VARIATIONS
1928-30: "FRONT" or "REAR" marked.
1928-29: 7-digits have thinner dies on first two digits, with
hyphen dovetailed between.
1930: 7-digits have hyphen dovetailed with first digit.
1931: 5-digits have large star, 6-figures have small star.
1933: Type 1 - Thick, narrow dies 689 - 92-825,
104-001 - 104-448 (92,585 P)
(Bexar Co. assigned 41-101 - 106-100)
Type 2 - Thin, wide dies 102-411 - 103-985,
105-182, 106-147 on
1940: Type 1 - Full-cross "4" in number 1 - N94-633
Type 2 - Flat-sided "4" in number V04-468 -
1946: Type 1 - Aluminum AA 10 - BC 4912 (234,673 S)
Type 2 - Steel BD 1228 - HZ 5926 (1,223,479 S)
Type 1a JB 5291 - JB 6899 (1,609 S)
1947: Steel or Aluminum (Aluminum reported only in Harris Co. by
period newspaper, 147,000 delivered, 18,000 more expected)
Harris' assignment FS 5750 - HM 949 (165,030 P)
Plates seen EE 9473 - EJ 9698 (Dallas),
FV 2957 - HE 3288 (Harris)
1948: Steel (Aluminum reported)
1949: Types 1-2 AA 10 - LH 8661 (1,956,702 P)
Type 3 LJ 176 - LY 8698 (128,403 P)
Type 3a? LW 10 - LW 9646 (9,637 P)
1950: Type 1 AA 10 - AM 8639 (108,530 P)
Type 2 (no W) AR 7297 - LZ 9999 (1,960,743 P)
Type 2a (with W/W) WA 10 - WZ 9999 (219,780 P)
Type 2b UA 10 - UE 2183 (42,134 P)
1951: Type 1 AA 10 - LZ 9999 (2,197,800 P)
Type 1a WA 10 - WX 9341 (199,142 P)
Type 2 UA 8576 - UR 7200 (128,495 P)
1952: Type 1 AA 10 - NV 4915 (2,592,316 P)
Type 2 NZ 242 - PJ 1677 (81,356 P)
1953: Type 1 - Steel AA 10 - NY 6138 (2,623,509 P)
Type 2 - Aluminum PE 4522 - PJ 7158 (32,607 P)
1954: Steel or Aluminum
1955: Type 1 - Stacked AA 10 - RE 7850 (2,894,951 P)
Type 2 - Unstacked RF 1591 - SD 2833 (SB?) (201,043 P)
1956: Type 1 - No star AA 10 - ST 9116 (3,215,897 P)
Type 2 - Star SV-5095 -
1960: Type 1 AA-10 - UC-1555 (3,508,036 P)
Type 2 UD-186 - UN-6810 (86,545 P)
1962: Type 1 AA-10 - LP-10 (2,087,911 P)
Type 2 (ML reported) PC-22 - VP-8593 (1,197,382 P)
Type 3 VR-1386 - VZ-3971 (82,506 P)
1963-64: Normal or inverted star
1967: Type 1 - Small star BBB-10 - MDK-33 (3,608,574 P)
Type 2 - Large star MNT-293 - RKN-217 (1,124,565 P)
1968: Type 1 - Small star BBB-10 - RJC-195 (4,868,016 P)
Type 2 - Large star RKW-245 - RSM-10 (111,636 P)
1971: Type 1 - "TEXAS 71" BBB-10 - BNM-152 (207,053 P)
Type 2 - "19 TEXAS 71" BNX-481 - DFD-624 (638,694 P)
Type 1a DFD-625 - SVR-474 (4,599,390 P)
Type 2a SVY-85 - SWH-10 (6,856 P)
1972: Type 1 - 1969-72 dies BBB-10 - TDT-819 (5,594,310 P)
Type 2 - 1974 dies TGV-40 - TKK-655 (52,096 P)
1973: Later series (mixed P-V) have 1974 dies, not 1969-72 dies.
1974: Type 1 - 1974 dies, BBB-10 - VGR-424,
plain steel YWP-75 - YWP-99 (6,027,560 P)
Type 2 - 1975 dies, VGZ-149 - VMG-781,
galv. steel WWY-970 (84,783 P)
1986: Type 1/2 - Numerous changes from bottom slogan to top
slogan between 368-KZY and 409-LAF.
1986-91: Some plates have Illinois die for letter "S".
1998: Type 7a/8 - Numerous changes from left flag to right flag
between ZWM-48P and B22-DLB.
2012 BASE: Bar code below slogan line, or alongside slogan.
High-definition sheeting used mid-R to low-T series.
Smaller map used on some plates SPW-1357 on.
Description of Types 1949-52, 1960-62:
1949 Types 1-2 - Steel or aluminum, bolt slots, old dies
(non-serif "1", flat-sided "4", straight "7")
Type 3 - Steel, bolt holes, new dies, numbers appear too low
(serif "1", full-cross "4", curved "7")
1950 Type 1 - As 1949 Type 1
Type 2 - As 1949 Type 3, except numbers vertically centered
1951 Type 1 - Holes in corners
Type 2 - Holes inset from corners
1952 Type 1 - 6 1/2" height, UR hole partially higher than date
Type 2 - 6" height, UR hole to the right of date
1960 Type 1 - 1957-59 dies, 2 tab slots, bolt holes
Type 2 - 1961-64 dies, no tab slots, bolt slots
1962 Type 1 - Wide "TEXAS", large "X"
Type 2 - Wide "TEXAS", small "X"
Type 3 - Narrow "TEXAS"
STICKER VARIATIONS
1987-91, 1998: Bar stickers issued in emissions test counties.
(Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and El Paso)
1992-97: 1- or 2-bar stickers issued in emissions test counties.
(1-bar in Collin, Denton, Ellis, Harris, Johnson, Kaufman,
Parker, Rockwall, 2-bar in Dallas, El Paso, Tarrant)
