Car Registrations

Dateless (or Cherished) Registrations

Dateless British Car Registrations such as JON 321 and JB 7686 are considered 'original cherished marks' and whilst very desirable, they usually have the greatest value because the letters come first in the combination. Combinations within this category with three letters may be followed by the number range 1 to 999. Combinations within this category with two letters may be followed by the number range 1 to 9999 and date back as far as 1903.

Reverse Dateless Registrations

Reversed Dateless British Car Registrations such as 321 JON and 7686 JB are considered 'reversed cherished marks' and usually have a slightly less value to the original cherished marks. Combinations within this category with three letters may be preceded by the number range 1 to 999. Combinations within this category with two letters may be preceded by the number range 1 to 9999.

Suffix Registrations

Suffix Car Registrations are combinations with the year identifier at the end of the combination and examples may be as follows: JON 1E or JON 12W or JON 879L . Combinations within this category always have three letters and may be followed by the number range 1 to 999 plus the suffix indicators A through to Y, excluding I, O, Q, U and Z.

Prefix Registrations

Prefix Car Registrations are combinations with the year identifier at the beginning of the combination and examples may be as follows: C21 JON or D45 SAM or E465 ANN. Combinations within this category always have three letters and may be preceded by the number range 21 to 999 plus the prefix indicators excluding I, O, Q, U and Z. The number range 1 to 20 on the A to H prefix were withheld for select issue. On the newer prefix range from J onward the following numbers are withheld for select issue and may be bought subject to availability: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2022 30 33 40 44 50 55 60 66 70 77 80 88 90 99 100 111 200 222 300 333 400 444 500 555 600 666 700 777 800 888 900 999.

Not every configuration of suffix and prefix were issued by the governing bodies. For example using JON again as our combination the only suffix letters issued were E, L and W, subsequently JON 131X does not exist. A1 JON and other very distinctive prefix marks were also withheld. The governing bodies hold auctions of previously un-issued marks at intervals throughout the year in which numbers like JON 1S and A316 BMW have attained substantial amounts.

New Format Registrations

New Format Car Registrations like JE51 CAS and TH02 MAS consist of a two letter regional identifier depicting where a vehicle was registered, a two figure age identifier indicating when a vehicle was registered followed by 3 random letters. The letters 'I', 'Q' and 'Z' have been omitted from the regional identifier (the first 2 letters of the registration) and the letters 'I' and 'Q' have also been omitted from the 3 random letters at the end of the registration.

Irish Registrations

Irish Car Registrations such as JAZ 1234 or GJI 23 are issued with three letters first containing at least one I or Z, followed by between one and four numbers. Old Republic of Ireland marks such as ZJ 2889 are rare but may be found from time to time. This range of marks always contain an I or a Z and a number between 1 and 9999.

'Q' Registrations

'Q' Car Registrations are reserved for the replacement of marks where a vehicle registration number has been previously made void, they cannot take part in the transfer scheme.