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Historic and classic car licence plates by country

Older vehicles that are kept in original condition can get their own plates, usually with a letter or symbol that marks them as historic.

6 countries · 6 formats

  • Croatia
    HistoricSince 2008
    ZG-PV-123

    Since 2008 the town code, PV (povijesno vozilo, historic vehicle) or PP (prijenosne pločice, transferable plates) and three or four digits.

    black on white

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  • Czechia
    HistoricCurrent
    01V 1234

    Green characters on white. Historic vehicles. A two-digit region number (01 Praha, 02 Jihomoravský, 03 Jihočeský, 04 Pardubický, 05 Královéhradecký, 06 Vysočina, 07 Karlovarský, 08 Liberecký, 09 Olomoucký, 10 Plzeňský, 11 Středočeský, 12 Moravskoslezský, 13 Ústecký, 14 Zlínský), the letter V for the whole country, and four digits (later series also use a letter, 01V P123). This numbering differs from the region letters, so search does not decode it.

    #1b7a3a on white

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  • Germany
    HistoricSince 1997
    K-AA 100H

    H for historisch, for vehicles first registered at least 30 years ago and in largely original condition.

    black on white

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  • Montenegro
    HistoricSince 2022
    HN OT 123

    Oldtimers that have passed a technical inspection. The municipality code over the letters OT, then three digits, black on brown. Introduced in February 2022.

    black on #8a5a2b

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  • Poland
    HistoricCurrent
    WA 123

    Classic cars, with a vintage car symbol on the right. Issued to vehicles entered in the register of monuments or the voivodeship record (gov.pl). The regulation (§ 25-26) defines the plate as black on yellow; the minimum age is a vehicle rule outside the plate data.

    black on yellow

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Older formats

No longer issued, but still seen on the road.

  • Norway
    Historic1913–1971
    E-6813

    One letter for the county (fylke), then up to six digits; Oslo also had a six-digit series without a letter from 1958. Vehicles built before 1971 may still carry such a plate, with a letter and number chosen by the owner within the old county letters.

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