The oldest and newest plates on the road today.

Oldest, newest, shortest, longest ... it's a regular Guinness Book of Alaskan license plates.

Have you spotted a plate that's older or newer? Send me a note and/or a picture! Note: Submissions should only be of plates on the road, not from eBay or personal collections.

In some cases, we have spotted newer plates, but don't have a photo yet. The caption below each plate photo will let you know what plates to look for.

Right now, the only prizes are glory and the glow that comes from enjoying the companionship of your fellow inmates, but if I get enough responses, I'll consider some license-plate paraphenalia as reward for particularly desirable lows or highs.

You can also register the latest Alaskan plate you've seen at licenseplates.cc.

	The oldest spotted ...	... to the newest:
Standard passenger plates (pre-Centennial) series ended but still current	expected: BAA 100	expected: DJW uncirculated: some DJX
Centennial plates series ended but still current	expected: DJY 100	expected: ERT 999
Standard plates (post-Centennial)	expected: ERU 100	spotted: ongoing
Handicap plates (standard)	expected: HCP 100	spotted:: ongoing
Disabled Veteran plates (standard)	expected: DAV 100	spotted: DBF 149
Municipal Government (city)	expected: XXG 100	spotted: XYB 381
Exempt (non-profits)	expected: YYE 100	expected: ongoing
Trucks no longer issued?	expected: 1000 BA	series ended but still current
Private trailers	expected: 1000 PA	expected: ongoing
Commercial trailers	expected: 1000 SA	spotted: 4176 SK
Historic vehicles HV not visible but stored in DMV database; HX+ visible	expected: unknown low	ongoing

The plates with the greatest number of overlapping tags (7):

The plate with the greatest number of non-overlapping tags (18):

photo credit: David Helmer

Other plates with a lot of tags:

(The personalized plates with the most plate exposed)

The personalized plate that translates to the highest number of words would be here, if I'd found one; if you've seen one or have one, send me a photo!