VARIOUS LICENSE PLATES

Update: Downright fake plate put on a Norwegian deregistered van. Made to look like a remade Lithuanian plate. Could in theory also have been from Finland, Belgium or even Malta. In Sweden this registration belongs to a Renault Twingo. It is also not from Cyprus.

Fake personalized plate, as confirmed by Monegasque authorities. Monaco does not permit personalized plates. Furthermore, the plate is not the right size and without security markings.

Most likely an unofficial replacement plate for a normal series Finnish registration.

Most likely an unofficial plate for a French moped. Those were unregistered at the time this photo was taken. Seen at an offshore powerboat race.

This is most likely an unofficial replacement plate for a Belgian registration.

Swedish replacement plate. 1985 onwards plate style. This is an official Swedish replacement plate, with police stamp, for a German plate from EF = Erfurt. Both front and rear plates looked the same.

Unknown type. Seen on an old agricultural tractor. This is most likely not a registration plate at all, but the name plate from a Volvo F12 truck.

Unknown type. Self-adhesive sticker plate. Also seen A-325 and A-326. These plates were seen on ex-military trucks from East Germany. Later on they got Norwegian provisional plates. The most likely explanation is that these are simply catalogue numbers from the auction where the trucks were sold.

One of the ex-military trucks from East Germany of the make Ural with the crest of DDR visible on the doors.

Unknown type, possibly Estonian. The driver of the car said it was a Hungarian temporary plate, which is not the case. It has the national coat of arms of Hungary and the dealer name on the plate frame is a well known company in Budapest. But Hungarian plates have the letters before the numerals and don't have the coat of arms. If it is Estonian it would have to be a personalized combination within the normal series as the G series didn't reach GJE.

Unknown American series. Front and rear plates looked the same. This is a home made replacement plate. The driver told me he used these plates to avoid having the real ones stolen. He claimed this was a New York registration, but to my knowledge it doesn't fit any issued series.

Probably an American registration remade on plates with what looks like the same colours as Norwegian military plates use.

Netherlands/ Texas. Trailer with 1975-90 normal series Texas registration on a plate made in the Netherlands. Probably a Texan who had acquired the trailer in the Netherlands, where small trailers at the time displayed the same registration as the towing vehicle. A genuine Texas trailer would have a different format registration and plate size.

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