The slogan was located at the top of the plates in even years and at the bottom in odd years, and the state name and year were the opposite. The plates used attractive italicized mixed-case dies for the state slogan, but those were abandoned after only one year in favor of italicized all-caps dies for the slogan.
The and plates continued to be of varying sizes based on the number of digits in the plate number, but for , Illinois adopted the new North American standard dimensions of 12 inches by 6 inches for all plates regardless of the number of digits. Starting in , Illinois eliminated seven-digit passenger car plate numbers and instead began using two numbering formats for passenger cars; one still all-numeric with up to six digits, and the other consisting of two letters followed by four digits.
On alpha-prefix plates, the numbers started at from through Two different serial die sizes were used during the the first several years of this plate design, probably varying based on whom the plate manufacturer was that year. The two die sizes are most noticeable on seven-digit plates; the large dies do not allow room for a space separator; the smaller dies do have a narrow space separator between the hundreds and thousands digits.
As far as I know, and were the only years in which both die sizes were used, and both of each are shown above. In , the switch from large dies back to small dies occurred at about plate number , which isn't far from the highest number issued that year. On the alpha-prefix plates starting in , the letter dies were noticeably taller than the numeric dies on the same plate, but also, the numeric dies were wider than those used on all-numeric plates.
I have no idea why they used different number dies for the two numbering formats; it certainly wasn't due to space limitations. The basic design of the plates remained unchanged, but the and subsequent plates differed from those of previous years in that the backgrounds were made of reflective vinyl sheeting rather than painted. In order to be legible at night, reflective-background plates must have dark characters on a light-colored background. This is because, regardless of the actual color or shade, the reflective material appears to be white when a light is shined on it.
If the plate had white characters on a dark reflective background, it would appear to be white-on-white at night. In any case, the reflective background limited the state's ability to be creative with the annual color changes.
The two numbering formats — all-numeric and two-letter prefixes followed by numbers — continued throughout this time. However, the number of digits following the two-alpha prefixes became variable starting in From to , alpha-prefixed plates always had four-digit numbers; in , they could have three or four digits; and starting in they could have anywhere from one to four digits. Leading zeroes were not used. The prefix letters continued to be noticeably taller than the numbers through , then were the same size as the numbers in and , and were again taller in It appears that the narrow digits used on all-numeric plates were eliminated starting in The plates had raised, painted borders from to and again in The Land of Lincoln slogan continued to be at the top of the plates in even years and at the bottom in odd years, and the state name and year were the opposite, with the plates being an exception.
There were two years during this period with some design deviations, for the purpose of celebrating the state's and country's anniversaries. The had a very modest change, with small numbers "18" in the two upper corners. Together, these represented the year , which is Illinois' year of statehood, and so the plates were th statehood anniversary plates. The plates celebrated the bicentennial, or th anniversary, of the U. The s were the last single-year passenger car plates in Illinois.
Let me know the approximate quantity, age, and condition of the plates, and what state s they may be mostly from; please also give me a general idea where the plates are presently located. I also periodically drive to the Baltimore, Maryland area, so if you're located anywhere reasonably between those two cities and aren't in a hurry, we might be able to meet the next time I pass through. I also usually drive to the St.
Louis, Missouri area a couple of times per year, so if you live near there, the same applies. Or, if you're going to be at a license plate collectors' event in the mid-Atlantic or southeastern U. Doing business in person offers some advantages if it's at all practical.
If neither of us have to go too far out of our way, one or both of us can save money by not having to pay for postage, PayPal fees, etc. There are no worries of plates getting lost or damaged in the mail.
I get to physically see the plates before we finalize the deal, and you can either see the plates you're getting in trade, or get paid in cash. There's no risk of only one of us holding up our end of the deal. For these reasons, I'm much more willing to buy from or trade with someone I don't know if we can do it in person.
I don't buy or trade long distance with just anyone. Frankly, I'm not going to just mail a check to someone I've never heard of, and hope that they will send me the license plate they say they have. In order for me to trade with you or buy from you via mail, you need to be someone I can implicitly trust. Therefore, you need to be either someone I know personally, a fellow ALPCA member, someone otherwise well-known and respected in the license plate collecting community, or an eBay seller with a nearly perfect feedback percentage.
If the only criteria you meet is that you're an eBay seller, then the transaction would need to be done through eBay. If you don't meet any of the critiera above, and you don't live in a place where we could arrange to meet, then it still might not be out of the question. I do travel to other places besides Baltimore and St. Louis on occasion. Also, I know people all over the U. If you're reasonably close to one of them, I might be able to have that person handle the transaction on my behalf.
If we're trading, and the trade is roughly balanced in terms of number of plates, then you pay to mail yours to me, and I'll pay to mail mine to you. If the trade isn't balanced, then we'll need to work something else out with regard to postage.
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