VARIATIONS

1915:  Type 1 - 6" x 15", square slots, wide legends, dash suffix

                on 1-2-digits, no dash on 3-4-digits, legends center-

                justified along with numbers

       Type 2 - 6" x 16", round slots, thin legends, dash suffix

                on 4-digits (number sequence seems random)

1916:  Type 1 - Square slots              1 -  49163     (49,163 S)

       Type 2 - Round slots           50537 -  99806     (49,270 S)

       Type 3 - Monogram as 1917     100100 - 100937        (838 S)

1917-19:  6-digits have thinner numerals than 1-5-digits.

1919:  Type 1 - 1917-18 dies, 5 1/2" tall   1 - 199565  (200,000 ordered)

(20)   Type 2 - Thin dies, 6" tall     200069 - 273039   (72,971 S)

1921:  All have additional hole at lower right for possible tab.

1942:  Type 1 - Dated "42", no painted border, 11" or 12 1/2" long

       Type 2 - As Type 1 but dated "4", 4-6466, 9-7884

(43)   Type 3 - Undated, painted border, 13 1/2" length,

                1-50215, 3-8592, 5-7818, 6-6826, 7-6812, 10-5829,

                14-8522 - 8956, 16-4561, 17-4815, 25-3798, 28-3312,

                39-3474 - 3516, 46-3452 - 46-3500, 76-1628 - 1664  (573 P)

(44)   Type 4 - As Type 1, but undated, 12 1/2" or 14",

                1-57868 - 65000, 8-10735 - 11392, 16-4802, 19-5964,

                21-10793, 22-5070, 36-4697, 59-3895, 60-2080  (7,797 P)

1946-47, 1947 TAB:   Late issues aluminum, not steel.

1949:      Late issues have bolt holes, not bolt slots, 1-57350,

           2-34914 - 35071, 11-5906, 15-8849, 17-5115, 59-5226 - 5245  (181 P)

1950, 1952-53:  Late issues steel, not aluminum.

1955:      Late issues on 7-digit size, 2-46220, 59-8438 - 8448  (12 P)

1961:      Stickers numbered singly, resulting in mismatched "pairs".

1964:      Late issues have 1965 squared "19 NEBRASKA", 22-7039 - 7095,

           5/9-24776 - 26327, 61-4508 - 4532, 71-6463  (1,635 P)

1965:  Type 1 - Squared "NEBRASKA", 1-95413, 1-109076 - 122542,

                6-227 - 925, all other counties.

               (Verify 50,81,82,84,86,89,93)

       Type 2 - Rounded "NEBRASKA", 1-101336, 1-127271 - 149665,

                5-157 - 10952, 6-67, 10-496 - 6664, 32-715 - 3709,

                33-566 - 5454  (47,246 P).

       59-31725 unstacked, 5/9-51145 - 5/9-61511 stacked.

1966-71:   Die changes noted in numerals "2", "4" and "5".

1969:      Error, hyphen after letter 7B-5433 - 7B-5443.

1972-75:   Errors, hyphen after letter instead of before, or tall

           letters mixed with short numerals.

           Additionally, #5/9-B1226 has short dies but large "B".

1972-75 BASE

1972 Type 1:  Large 1962-71 dies, galvanized steel (Large 5/9)

1973 Type 2:  Thin dies, galvanized steel

1974 Type 3:  Thin dies, plain steel

1975 Type 4:  Thin dies, aluminum

1975 Type 5:  Short 1976-84 dies, aluminum (Small 5/9)

1976-84 BASE

1976    "1-77"  Type 1:  Nebraska dies, off-white, aluminum

Sep.76  "9-77"  Type 2:  As Type 1, but plain steel

Jan.77  "1-78"  Type 3:  As Type 1, but galvanized steel

                Type 4:  As Type 3, but snow-white

Nov.83 "NOV84"  Type 5:  Iowa dies, galv. steel (County 15 & 49)

1991-93 BASE

Type 1:  Nebraska dies    (2-L4124 - on, and all other counties)

Type 2:  South Dakota dies  2-A 1 - 2-K6062  (96,053 P)

2000-02 BASE

Hyphen variations:  5/9-C8538, 5/9C-9602, 59-D 51, 5/9-D5931.

2002:  20-AA84 - 20-AF85 have thinner (non-pass.) dies on "20-AA".

2003-05 BASE

Jan.02 "JAN 03" Type 1:  Embossed steel

May 04 "10 04"  Type 2:  Flat aluminum (AAA 000 format has bar code

                         below web address, county prefix format

                         has bar code to the right of web address)

2006-11 BASE

Jan.05 "12 05" Type 1:  Flat         REC 207

2010    "2 11" Type 2:  Beveled edge RIH 344

2012-17 BASE

Early issues have no bar code             (88-A76)

Some issues have bar code below LR hole  (8-B2072)

Later issues have bar code above LR hole (8-E6024, "4-14")