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Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey

With all due respect... it's pretty clear that you think the progression of the A12-BCD passenger serial format in NJ is

• A10-AAA through A99-AAA,

• then A10-AAB through A99-AAB,

• then A10-AAC through A99-AAC, A10-AAD through A99-AAD, A10-AAE through A99-AAE, and so on through A99-ZZZ,

• then B10-AAA through B99-AAA, B10-AAB through B99-AAB, B10-AAC through B99-AAC, and so on through B99-ZZZ,

• then C10-AAA through C99-AAA, C10-AAB through C99-AAB, C10-AAC through C99-AAC, and so on through C99-ZZZ,

• and so on and so forth.

In other words, you think the prefix letter progresses *after* the last three letters have run from AAA to ZZZ (and so, for instance, you think W53-ELX was issued *after* K26-LDK, and Z30-LPM was issued *after* P45-PEH).

Unfortunately, you're wrong.

I *will* be fair, and say that this is an easy mistake to make - and even more so when one considers that this was indeed the progression in Texas and Florida when they used this serial format on *their* passenger plates in the late '90s and early 2000s.

But the progression in NJ is, in fact, quite different:

• A10-AAA through A99-AAA,

• then B10-AAA through B99-AAA,

• then C10-AAA through C99-AAA, D10-AAA through D99-AAA, E10-AAA through E99-AAA, and so on through Z99-AAA,

• then A10-AAB through A99-AAB, B10-AAB through B99-AAB, C10-AAB through C99-AAB, and so on through Z99-AAB,

• then A10-AAC through A99-AAC, B10-AAC through B99-AAC, C10-AAC through C99-AAC, and so on through Z99-AAC,

• and so on and so forth.

That is, the prefix letter runs from A to Z *before* the last three letters progress (hence, W53-ELX was issued *before* K26-LDK, and Z30-LPM was issued *before* P45-PEH).

This is also the progression in Quebec, which has used this serial format on *its* passenger plates for a similar length of time as NJ (but is rather further ahead, as it often issues blocks of serials out of strict alphabetical order and does not use A, C, F, L, R, T, U or V as the prefix letter).

If you're still not convinced, here's some dating:

• A10-AAA through Z99-AZZ - issued from July 2010 through July 2011,
• A10-BAA through Z99-BZZ - July 2011 through March 2012 (A10-BCT through Z99-BHC were skipped for some reason),
• A10-CAA through Z99-CZZ - March 2012 through March 2013,
• A10-DAA through Z99-DZZ - March 2013 through February 2014,
• A10-EAA through Z99-EZZ - February through December 2014 (U10-EEK through Z99-EFE were skipped when NJ changed from embossed to flat plates),
• A10-FAA through Z99-FZZ - December 2014 through October 2015,
• A10-GAA through Z99-GZZ - October 2015 through August 2016,
• A10-HAA through Z99-HZZ - August 2016 through June 2017,
• A10-JAA through Z99-JZZ - June 2017 through April 2018,
• A10-KAA through Z99-KZZ - April 2018 through February 2019,
• A10-LAA through Z99-LZZ - February through November 2019,
• A10-MAA through Z99-MZZ - November 2019 through October 2020,
• A10-NAA through Z99-NZZ - October 2020 through July 2021,
• A10-PAA onwards - July 2021 to present.

Klondike53226 (talk) 20:31, 28 September 2021 (UTC)