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After reaching ZZZ-99Z, the series simply reversed to A10-AAA. The letters T and X are being used in the first position, such a T10-AAA and X10-AAA, but they will not conflict with Trailer or Commercial plates.
Type Plate Notes Reporter
Passenger C72-BUP New Jersey has taken another big jump.

Pre-jump high: W74-ASP 2011-04-02 Dave Mackey
Jump low: C14-AUF 2010-11-24 Ed Angiolillo

Note: Around the time the YND series was the high, a YYH series plate was spotted. Meanwhile, the original series before that jump continues with a pre-jump high of YYA-68F.
Stickers boxes, which were dropped in the late V-- series, have appeared (maybe as an error?) again in the Y-- series after being completely absent from the W-- series. Dave Mackey reports seeing them on a YBX or YBZ series plate.
There is no clean break as to where sticker boxes in the top corners of the plates were dropped. VZS and VZT series plates have both been observed with and without boxes. Some VYX series were produced without boxes.
Simon reports UVT-83G on 2006-05-08, but in the blue plate format.
Plates jumped from the S to the U series. The T series is used on TRAILER plates.
State name in slightly larger font since LGX series. From Wally Punzmann - LGL-83P original 3M, LNF-77Z new Avery type. Clark Wothe confirms Avery sheeting as far back as LHM-76M. Jeff Ellis reports that the change took place between the LG and LJ series. Bobby Pressimone reports that New Jersey has changed back to 3M from Avery between PXL and PXS. The 3M has a more pronounced border, especially at the bottom. Also, the new sheeting has the standard 3M hologram running down through the middle. These plates first started to appear around the end of Jan. 2004.
Jeff Fazekas reports that as of 1 Oct. 2004, New Jersey is no longer issuing passenger plate stickers. Newly issued plates from around RVA forward will not have stickers, and as of 1 Jan. 2005, sticker will no longer be issued for renewals.

Current format low: A27-AAA 2011-04-15 Jim Moini
Last format high: ZZZ-86Z 2011-08-01 Brad Harding 		Tyler Rotondo
1/27/12
Non-passenger Plates
Apportioned AN-500S Jim Moini
1/06/12
Commercial XY-651N The current XA-100A format began after the last series reached X-9999Z. Jim Moini
12/19/11
Commuter Van CV13792 Justin Mattes
3/07/08
County Government Y915-CG CG20754 2009-06-07 Dave Mackey
Seven digit format; issued concurrently with six digit format 		Jim Moini
11/20/11
Dealer - Used 66 01 DLZ Jim Moini
7/11/11
Doctor MD-5960 From Jim Moini: The MD series went from MD-A100 to MD-Z999, and then in the late 1980's, started again at MD-1000 (on the blue base). Jim Moini
12/21/11
Equipment In Transit 31 1 CY The middle number is a small "suffix" number between 1 and 5. Progression is 10 AA, 11 AA... 99 AA, 10 AB... 99 AZ, 10 BA... Jim Moini
11/29/11
Farmer XZR-94P Dave Mackey
7/28/11
Handicapped
H
Y
3387 		Still with sticker boxes through H/U, but it appears sticker boxes were dropped starting at H/V 1000. Tyler Rotondo
1/27/12
Highway Authority HA-A755 These are on official vehicles that patrol the Garden State Parkway (help stranded motorists, etc.) Bottom of plate still reads Garden State.
There was a block of 100 plates in the HA- series, HA-701 through -800, that were assigned to State Police cruisers on the GSP. Most of these cars have since been replated, but some still use HA, some have TPA, and some just regular Passenger. All should have TPA eventually. 		Dave Mackey
7/08/10
Historic QQ91873 The current high has sticker boxes. Jim Moini
1/07/12
Limousine OL7696H Jim Moini
11/29/11
Low Speed Vehicle
L
S
V
2111 		L/S/V is screened diagonally to the left of the serial, and "Low Speed Vehicle" legend is screened bottom center. Jim Moini
11/29/11
Moped 9F9D1 Blue on silver Dave Mackey
8/17/09
Motorcycle 1VZL3 MC base no longer has sticker boxes with serial centered on plate.
Upon reaching 9999Z, the format changed to A000A. Upon reaching Z999Z, it changed to 1AAA1. Progression: 1AAA1 to 1ZZZ9, then 2AAA1, etc.
New Jersey has reached 9999Z for motorcycle plates, and has started issuing plates in the A000A format again. This format was used years ago, and was dropped in 1994 at N999Z. The new plates started at P100A. The R, S, and T series were skipped.
Somewhere in the xxxxV, the "MOTORCYCLE" caption changed from embossed to screened, but the plate numbers are still embossed. Some other M/C types (such as DEALER) still have embossed captions.

Motorcycle Handicapped - A349 2009-05-25 Dave Mackey

Historic Motorcycle - Q4814 2009-08-18 Dave Mackey

Commercial Motorcycle - XG161 2009-09-21 Bob Mackey
Plate has COMM CYCLE screened on bottom. 		Dave Mackey
11/10/11
Municipal Government MG91997 Jim Moini
12/21/11
No Fee (Exempt) NF33203 No sticker boxes on the current high. Dave Mackey
12/21/11
Non-Conv Dlr DN-546 05 Dave Mackey
5/27/09
Omnibus OYA3591 Series started with OXV1000 when changeover to "Black On Straw" plates began. Jim Moini
12/21/11
School Vehicle I B138-S1 NEW Series just flipped from S1-Z999 to A100-S1.
Progression:
Last series used S1 as a prefix.
Previous format used S1 as a suffix. 		Dave Mackey
2/03/12
School Vehicle II S2-L321 School Vehicle II is for less than 16 passengers. Previous format used S2 as a suffix. Dave Mackey
1/02/12
State Government SG29981 Dave Mackey
7/21/10
State Government - Transportation Dept. TD11705 Caption on plate is STATE GOVT, but this type with the TD prefix is for the Transportation Dept. Jim Moini
11/29/11
State Police SPA350A See listing below for Turnpike Authority regarding State Police cruisers used on the Garden State Parkway. Jim Moini
11/29/11
Temporary D192352 Matt Rucko advises that starting 1/1/12, all in-state and out of state temps will be printed on regular paper. Matt Rucko
1/11/12
Trailer TKR-12E Sticker boxes still on corners of plate. Jim Moini
12/21/11
Turnpike Authority TPA2088 State Police cruisers on the Garden State Parkway are now being issued license plates from TPA1101 to TPA1200 with the last three digits corresponding to the number of the cruiser (101-200). Previously they had civilian plates, but most famously the HA-A701 to HA-A800 series which were among the very first black-on-goldfinch yellow plates NJ issued in 1992. Dave Mackey
6/10/10
Specialty Plates
Agriculture
5871
G
S
 Format has reversed from G/S 9999 to 1000 G/S. Dave Mackey
1/25/11
Amvets
A
V
1189 		Dave Mackey
12/20/08
Animal Friendly
I
M
79WH 		Plate has featured a different graphic since about 10EA. The current high has sticker boxes. I/M nnSx and I/M nnTx series skipped.
Old base high - I/M 52CZ 		Bob Mackey
1/07/12
Battleship
B
B
10GN 		Battleship with #62 on left side of plate. Probably started w/ B/B1000-9999, then 1000B/B-9999B/B, then B/B10AA, up. Dave Mackey
7/10/11
Baymen's Heritage
B
H
32AD 		Dave Mackey
8/04/10
Bow Hunter
U
B
1316 		Dave Mackey
8/23/10
Choose Life
C
F
1465 		New type "Choose Life" took over prefix C/F from Center for Food Action plates. Benefits fund-adoption.org. Jim Moini
12/21/11
Civil Air Patrol
C
P
1161 		Dave Mackey
9/02/11
Combat Veteran
C
I
2069 		Dave Mackey
10/03/11
Conquer Cancer
W351
C
C
 The current A123 C/C format followed the original C/C 12AB format. Dave Mackey
1/22/12
Disabled American Veterans
W
D
1530 		Jim Moini
1/22/12
Discover NJ History
Z
Z
6243 		Dave Mackey
9/02/11
Donate Life
D
L
7280 		Dave Mackey
8/06/10
EMT A
E
M
2763 		EM stacked on left with shield, EMT A on bottom Dave Mackey
6/18/11
Fallen Law Enforcement
L
E
72ZP 		Plate says "Price of Honor" at bottom. Progression: L/E 1000 to L/E 9999, then 1000 L/E to 9999 L/E, then L/E 10AA to current. Bob Mackey
1/24/12
Firefighter 2G Y3 NEW The original 1A A1 format was abandoned in the middle of its run before being switched to the A1 1A format. After Z9 9Z was reached, the original format picked up where it left off, probably at 1E A1. Jim Moini
1/28/12
Firefighter (NJPFA/IAFF)
I
F
3547 		This plate denotes membership in the NJ Professional Firefighter's Association/IAFF and is different from the standard issue "Firefighter" plates. Dave Mackey
8/07/11
First Aider F9663 Dave Mackey
12/14/08
Fraternal Order Of Police
F
P
8088 		Dave Mackey
9/08/11
Freemason
M
B
3264 		Bob Mackey
12/24/10
Gold Star Family
M
H
1195 		Flat Dave Mackey
7/29/11
Liberty State Park
2492
L
S
 After reaching L/S 9999, this series flipped to 1000 L/S. Bob Mackey
6/17/11
Marines/Leatherneck
M
L
4161 		Dave Mackey
11/07/10
Meadowlands
M
C
5290 		Jeff Fazekas
8/02/09
New Jersey Devils
R
M
24AB 		Bob Mackey
4/02/11
New Jersey Police Foundation
P
F
1623 		"NJPF Safe Cop" bottom center Jim Moini
1/23/12
New York Press 2256NYP Jim Moini
7/26/11
Newark Firefighters
F
D
1475 		Jim Moini
7/11/11
Olympic Spirit
1158
U
S
 First with a U/S prefix, now with it as a suffix. Dave Mackey
8/21/11
Operating Engineer
O
E
1435 		Dave Mackey
2/25/11
P.O.W. P1900 Justin Arocho
5/20/10
Pearl Harbor '41
1007
P
H
 Dave Mackey
1/10/10
Penn State
P
S
2627 		Justin Mattes
6/05/08
Pinelands
P
L
34AR 		P/L 10AA followed P/L 9999. Dave Mackey
3/27/11
Police Dept. - Honor Legion
P
D
1537 		Dave Mackey
7/02/10
Professional Engineers
P
E
1083 		Justin Mattes
2/15/10
Purple Heart
P
H
4666 		Plate features a purple heart on the left; bottom line reads "Combat Wounded"
Dave Mackey
9/28/11
Rutgers University
1226
R
U
 Dave Mackey
10/27/11
Seton Hall University
S
H
2005 		Bob Mackey
7/26/09
Shore to Please
S
R
144G 		Prefixes used: SA, SC, SE, SF, SJ, SK, SL, SN, SR. SP was skipped. Bob Mackey
1/09/12
Silent Service
S
S
1562 		Refers to Navy submarines. Jim Moini
10/05/11
Silver Star
1328
S
S
 Dave Mackey
2/03/10
Sports
R
M
23BE 		New Special Plate - Multiple sports organizations are using this common format. (New York Yankees, Phillies, Mets)
Normal NJ Yellow, no boxes, flat black letters instead of embossed.
Jim Moini
1/22/12
State F.M.B.A.
F
F
3635 		Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association Jim Moini
6/19/11
State P.B.A.
P
B
7978 		NJ State Patrolman's Benevolent Association Dave Mackey
11/10/11
Teamsters
I
B
1584 		Dave Mackey
9/08/09
Temple University
U
N
1105 		Bob Mackey
6/18/11
Treasure Our Trees
W
E
427D 		W/E 100A followed W/E 9999.
Treasure Our Trees (Commercial) - X/A 210 W/E
Sticker boxes have been eliminated from this type. 		Dave Mackey
6/20/11
Turnpike Authority TPA1206 "Garden State" at bottom. Dave Mackey
7/28/09
U.S. Army Retired
G
I
1567 		Bob Mackey
1/20/11
United We Stand
8563
U
W
 Format has reversed from U/W 9999 to 1000 U/W. Dave Mackey
9/27/11
University of Delaware
U
D
1176 		Dave Mackey
7/10/11
University of Michigan
U
M
1493 		Simon
5/14/07
University of Notre Dame
N
D
1726 		Dave Mackey
11/15/09
USCG Auxiliary
C
A
1799 		Bob Mackey
3/12/10
VFW of the US
W
V
2860 		Jim Moini
10/29/11
Vietnam Veterans
V
V
2274 		Dave Mackey
1/10/11
West Point
W
P
1374 		Jim Moini
7/26/11
Wildlife - Bald Eagle
W
C
600Z 		This type started in 1997. Dave Mackey
8/11/11
Wildlife - Woodpecker
C
W
21FM 		This type started in 1993. Dave Mackey
7/17/09