ROUND TWO! Maryland / Massachusettts / Michigan etc etc

[Ron J]

Lets start with MARYLAND,TIN FIRST ISSUE 1910,NO PHOTO,but look in the group photo,you will see 1912,1913,1914 ALL PORCELAIN. Of course you also see California run, Mich/Wyoming/W VA.& Vt.,but i am writing about FIRST YEAR ISSUE here.I could write volumes about different plates. NEXT we have MASSACHUSETTS FIRST ISSUE 1903 PORCELAIN. THIS PLATE would be the 49th plate issued in the WORLD! REMEMBER, I mentioned MASSACHUSETTS was the FIRST STATE to issue plates,starting with NUMBER ONE! NOTE: THE NUMBER ONE, Was issued to the "TUDOR" of Masschusetts.They have had that distinction of having NUMBER ONE,till present. The family STILL HAS the 1903 plate!! I have vusually seen it,and had a photo i took,about 25 yrs ago,but can't find it.Back then a retired officer of the RMV,brought it to a meet.The family let him,as he was a close friend. They had been entertaing offers,back then,from "ALA" for $30.000 + ,but never sold it. NOTE THE AMOUNT OF DIGITS, DETERMINES THE SIZE OF THE PLATE. NEXT are two EXTREMELY... EXTREMELY RARE plates. THE "0197" is a DEALER PLATE,All dealer plates started with 0 until the 1920's. THE "Z182" is a 1903 MOTORCYCLE PLATE, PORCELAIN as you can see. It did not like a vibrating Motorcycle! In 1904 Massachusetts issued METAL Discs,Similar to watch fobs, till 1915,when they again issued a 1915 PORCELAIN M/C plate again! And HERE is ROYALS HOME STATE, MICHIGAN FIRST ISSUE 1910, continued Porcelain thru 1914. Very colorful as you can see. Michigan had a "WATER WONDERLAND" and "GREAT LAKES STATE" amongst a few.

 

[Ron J]

FIRST we have MINNESOTA FIRST YEAR 1909, TIN FLAT BASE,with Silver letters/digits SLOGAN "10,000 LAKES"[attachment 46693 ScannedImage-82.jpg] NO MISSISSIPPI,BUT FIRST YEAR ISSUED was 1912. EXTREMELY TOUGH to find,prior to 1920's. SLOGAN "HOSPITALITY STATE" NEXT is MISSOURI,FIRST ISSUE 1911 TIN ,SLOGAN "SHOW ME STATE" NEXT MONTANA, FIRST ISSUE TIN 1911, SLOGANs "BIG SKY COUNTRY" "100 YEARS" AND NEBRASKA, FIRST YEAR ISSUE 1915. SLOGANs "BEEF STATE" "CORNHUSKER STATE" are a couple.

 

[Ron J]

[attachment 46698 ScannedImage-86.jpg]NEVADA FIRST YEAR ISSUE 1916 TIN EXTREMELY TOUGH TO GET ORIGINAL PAINT! Due to sand.. SLOGANS "CENTENNIAL" "THE SILVER STATE" NEXT is NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST YEAR ISSUE starting in 1905[attachment 46700 ScannedImage-88.jpg] THIS #831[attachment 46699 ScannedImage-87.jpg] would have been used until 1912,when a TIN 1912,was introduced. The paint could not withstand our winters,sooo BACK TO PORCELAIN TILL 1918. NEXT WE Have NEW JERSEY, FIRST ISSUE 1908,[attachment 46701 ScannedImage-89.jpg] TIN NUMBERS slid into a BASE, PORCELAIN issued 1909 thru 1915 SLOGAN "GARDEN STATE" YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN "WHAT EXIT" {Thats an inside joke to Easterners,referring "too What Exit" off the Jersey Pike do you live off? NEW MEXICO FIRST ISSUE 1912 TIN. EXTREMELY RARE. Earliest phot i have is 1916,[attachment 46702 ScannedImage-90.jpg]again paint a BIG problem from sand. So plates in the teens are excepted as repaints. NEW MEXICO issue a PORCELAIN BASE,similar to CALIFORNIA,and it was used from 1920 thru 1923! SLOGAN "THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT" What else![attachment 46703 ScannedImage-125.jpg][attachment 46703

 

[Ron J]

NEW YORK required Registrations in 1901,but did not issue plates till [attachment 46704 ScannedImage-92.jpg]FIRST ISSUE 1910 TIN BASE / RIVETED NUMBERS. IN 1912 [attachment 46705 ScannedImage-93.jpg]they issued PORCELAIN for one year only. SLOGAN "EMPIRE STATE" NORTH CAROLINA FIRST YEAR 1913 PORCELAIN,NO PHOTO,but look in this photo[attachment 46710 ScannedImage-91.jpg] for the 1914 /1915/1916 Continued porcelain till 1916 Expensive & tough to find whole.Alot of dug-ups are around. SLOGANs "DRIVE SAFELY" "FIRST IN FREEDOM" are a couple. NORTH DAKOTA FIRST ISSUE 1911 TIN,[attachment 46711 ScannedImage-94.jpg] SLOGAN " PEACE GARDEN STATE"

 

[Ron J]

OHIO FIRST ISSUE 1908 PORCELAIN with a beautiful design![attachment 46713 ScannedImage-95.jpg] Porcelain into 1911 SLOGAN "SEAT BELT FASTENED?" and others. OKLAHOMA![attachment 46715 ScannedImage-96.jpg] TIN 1915 AGAIN due to area,poor paint!THIS REPAINT was $500 in early eighties! SLOGAN "OKLAHOMA IS O.K." NO PORCELAINS OREGON FIRST ISSUE 1911 TIN[attachment 46716 ScannedImage-97.jpg] NO PORCELAIN SLOGAN "PACIFIC WONDERLAND" PENNSYLVANIA!![attachment 46717 ScannedImage-98.jpg] FIRST ISSUE 1906 PORCELAIN thru 1915. SLOGAN "KEYSTONE STATE" and "YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND"

 

[Ron J]

RHODE ISLAND FIRST ISSUE 1904 PORCELAIN [attachment 46718 ScannedImage-99.jpg] [attachment 46719 ScannedImage-100.jpg]3 PORCELAINS undated,covered 1904-1907, 1908-1911, 1912-1917 THis base/FIRST ISSUE, EXTREMELY... EXTREMELY RARE SLOGAN "OCEAN STATE" SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST ISSUE 1917,NO PHOTO,but here is 1918! TOUGH STATE TO FIND early 20's. SLOGAN "THE IODINE STATE" SOUTH DAKOTA FIRST ISSUE 1913 TIN [attachment 46720 ScannedImage-102.jpg] HAD decals of MT. RUSHMORE for YEARS. TENNESEE FIRST ISSUE 1915 TIN,ALSO TOUGH TO FIND! [attachment 46721 ScannedImage-103.jpg] SLOGAN "VOLUNTEER STATE"

 

[Ron J]

TEXAS! FIRST YEAR ISSUE TIN 1917 [attachment 46722 ScannedImage-104.jpg]NO PORCELAIN / TEXAS had some PRE-STATES that were rouind discs,also RARE! Usually had a COUNTY NAME on it! SLOGANS "CENTENNIAL" in 1936, "HEMISFAIR" and another. UTAH FIRST ISSUE 1915 TIN NO PORCELAIN [attachment 46723 ScannedImage-105.jpg] SLOGAN (multiples)"SKI UTAH" VERMONT FIRST ISSUE 1905 PORCELAIN EXTREMELY...EXTREMELY...EXTREMELY RARE![attachment 46724 ScannedImage-118.jpg] HAD MULTIPLE PORCELAINS TILL 1915 SLOGAN "GREEN MOUNTAINS" VIRGINIA FIRST ISSUE 1906 PORCELAIN,[attachment 46725 ScannedImage-106.jpg] continued PORCELAIN into 1913 SLOGAN "INDEPENDENCE BICENTENNIAL" WASHINGTON FIRST ISSUE TIN 1915/1916 [attachment 46726 ScannedImage-107.jpg]ONE PORCELAIN IN 1920[attachment 46727 ScannedImage-108.jpg] SLOGAN "GOLDEN JUBILEE"

 

[Ron J]

WEST VIRGINIA FIRST ISSUE 1905 NO PHOTO / EXTREMELY RARE!! HERE is a PORCELAIN 1909.[attachment 46728 ScannedImage-110.jpg] Porcelain continued into 1916. SLOGAN "MOUNTAIN STATE" WISCONSIN FIRST ISSUE 1905 TIN BASE /RIVITED DIGITS [attachment 46729 ScannedImage-109.jpg]SLOGAN "AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND" WYOMING FIRST ISSUE 1913 TIN,NO PHOTO,BUT IN 1916 plate was[attachment 46730 ScannedImage-113.jpg] PORCELAIN! : THE BRONCO appeared in 1936! AND LAST, ALTHOUGH NOT A STATE! WASHINGTION DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1907 TWO DIFFERENT STYLES AND RARE!!!!!!!!! [attachment 46731 ScannedImage-112.jpg] HAD room for two more so check out this board!I would estimate in todays market, IF the board were for sale,over 100k. Hope you all enjoyed the tour! I enjoyed the Hobby,BUT enjoyed the HUNT FOR TREASURES,as much as this posting! RJ

 

[Dan-MO]

Those are neat Ron! Have you ever heard of tags being required on horses and buggys in major citys in the early 1900s? I have a few I have dug over the years

 

[Ron J]

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[Royal]

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[Royal]

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[Wayne in BC]

bet you love hearing from an expert like that!
You went to a lot trouble to put up your collection for us and Thank you!

 

[Jbird]

That is truly an amazing collection of license plates. I wont comment on anybody,s age but the last time I went to a museum that had some old cars......I had owned some of them. Guess Im sort of an antique also.