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Vintage Michigan license plates for sale can easily be sorted into distinct historical periods: — - Before standardized plates, Michigan issued round metal vehicle registrations displayed on the dashboard or hung from the rear-view mirror. Regular license plates were required as well, but these were homemade, displaying the owner's house number and "MICH" on wood, leather or rubber. An initial letter was added to the number sequence during some years, while in others the serial number was instead increased to six or seven digits.

From onward every plate's serial began with two letters followed by four digits, changing to three of each in In , a white border was added which persisted until , and from onward, the serial was painted a reflective white. In and the digits preceded the letters in the serial sequence. The numbers precede the letters in the serial from —, though they switched back with a fourth digit added in Recent plates - Since , Michigan plates have a blue serial on reflective white.

Until April , this included a blue band on top, and since then has a wavy blue band on the bottom. With this change, the simple "Michigan" at the top changed to the "PureMichigan" logo.

What is the pattern of yearly color changes on vintage Michigan license plates? What slogans appeared on old Michigan license plates? Some functions of this site are disabled for browsers blocking jQuery.

The Office of. Close Search Box. Official Website of Michigan. Authentic license plate A special provision in law allows a historical vehicle owner to use an authentic Michigan license plate from the same year the historical vehicle was manufactured.

To qualify for an authentic license plate, the vehicle must be: 26 or more years old Owned solely as a collector's item A vehicle registered with a regular historic plate or authentic historic plate cannot be used for general transportation.

The vehicle can only used for participating in historical club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, car shows, swap meets, and similar uses.