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This page consists of links to other web sites related to license plates, or otherwise of interest to license plate collectors. Latest noteworthy updates to this page
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There are many hundreds, if not thousands, of license plate related web sites out there. Sad to say, but a good number of them probably are of little interest to anyone but possibly their owners. Some haven't been updated in years and have become badly out of date. Because of this, links pages that attempt to catalog every single plate web site frustrate me, as do the many links pages that link to ten or twenty other sites merely on the basis of reciprocity, or some other arbitrary criteria, rather than the quality or usefulness of each site.
Because of this, I decided to create a really helpful license plate links page, one that (well, for the most part) only lists the really great sites, the kind you will want to use as reference sites and visit repeatedly. Even these are categorized according to the specific plates that may be found on each site, so that you can readily find the sites that have what you're looking for. I've included links to the relevant sections of my own site, in case you came to this page directly and didn't see the site menu on my home page.
Even being listed in one of the the "recommened" sections of this page means that the site is among the best out
there. Links with a 
blue ribbon symbol next to them are
Top Pick Clicks! They are especially recommended for their excellent
content and presentation. These sites are the best of the best.
Note that the 
"Updated!" notation doesn't
necessarily mean that the linked site has been updated; rather, it means that the link itself has been updated
with a new web address; in other words, the site has moved to a new address, and the link reflects that.
Many license plate collectors specialize in plates from one or two U.S. states, countries, or other issuing jurisdictions. These sites are among the best in their coverage of a specific jurisdiction.
15q.net
Dave Nicholson provides a wealth of information and pictures of U.S. passenger car plates from 1969 to
present.
License Plate Information
No photos, but tons of obscure details about all types and ages of U.S. license plates that you won't find anywhere
else, by ALPCA Archivist Eric Tanner.
DCplates.net
A professional-quality site that chronicles the history of license plates in the U.S. capital city.
Jim Moini's License Plates
Nobody covers New Jersey like Jim. Great photo gallery and detailed information. 
New Mexico License Plates
Bill Johnston and Richard Miller present a detailed pictoral history of plates from the Land of
Enchantment.
PA PL8S
John McDevitt has images of nearly every type of Pennsylvania plate currently in use. He also now has a few
plate history pages.
15q.net
Dave Nicholson provides information and pictures of Canadian passenger car plates from 1969 to present.
BCpl8s.ca
An award-winning history of British Columbia license plates, by Christopher Garrish.
Jeff's License Plates
Jeff shows his extensive collection of B.C. plates as well as plates from other provinces and countries.
Manitoba License Plates
Ross Metcalfe shows off his collection of, well, you guessed it.
The Back Bumper
Jonathan Upton presents photos and history of Ontario license plates.
Eric's License Plates
Eric Vettoretti has a lot of photos of his Ontario license plate collection. (Be sure to also see the Worldwide plate sites, above.)
Ralf's Plate Page
Ralf Hegewald presents the history of German plates, including both East and West German plates prior to
reunification. Jim Moini's License Plates
Jim provides extensive coverage of Mexican plates from the 1920s to the present. 15q.net
Dave Nicholson provides information and pictures of Mexican passenger car plates from 1969 to present. These sites, for the most part, address specific categories of U.S. and/or Canadian license plates.
Statetrooperplates.com
An awesome site by Norm Ratcliffe and Allan "Coop" Cooper covering state police license plates.
PorcelainPlates.net
Eric Taylor's comprehesive porcelain plate site is nothing less than amazing.
LeatherLicensePlates.com
Steve Raiche examines license plates from 1901-1910 that preceded those issued by states. These are sites of general interest, or that provide useful resources for license plate collectors.
ALPCA
ALPCA is the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, far and away the largest license plate collectors'
organization in the world. This site contains a very comprehensive license plate archive section
(available to members only), but there are also useful pages accessible to the general public.
Facebook License Plate Collectors group
Probably the biggest license plate discussion group on the entire internet. Numerous messages posted
daily. (There are also MANY other license plate-related groups on Facebook.)
Bestsleeves
Michael Wiener sells clear plastic sleeves to protect your valuable plates. Many individual collectors offer plates for trade or sale on their web sites, and there are lots of great plates to be found on these sites. Of course, I would prefer that you visit and find plates on my own site before looking elsewhere.
eBay license plates category
eBay has many thousands of license plates up for auction at any given time. New stuff added
continually.
License Plate Store
Lots of hard-to-find, current graphic plates here.
Paranogonah.com
Rustic Plates
Tag Dr. Store
Rod Pearman is the Tag Doctor, formerly known for his plate repainting services. Now he
operates a license plate online store.
Tag Shack I periodically am asked for recommendations for where to get an old license plate professionally restored and/or repainted. I've only dealt with getting a plate repainted on one occasion, which hardly qualifies me as an authority. However, I can at least point you to a few I know about and let you choose.
Since I own the RicksPlates.com web address, I suppose the least I can do for the other license plate collectors also named Rick is to provide links to their plate sites.
Rick and Ann's homepage
This Rick lives in Belgium and displays his worldwide plate collection, and plates for trade, on his
site. There are some good plate sites out there that might not otherwise get much attention or traffic. So, as a public service to my fellow plate collectors, below are some license plate web sites that I've discovered, or been made aware of, that are a bit off the beaten path. I've set the standards for quality of content and presentation a bit lower for these links than the other links on this page, but these are all worthwhile places to visit, in my opinion.
License Plate Room
A little bit of everything plate-related from an anonomous collector. Contains ads.
Matt's Mad Lab
There's something for everyone on this eclectic site.
The North American 1000
Plate spotter Reid Williamson shares his candid pics of low-numbered license plates in use. Here are some links to sites that aren't license plate related, yet I thought they might be of interest to plate collectors or people in general.
I welcome suggestions for new web site links to be added to this page, either for your own site or someone else's site that you particularly like. There are a few of categories of links on this page, and any links that are added must qualify for one of the categories listed below.
In the remaining categories, I'm just not going to add every link that comes along. Only the best sites will make the cut and be listed on this page. If you want to put a link to my site on your links page, you're more than welcome to, but doing so will not give your site preferential treatment to be included here. I'm sorry if this adversely affects you, but this policy is necessary to keep this links page manageable and useful.
To submit a suggestion for a new link, or to report a broken link or a new address for an existing site, please send me an e-mail with the pertinent information. Be sure to include the current URL (the web site address) of the site you are suggesting or correcting.
This section deserves some explanation, considering that this entire page consists of links to related sites. Listed below are links to other links pages, which have links to still more license plate related sites.
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