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| ILLINOIS Highest 1907-11 prestate plate known: #38207 Numbering began at 1 each year 1911-60. All numbers reservable at least by 1926. 1911 plate and disc undated. Dated disc issued along with plates 1912-17. TB 1920. NUMERIC SERIES 1911 36797 1928 1-312-676 1945 1512 549* 1912 66745 1929 1-408-042 1946 1610 032 1913 94057 1930 1-418-123 1947 1746-876 1914 99901 1931 1-411-007 1948 1948 805* 1915 97088 1932 1-300-403 1949 2077 714* 1916 247002 1933 1-277-003 1950 2286 337 1917 338657 1934 1-284-244 1951 2402 623 1918 384763 1935 1-350-944* 1952 2462 076 1919 461314 1936 1-470-280* 1953 2580 021 1920 493343 1937 1-568-682* 1954 2699 691* 1921 574515 1938 1578 792* 1955 2848 596 1922 680-792 1939 1637 754* 1956 2959649 1923 838-638 1940 1722 783* 1957 3074445 1924 971-649 1941 1826 763* 1958 3103713 1925 1-097-066 1942 1749 341* 1959 3216 248 1926 1-174-257 1943 1638 851* 1960 3307 067 1927 1-248-408 1944 1515 183 LETTER SERIES H0001 - Z9999 (Z expected 1915) 1914 H9039, K9774, P9191, R0832 1915 H9959, K9524, P9674, R9191, T9496, U9689, X9409, Y9667 1934-35: Official highway map sent with plates. 1939-41: Issued in Chicago and Springfield. 1956-57: Aluminum for Mail Order from Springfield, steel for office issue in Chicago, etc. PRODUCTION FIGURES 1950-57 (#3000000 specially issued 1956) 1950 2,300,000 P 1951 2,420,000 P 1952 2,500,000 P 1953 2,590,000 P 1954 2,710,000 P 1955 2,880,000 P 1956 2,986,000 P (1,686,000 P aluminum, 1,300,000 P steel) 1957 3,080,000 P (1,680,000 P aluminum, 1,400,000 P steel) 1961-78 FORMATS No I,O,Q,Z used.* No T,U used in 1st position.* 1961-66 1 - 999 999, AA 1000 - WY 9999 (Capacity 4,185,999) 1967 1 - 999 999, AA 100 - WY 9999 (Capacity 4,682,799) 1968-78 0 - 999 999, AA 0 - WY 9999 (Capacity 4,710,000+) 1961 LETTTER PROGRESSION No I,O,Q,Z used. Series 1: AA-PP (Double letters only) (126,000) Series 2: AB-KY (Omitting doubles) BM,DL omitted. (1,872,000) Series 3: LA-NY (Omitting doubles) No R,S,U,V,W used. (432,000) (TOTAL 3,429,999) Source: Troy Tribune newspaper article, August 25, 1960. 1964 Order: AA-RD BM, DL, PM omitted (3,600,999 P) No R,S,U,V,W in 2nd position of LA-WY series. 1972 Order: AA-WY DL, FU, VD omitted (4,970,000 P) No U,V in 2nd position of LA-WY series. OMITTED PREFIXES BM: Omitted 1961-64 (assumed 1961-68), (Verify 1969 0000 BM) assumed used 1969-71, 1969 BM 1829, 1970 BM 9321 seen, used 1972-on. (Bus Municipal 1959 B/M 1501, 1964 BM 2121, 1965 BM 2541, 1968 BM 1677 seen; probably became BM suffix 1969, seen 1972) DL: Omitted all years. (Dealer D/L) FH: Used 1961-72, assumed used 1973-78. (Verify 1973-78) FU: Used 1961-70, assumed omitted 1971, (Verify 1971) omitted 1972-on. PM: Assumed omitted 1963-68, seen 1969, (Verify 1970-71) assumed used 1969-71, used 1972-on. (Verify 1969 0000 PM) (Permanent Machinery 1959 #P/M 2551 - 3749, 1962 #PM 223 - PM 5409, 1963 #PM 1424 seen; probably became PM suffix 1969, seen 1980) ST: Assumed omitted 1965-68, (Verify 1965-71) assumed used 1969-on. (Semi Trailer 1959 #S/T 30289, 1961-65 ST35 000, 1967 #S/T 8402, 1968 #S/T 116 447 seen; became S/T suffix 1969) VD: Used 1965-71, omitted 1972-on. *Letters added as follows: 1967 - R,S,W in 2nd position in LA-WY series, including RR,SS,WW. 1969 - T in 1st position. 1973 - U in 1st position. I O Q U V X Y Z 1st position - 76 75 75 -- -- 81 74 76 2nd position - 82 81 82 82 75 -- -- 75 (_ = LA-WY only) 1961 NP 6343 (3,399,343*) 1962 PG 9386 (3,492,386) (Palmer) 1963 RC 8973 (3,590,973) 1964 SD 6234 (3,750,234) 1965 VE 5069 (3,911,069*) (VN listed in Wheel Tax book) 1966 WE 8796 (4,067,796) 1967 VF 2500 (4,388,200*) 1968 SW 8636 (4,348,637) 1969 TP 3198 (4,523,199*) (VF 426 also seen; not counted) 1970 VF 8092 (4,648,093*) 1971 VT 8002 (4,748,003*) 1972 WX 101 (4,950,102*) 1973 UX 1840 (5,151,841*) (WD 1921) 1974 UY 9999 (5,170,000) (Personalized began; YS 6766 seen) AAA 100 - AML 471 added (207,372*) 1975 YA, YC-YD, YF-YH, YJ, YL-YM, YP, YS-YT, IN 5574, KZ, LZ 8810, OB 8592, QC, QY 3086, SV 1976 YE, YK, YW, YY, ZA, ZC, ZE-ZH, ZJ-ZN, ZP, ZR, ZS 165 1977 OA, OF, OX, YB, ZD, BZ 1978 ON, QD, YR, JZ, MZ 1979-84 BASE All letters used*. 1979 "SEP 79" Type 1 0 - 999 999 (1,000,000 P) 1979 "SEP 79" Type 1a AA 0 - WY 9999 (4,170,000 P) Previously omitted letters: (2,590,000 P) Type 1 IC 3006, IL 1979, OP 7391, QY 3551, ZC 3093, ZX 1371 Type 1/2 YF 8450, "JUL 80" ZS 4133, "5 82" AQ 9842, WZ 4444, "NOV 80" ZZ 2225 Type 2 IF 9926, BQ 1200 - HQ 1802 Type 3 IA 8145, "6 82" IK 2331 - IY 9996, "9 81" OG 3498 - OZ 6409, "7 82" QG 3436 - QZ 432, QQ 3252, "9 81" XB 9169 - XY 2458, "7 82" BI 6047 - NI 1212, "12 81" BO 8832 - JO 7894, "8 82" JQ 4549 - PQ 499, RU 3514 - TU 2162, "10 81" GZ 3074 - NZ 740 Apr.82 "4 83" Type 3a XAA 0 - ZZZ 999 (2,028,000 P) Dec.82 "12 83" Type 3b PXJ 784 - PZU 145 (62,362 P) Apr.83 "4 84" Type 3c NVG 566 - NZU 30 (117,465 P) (TOTAL 9,967,827 P) Description of Types: Type 1 - Dated "79", square corners, Texas dies Type 2 - Undated, square corners, Texas dies Type 3 - Undated, round corners, Illinois dies *Type 1a: 1973 letters assumed used. *Type 3a: All letters used. (Some personalized issued earlier) Replaced 1984-86 as follows: 1984 - 0 - 999 999 1985 - AA-MZ, AAA-MZZ 1986 - NA-ZZ, NAA-ZZZ 1984-2002 BASE All letters used.* Aug.83 "AUG 84" Type 1 0 - 999 999 (1,000,000 P) Type 1a AA 0 - ZZ 9999 (6,760,000 P) Type 1b AAA 0 - PRM 616 (10,594,617 P) Type 2 PSZ 701 - ZZZ 999 (6,942,299 P) Sep.95 "SEP 96" Type 2a B 0 - Z 99 999 (900,000 P) Jul.96 "DEC 96" Type 3 B 100 000 - Y 624 927 (5,924,928 P) 2001 "07-02" Type 4 Y62 5616 - Y67 6125 (50,510 P) (TOTAL 32,212,126 P) Description of Types: Type 1 - Dated "83/85, 84/86", small (3" Illinois) legends Type 2 - Undated, large legends (3 3/8" Illinois), wide dies Type 3 - Undated, large legends, narrow dies Type 4 - As Type 3, but new spacing (change reported at Y62 5000) (Reported: Y 506 000 no hologram, Y65 0000 - Y70 0000 hologram) Type 1: AAA 100 - AYB 184 issued first to new registrants. *Type 2a letters used: B,C,D,F,J,S,T,Y,Z Type 3 letters used: B,C,D,F,J, T,Y Type 2a formats: B 0 - B 9999, B 10 000 - B 99 999 Previous formats still issued as of 1999. Replaced August 2001 to July 2002. T sticker issued in some cases. 2002-13 LINCOLN PORTRAIT BASE 7-17-01 "08-02" Type 1 100 0001 - 999 9999 (8,999,999 P) 4-6-06 "12-07" Type 1a G10 0001 - R93 2754 (8,032,746 P) (TOTAL 17,032,745 P) Type 1a letters used: G,X,A,H,K,L,N,P,R Renewals received previous formats (0 - 999 999, AA 0 - ZZ 9999, AAA 0 - ZZZ 999, B 0 - Z99 999, B00 0000 - Y99 9999) unless registrants signed a form to the contrary. New registrations issued 100 0001 series. For vehicle transfers, registrants may keep their old number for a fee or be issued a new number at no charge. Therefore, old combinations will become increasingly scarce. Dealer-issue series began 11/19/04 at 900 0001. WALDALE LTD. MACON RESOURCES 2-8-02 "04-03" 100 0001 - 295 0000 (1,950,000) 295 0001 - 317 8000 (228,000) 317 8001 - 342 0000 (242,000) 342 0001 - 359 5000 (175,000) 359 5001 - 465 3000 (1,058,000) 465 3001 - 510 3000 (450,000) 510 3001 - 552 7000 (424,000) All old formats (TOTAL 3,674,000) (TOTAL 853,000) As of 7/1/07, Waldale ended at X58 8000, returned to Macon. OTHER VARIATIONS Type 1: Steel, thick bottom band 100 0001 - 555 0000 (4,550,000) (also all old formats) Type 2: Steel, thin bottom band 555 0001 - 664 1000 (1,091,000) (Reported 11/18/03) Type 3: As Type 2, but aluminum 664 1001 - (Reported 6/?/04) Y601 ---, Y609 --- in old spacing; 7160884 no space. Wider font seen "08-05". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||