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License Plate Gallery

The Wisconsin Pages:

Passenger, 1967-1979

The first reflectorized series of license plates was introduced in 1967 (for 1968 expirations). These new "butter" plates featured a modified format with full state name at bottom and were used for five years.

Due to the extended period of issuance for this base, two-letter "AB 1234"-format plates were employed when month series overran their one-alpha allocations. Two variations of state name and slogan dies were used on this base. In addition, a fair number of unissued leftover plates from near the end of the series exist in collectors' hands.

Confirmed serial ranges and break points:

68 passenger	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Slot at upper left	A10-001 A49-369
Slot at lower right	A53-846
Slot at upper left	A60-146
Slot at lower right	A62-670 A99-999 B10-001 B99-999 AA 1001 AA 8191	C10-001 C99-999 D10-001 D99-999 CA 1001 CB 2222	E10-001 E99-999 F10-001 F99-999 EA 1001 EF 8948	G10-001 G99-999 H10-001 H99-999 GA 1001 GG 1996	J10-001 J99-999 K10-001 K99-999 JA 1001 JJ 3464	L10-001 L99-999 M10-001 M99-999 LA 1001 LG 7485	N10-001 N99-999 P10-001 P99-999 NA 1001 NE 9991	Q10-001 Q99-999 R10-001 R99-999 QA 1001 QG 3157	S10-001 S99-999 T10-001 T99-999 SA 1001 SF 1502	U10-001 U99-999 V10-001 V99-999 UA 1001 UE 2247	W10-001 W99-999 X10-001 X95-544	Y10-001 Y99-999 Z10-001 Z99-999 YA 1001 YA 3585

A second series of reflectorized license plates was issued in 1972 for expiration in 1973. These plates followed the same format and conventions as the "68" series and were used for seven years; longer than any prior Wisconsin plate issue.

A notable die variation in this stretch employs the use of an crude, male-only die set. In addition to the more gradually-tapered stamping quality posed by the use of this set, these dies also contain some distinctive features (like a straight-lined "7") that would permanently reappear in the conventional die set during the 1980s. Once again, at least two variations of state name and slogan dies were used on this base.

Confirmed serial ranges:

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
73	A10-001 A99-999 B10-001 B99-999 AA 1001 AN 6881	C10-001 C99-999 D10-001 D99-999 CA 1001 CN 7973	E10-001 E99-999 F10-001 F99-999 EA 1001 EY 1342	G10-001 G99-999 H10-001 H99-999 GA 1001 GY 1682	J10-001 J99-999 K10-001 K99-999 JA 1001 JZ 9999 KA 1001 KB 2284	L10-001 L99-999 M10-001 M99-999 LA 1001 LX 7978	N10-001 N99-999 P10-001 P99-999 NA 1001 NW 9092	Q10-001 Q99-999 R10-001 R99-999 QA 1001 QY 2696	S10-001 S99-999 T10-001 T99-999 SA 1001 SW 5420	U10-001 U99-999 V10-001 V99-999 UA 1001 UV 4168	W10-001 W99-999 X10-001 X99-999 WA 1001 WL 4614	Y10-001 Y99-999 Z10-001 Z99-999 YA 1001 YK 9919

Note: I have yet to confirm "crude die" plates for the February or May month series, but I suspect they do exist. "Crude die" plates appear to have been produced in three runs; not all of which covered all months of the year.

Confirmed break points:

73 passenger	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Normal dies				G13-391 H79-009		L19-719 M71-896			S21-236 S30-212		W11-606
Crude dies				H95-594?		M97-817			S33-572 S77-185	U12-168 V72-900	W18-454† X66-828	Y11-284 Y88-587
Normal dies	A11-840 B40-284	C17-221 CN 7973	E17-207 F74-769	GA 1104 GB 5872	J16-162 K94-278	LA 1130 LB 9735	N13-714 P52-505	Q11-995 R79-578	S84-618 S98-984	V77-641 V78-027	X73-206 WB 744n	Z16-969
Crude dies	B48-542 B74-137		F82-910 F91-676	GC 2945 GC 4868	K99-2nn	LC 1373 LC 6396	P86-091 ND 4280	R84-413 R89-620	T14-478 T71-528	V90-991 V99-622	WC 1873 WC 4603	Z35-849 Z69-925
Normal dies	B91-055			GD 5786		LD 3414			T72-624		WD 3866 WL 1999	Z73-346 Z92-532
Crude dies				GE 3427 GE 4034		LE 4656 LF 9196			T73-006 T86-271		WL 4604‡	YB 2679
Normal dies	AA 4458 AN 6881		EB 7869 EY 1342	GF 7636 *GY 1682	JA 2921 KB 2284	LG 1891 LX 7978	NE 9453 NW 9092	QA 9724 QY 2696	SA 3354 SW 5420	UA 4531 UV 4168		YC 3358 YK 9919