Bill's USA License Plates
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Last updated July 18, 2022

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This set contains nothing of much value or unusual interest.  It is simply a self-indulgence, shared here with you.

My intent is to build a set of modern US passenger plates.  Modern is a broad term, and may include plates as old as from the 1980's, when graphic plates began to become popular.  This set will not be from any particular year, but in general they will be embossed or debossed plates rather than screen-printed (flat).  Other than that I am choosing to go for the graphic design that I like and can obtain.   In a very few cases there are more than one for a particular state, based simply on my likes.   You will see also a very few older plates with no graphics, just because I happen to particularly like them.
 
This collection also includes the populated US overseas territories including the defunct Panama Canal Zone,
and the leased Guantanamo Bay territory.  For the territories there are in some cases both modern and historic plates.  
 
Note that I am not including plates used in other countries by US Forces, though I do have or have had plates of this sort.

State or Territory	Plate and/or comments
ALABAMA	Not yet acquired
ALASKA
ARIZONA	This is a typical modern screened plate from Arizona.  You have to go well back in time to get an embossed plate, and this is what I am looking to get.
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT	Not yet acquired
DELAWARE	Although my aim is to include only modern embossed plates with graphics, this is impossible when it comes to Delaware.  This state went straight from the unusual riveted type shown above, to the flat screened type shown below, used there now for many years, and with no graphics.
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA	Not yet acquired
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS	Not yet acquired
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA	Not yet acquired
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA	Not yet acquired
NEBRASKA	Not yet acquired
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA	Not yet acquired
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA	Not yet acquired
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH (This state is of special interest, as a family member is from Utah)	"Ski Utah!" was introduced in 1985 and was a standard issue until discontinued  in 2008 and replaced by the optional (at first) red top ski plate. The "Arches" plate was introduced in 1992 as an extra-cost optional plate, but in 1997 became a standard issue, along with the Ski Utah! type. The Olympic plate was a popular extra-cost issue, now discontinued but still renewable and valid.   The red top plate began as an optional in 2007 but from 2017 it became a standard, along with the Arches plate and "In God We Trust"
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN	Not yet acquired
WYOMING
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Wanted taxation without representation
US VIRGIN ISLANDS	This is a non-passenger plate.  I am looking for a modern graphic passenger plate.
PUERTO RICO	This is a non-passenger plate, and is a placeholder. I am looking for a modern passenger graphic plate from PR
GUANTANAMO BAY (leased territory)
CANAL ZONE (to 1979) Would like to obtain a 1973
AMERICAN SAMOA
GUAM
NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS