1917 5002 - 40289 (35,288 S)
1918 5002 - 60316 (55,315 S)
1919 5-565 - 72-900 (67,336 S)
1920 5-370 - 97-571 (92,202 S)
1921-71 FORMATS A 1 - G999999 Weight classes listed below.
1964-71 added AA 1001 - GZ 9999 Truck began 1921.
All years: All series begin at #1 except 1934-36 APRIL at #50-001.
1929: 125,000 "A" class ordered.
1937-45: #100-000 - 199-999 issued after #C99-999 (except 1938).
1938: #1 - 199-999 without letter is C weight class.
1964-71: #AA 1 - GZ 999 only issued upon request to safe drivers.
The State (Columbia), 10/11/1937: "Incidentally, Class C licenses this year bear only
numerals, the classification letter being omitted. This elimination is made because the
number of tags issued in Class C exceeds 100,000 and there is not space enough on the
standard size plates for both the class letter and six numerals. The class designation was
eliminated from the 1937 Class C plates for licenses issued in numbers 100,000 and greater."
YEAR 1-2000 2001-2500 2501-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4001-4500 4501-5000 TOTAL
1921 A40471 B13396 C12441 D 3065 E 542 (69,915 S)
1922 A51-867 B 8-177 C 9-841 D-3438 E1043 (74,366 S)
1923 A79-840 B 5752 C14-901 D 708 E 484 F1168 (102,853 S)
1924 A112-495 B14-953 C17-997 D 7-149 E 121 F 92 (152,807*S)
1925 A125-102 B14-876 C18-317 D 6-881 E 117 (165,293*S)
1926 A125-102 B12-041 C19-999 D 1-883 E 2-794 F 430 G 67 (162,316 S)
1927 A129-206 B23-696 C13-752 D 8-406 E 3-537 F 1-443 G 113 (180,153*S)
1928 A129-974 B-38-656 C-15-863 D-10-057 E-5-140 F-404 G-331 (200,425*S)
1929 A-111-997 B-55-615 C-23-844 D-11-579 E-5-177 F-45 (208,257*S)
1930 A-89-405 B-69-979 C-24-678 D-10-604 E-3-227 F-1-687 (199,580*P)
1931 A-57-590 B-71-558 C-32-107 D-9-240 E-1-015 F-1-533 G-201 (173,244 P)
1932 A-38-851 B-65-988 C-32-471 D-6-827 E-4-886 F-666 G-536 (150,225 P)
ORDER'32 A-40-000 B-75-000 C-30-000 D-10-000 E-6-000 F-1-750 G-600 (163,350*P)
1933 A-13-460 B-62-151 C-39-272 D-6-479 E-5-340 F-1-651 G-599 (128,952 P)
APR.34 A-68-101 B-91-135 C-72-636 D-51-015 E-51-242 F-50-346 (84,475 P)
APR.35 A-69-573 B-90-216 C-81-104 D-53-105 F-50-715 (94,713 P)
APR.36 A-63-905 B-99-357 C-95-758 D-54-066 E-50-788 (113,874 P)
OCT.34 A-24-627 B-58-630 C-55-243 D-9-907 E-1-148 F-863 G-100 (150,518 P)
OCT.35 A-29-799 B-67-000 C-73-975 D-7-254 E-1-721 F-79 G-18 (179,846 P)
OCT.36 A-27-648 B-62-562 C-83-941 D-16-459 E-3-044 F-29 G-13 (193,696 P)
1937 A-18-914 B-68-381 113-000 D-27-117 E-4-735 F-720 G-749 (233,616 P)
1938 A-19-221 B-69-365 111-538 D-30-221 E-2-181 G-1-020 (233,546 P)
1939 A-8-483 B-65-765 130-141 D-32-039 E-5-739 F-116 G-1-167 (243,450 P)
1940 A-7-182 B-74-596 139-483 D-47-913 E-7-264 F-929 (277,367*P)
1941 A-2-922 B-58-047 152-069 D-78-756 E-1-360 F-998 (294,152 P)
1942 A-596 B-46-756 138-471 D-81-911 E-10-827 F-1-205 G-667 (280,433 P)
1943 A-2-210 B-48-772 149-401 D-93-034 E-12-125 F-1-697 G-837 (308,076 S)
1944 TAB A- 1-377 B- 39-172 C-124-220 D- 80-057 E- 4-518 G- 586 (249,930 S)
1945 A-1-659 B-37-333 129-661 D-84-618 E-10-237 F-910 G-660 (265,078 S)
1946 A-1-730 B-30-084 C-134-727 D-95-980 E-11-907 G-620 (275,048 S)
1947 A-808 B-30-147 C-128-029 D-127-289 E-15-549 F-2-645 G-528 (304,995 P)
1948 A-1-606 B-26-060 C-132-095 D-148-040 E-19-634 F-4-533 (331,968 P)
1949 A-1-091 B-27-806 C-140-154 D-190-450 E-25-252 F-5-423 (390,176 P)
1950 A-2-146 B-25-656 C-135-954 D-229-687 E-35-814 F-3-323 (432,580 P)
1951 A-1-621 B-27-868 C-120-539 D-272-894 E-42-104 F-7-266 (472,292 P)
1952 A-2-031 B-19-092 C-100-779 D-314-587 E-53-976 F-7-200 (497,665 P)
1953 A-2-186 B-12-607 C-98-828 D-351-085 E-61-834 F-13-325 G-1-075 (540,940 P)
1954 A-1-552 B-12-281 C-75-249 D-376-763 E-73-375 F-15-969 (555,189 P)
1955 A-2-832 B-11-481 C-68-742 D 408 591 E-92-488 F-16-541 G-1-553 (602,228 P)
1956 A-2-381 B-9-454 C-61-224 D 441 376 E 106 420 F-19-558 G-1-925 (642,338*P)
1957 A-3-068 B-7-006 C-46-501 D 458 180 E 114 864 F-26-029 G-2-415 (658,063 P)
1958 A-9-241 B-8-956 C-39-142 D 454 706 E 130 107 F-32-290 G-5-021 (679,463*P)
1959 A-10-728 B-9-943 C-34-150 D 448 842 E 148 731 F 40-250 G-5-531 (698,175 P)
1960 A-14-782 B-15-128 C-35-163 D 428 583 E 173 098 F-50 200 G-7-744 (724,698 P)
1961 A-19-254 B-25-972 C-29-435 D385894 E186974 F-52-393 G-10-662 (710,584 P)
1962 A-23-059 B-30-653 C-46-500 D365300 E202215 F-56-224 G-12-450 (736,401 P)
1963 A-24-337 B-39-602 C-60-504 D347015 E217828 F-65-372 G-12-360 (766,928 P)
1-LETTER SERIES (Possibly issued from central office for mail order?, except 1968)
YEAR 1-2000 2001-2500 2501-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4001-4500 4501-5000
1964 A-9-712 B-23-779 C-34-916 D109825 E-99-904 F-42-578 G-6-632
1965 A-7968 B-22-955 C-41779 D-99-998 E-99-999 F-44-248 G-9517
1966 A 8836 B 24025 C 41191 D 87411 E 94909 F 40006 G 8736
1967 A 6799 B 22222 C 38837 D 86695 E 95278 F 46984 G 10023
1968 A 46657 B 66600 C141308 D294667 E312022 F103876 G 18804
1969 A 9133 B 19197 C 33982 D 85869 E104135 F 39815 G 7784
1970 A 9792 B 19776 C 33049 D 83338 E129113 F 44444 G 9671
1971 A 9246 B 19525 C 35000 D 79189 E138054 F 43775 G 8613
2-LETTER 1001-9999 SERIES (Known to have been issued from branch offices)
YEAR 1-2000 2001-2500 2501-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4001-4500 4501-5000
1964 AC-3330 BC-6482 CF-7077 DZ-9-361+ ES-5863+ FC-8527 GA-9777
1965 AC-5200 BD-4698 CH-6629 DZ-8970+ ET-9050 FD-9764 GA-7211
1966 AC 8365 BD 9348 CK 7113 DZ 4380+ EW 9627 FE 5657 GA 6569
1967 AD 6812 BE 3616 CM 7693 DZ 9997 EX 9391 FE 9419 GA 6876
1969 AE 9953 BE 8621 CS 1601 DZ 9413 EZ 9933+ FH 9087 GB 3814
1970 AF 4047 BF 1950 CS 8759 DZ 9832 EZ 8654 FK 1325 GB 5401
1971 AG 3282 BF 5419 CS 6546 DZ 9733 EZ 9940 FL 8324 GB 9531
No I,Q used.+ (CG, HA-HH, MG, SG = Non-Pass., DV = Disabled Veteran 1964 only)
+1964 DI,DQ,EI used, 1965 DI-9660, 1966 DI 3916, 1969 EI 9251
2-LETTER 1-1000 SERIES (Low numbers issued to safe-driving-record registrants)
(1965 FA-1000 also seen)
YEAR 1-2000 2001-2500 2501-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4001-4500 4501-5000
1964 EA-730
1965 DA-213 EA-730 FA-96 GA-160
1966 DA 630 EC 992
1967 DB 472 EC 933 FB 422
1968 CA 512 DB 472 ED 431 FB 422 GA 30
1969 CB 946 DA 630 EA 24 FC 210 GA 130
1970 DC 958 ED 238 FC 210 GA 266
1971 CA 202 DD 624 EB 982 FE 952 GB 637
TOTALS OF ALL 1-LETTER AND 2-LETTER SERIES (Assuming no CG, unverified I,Q used)
A B C D E F G TOTAL
1964 30,040 47,259 85,988 334,162 249,481 68,103 15,409 (830,442*P)
1965 30,166 53,650 101,402 323,818 261,762 80,105 15,888 (866,791*P)
1966 34,199 59,370 119,296 301,314 286,508 80,659 14,305 (895,651 P)
1967 39,608 60,834 135,520 304,141 295,344 93,821 15,899 (945,167*P)
1968 46,657 66,600 141,820 296,139 315,453 106,298 18,834 (991,801*P)
1969 54,082 62,814 171,514 309,453 328,320 113,105 19,727 (1,059,015*P)
1970 57,834 65,721 175,793 302,105 346,982 127,970 23,337 (1,099,742*P)
1971 65,522 68,939 175,733 298,523 355,953 146,041 27,780 (1,138,491*P)
1972-75 FORMATS AAA 101 - WZZ 250 (CAPACITY 1,690,500)
ALLOTTED OBSERVED
1972 TOW 228 (1,382,978*P)
1973 UNZ 250 (1,469,700*P) VEP 178 (1,526,928*P)
1974 WJC 248 (1,632,298*P)
1975 WRZ 250 (1,662,900*S) WRC 117 (1,659,767*S)
Numbers 101 - 250 only used.
No I,O,Q used in 1st or 3rd positions. No P used in 1st position.
2nd position letter not seen: 1974-75 Q
Non-Pass. Prefixes: CGA-CGZ, HWA-HWZ, MGA-MGZ, SGA-SGZ.
1972: Trucks up to 4,000 lbs. (H) now registered as passenger.
1976-80 BICENTENNIAL BASE No I,O,P,Q,U,Y used.*
1976 "76" Type 1 AAA 101 - WZZ 400 (2,160,000 S)
1978 "78" Type 1a AAA 401 - MJV 410 (457,610 S)
Feb.79 "FEB 80" Type 2 MNS 491 -
Mar.79 "MAR 80" Type 1b NCB 438 - RXN 498 (73,161 S)
Sep.79 "SEP 80" Type 3 VCB 456 - WZZ 500 (75,845 S)
Dec.79 "DEC 80" Type 3a UAA 101 - UBS 218 (10,318 S)
(TOTAL 2,890,318 S)
Description of Types: Type 1 - Aluminum, unpainted back
Type 2 - Aluminum, tan back
Type 3 - Steel, unpainted back
Numbers 101 - 400 only used on Types 1, 3a.
Numbers 401 - 500 only used on Types 1a, 2, 1b, 3.
*U used only in 1st position on Type 3a.
Replaced during 1980.
1981-85 STATE SEAL MAP BASE No I,O,P,Q,U,Y used.*
1-1-80 "JAN"(81) Type 1: Alum. AAA 101 - TMM 278 (2,492,578 S)
Jun.82 "JUN 83" Type 2: Steel TNA 184 - WZZ 500 (383,917 S)
Aug.83 "AUG 84" Type 2a UAA 101 - UZZ 500 (160,000 S)
Apr.84 "APR 85" Type 2b YAA 101 - YZZ 500 (160,000 S)
Sep.84 "SEP 85" Type 2c PAA 101 - PZZ 500 (160,000 S)
Oct.84 "OCT 85" Type 2d OAA 101 - OGM 311 (52,611 S)
Dec.84 "DEC 85" Type 2e? OHO 233 - OHO 456 (224 S)
(TOTAL 3,412,835 S)
Numbers 101 - 500 only used.
*O,P,U,Y used only in 1st position on Types 2a-2d.
Replaced during 1985.
1986-90 PALMETTO TREE BASE No I,Q,U used.*
1-2-85 "1 86" Type 1 AAA 501 - OVL 844 (2,920,744 S)
Jan.86 "1 87" Type 2 OVV 807 - PGG 817 (96,411 S)
Mar.86 "3 87" Type 1a PNY 533 - WWZ 950 (1,146,168 S)
Jun.88 "6 89" Type 2a WYF 719 -
Aug.88 "8 89" Type 3 YAA 501 - YSK 838 (169,988 S)
Feb.89 "2 90" Type 4 YXV 868 - YXX 638 (671 S)
Sep.88 "9 89" Type 5 UDX 879 - UZZ 999 (219,182 S)
Jun.89 "6 90" Type 5a ZAA 501 - ZZZ 999 (263,971 S)
(Not issued) Type 5b IAA 501 - IDE 852 (36,779 S)
(TOTAL 5,061,221 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - New steel, no image
Type 2 - Aluminum, no image
Type 3 - New steel, "87" image
Type 4 - Old steel, "87" image
Type 5 - New steel, coded image "BNN4", etc.
Numbers 501 - 900 only used.
Numbers 501 - 950 assumed WAA-YZZ. (WBM 938, WWZ 950 seen)
Numbers 501 - 999 assumed UAA-on. (UGT 929, UNV 969, UYF 959,
*I,U used only in 1st position on Types 5, 5b. ZKX 938 seen)
Special series: USC 167 (Type 1), not counted in total.
Replaced during 1990.
1991-98 CAROLINA WREN BASE No I,O,P,Q,U,Y used.*
Jan.90 "1 91" Type 1 AAA 101 - YZZ 500 (3,200,000 S)
Aug.91 "8 92" Type 1a AAA 501 - YZZ 900 (3,453,200 S)
Aug.97 "8 98" Type 1b IAA 501 - IWX 812 (150,312 S)
(TOTAL 6,803,512 S)
Numbers 101 - 500 only used on Type 1.
Numbers 501 - 900 only used on Types 1a-1b.
*P,Y used only in 1st position. No X used in 1st position.
*Y added by ECY, FYA on Type 1a, Jan.93 "1 94".
*I used only in 1st position on Type 1b.
Special series: USA 482, USC 392, not counted in total.
Replaced during 1998.
1999-2009 SMILING FACES BASE Aluminum. No I,O,Q,U used.*
1-2-98 "1 99" Type 1: Embossed 101 AAA - 589 XBJ (8,050,089 S)
10-9-07"10 08" Type 2: Flat 568 XBK - 305 XXM (394,399 S)
(TOTAL 8,445,216 S)
Numbers 101 - 900 only used, up to XBJ.
Numbers 101 - 999 used from XBK on.
*U added at NKU, in January 2002.
Special suffixes available with numbers 101 - 999:
TAG, TGR, UGA, UNC, USA, USC, all counted in total.
Replaced July 2008 through June 2009. 2002 law ordered plates
to be replaced after 7 years.
2009-17 TRAVEL 2 SC BASE No O used.