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Again, Tom, George, and Jim's book provided an answer: "Metal is most commonly used with steel and now aluminum leading the way. Tin, copper and brass were used as well. Early license plates issued in many states were porcelain covered steel, but these fell out of use...

  According to Tom, George and Jim, this distinction goes to plates from Canada's Northwest Territories.  Since 1970 their plates have been cut in the shape of a bear. On our mantelpiece, we have two passenger bear plates followed by 3 small motorcycle plates...

    Again, Tom, George and Jim answer this question. "Beginning in 1957, most types of North American plates were the standard size of 6 by 12 inches. Prior to that, varied sizes and shapes were common. Plates were normally rectangular, but oval, square,...

Jim Hucks, who did the photography for Colorado License Plates The First 100 Years 1013-2013 by Thomas E. Boyd, George C. Sammeth, Jr. and James T. Hucks, recently did an interview about the book:...

  Tom and I attended the Spring License Plate meet last weekend in Security (just south of Colorado Springs).....lots of buying, selling and trading happened and it's always good to see our plate collector friends. This week we're going to address trends in...

I'm finding that Tom, George and Jim's book has a wealth of information about U.S. license plates in general. Even though the book is titled Colorado  License Plates The First 100 Years 1013-2013, much of the information in the book can be applied to the history of...

  Once again, the intro to Tom, George and Jim's book Colorado  License Plates The First 100 Years 1013-2013 provides an accurate and comprehensive response to this question.  "On April 25, 1901, New York, through an action of its legislature, became the first...

The Roman Empire may have had numbers on their chariots but this has not been verified. Internationally, we have been told that the first license plate was issued in Luxembourg in 1895. We do not have the research that was done to establish this information. What may,...

Tom received his April 2016 PLATES magazine issue last week and showed me an article about Delaware license plates  that is worth mentioning. Delaware plates are unique because the rights to use the number, not the actual plate, can be inherited, transferred or sold...

Roughly how much does a license plate weigh? Tom says there is not a simple answer. Generally, most plates vary in weight between . 0.2 of a pound  all the way up to 0.5 of a pound.  Current Utah plates, for example, are at the low weight end and Wyoming plates from...