   666-410*        1944       702-858*

1919   242982         1932   656-469*        1945       705-920*

1920   308-533*       1933   597-545*        1946       773-287

1921   349-390*       1934   626-640         1947       827-894

1922   354-638*       1935   654-574*        1948       872-908

1923   430-893*       1936   677-413

1949-55 BASE

Jan.49                1 - 905-000 (75,000 assigned per month,

                                   except 80,000 for DEC)

8/17/49          A-1001 - Z99-999 (A,B,C,E,H,K,M,P,S,X,Y,Z used)

1956-61 BASE

Jan.55                1 - 999-999 (JAN 75,000, FEB-NOV 85,000

                                   each, DEC 74,999)

Jan.55           A1-001 - Z99-999 (Same letters as 1949-55 used)

Jun.59 "MAY 60" AA0-001 - ZZ9-999 (No D used)

1962-69, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979      AA0-001 - ZZ9-999

   1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978            A1A-001 - Z9Z-999

RESERVED 1962-79 (Not issued 1978 but #2, 5 seen) 1 -  9-999

No D,I,O,Q,U,V used.  Numbers always progress before letters.

D listed 1970-71, seen JAN-FEB 1978.  Q seen JAN-FEB 1978.

V listed 1967-71, seen JUL-NOV 1967 and JAN-FEB 1978.

1980-97 SHOW-ME STATE BASE

Jan.79  "JAN 80"         AAA 001 - ZZZ 999         (9,477,515 P)

Mar.86  "FEB 87"         A1A 001 - Y9Z 999         (2,661,638 P)

Sep.95  "AUG 96"         0J0 01A - 9P9 99Z           (128,627 P)

                                            (TOTAL 12,267,780 P)

No D,I,O,Q,U,V used.  D,Q,U,V added in 1st position only.

Numbers always progress before letters, regardless of position.

(Verify H suffix, V3G 552)

Replaced during 1997.

(Numbers known by month 1949-97, and totals by base - Misc. #1)

1998-2009 RIVER BASE                       No D,I,O,Q,U,V used.*

11-16-96 "JAN 98" Type 1     001 AAA - 248 XLA     (7,372,868 P)

                  Type 2     999 XLP - 978 XRX        (84,895 P)

 5-12-04 "MAR 06" Type 3     973 XSJ - 999 ZZZ       (911,115 P)

 3- 5-06 "JAN 07" Type 3a    0AA 01A - 0DG 18G     (1,324,692 P)

                                             (TOTAL 9,716,292 P)

Description of Types:

Type 1 - No debossed center sticker box, 2 corner boxes

Type 2 - Debossed center sticker box, 2 corner boxes (XSB rep.)

Type 3 - Debossed center sticker box, no corner boxes (XSC rep.)

Series not coded by month for this base only.

001 AAA - 999 ZZZ = 8,391,600

Numbers always progress before letters, regardless of position.

*D used in 1st alpha position only. (ZDF reported; not counted)

*#000 USA seen.

Some plates in YZA-YZZ series are steel.

Starting 10/1/2002, sticker location switched from corners to

center, with month placed sideways; 599 SKR earliest seen.

Replaced 2008-09.

2009-20 BLUEBIRD BASE                            No I,O,Q used.

6-16-08 "MAY 09"             AA0 A1A - YZ9 Z9Z

Series coded by month (see Misc. #1).