NEW PLATES ALERT! John McDevitt reports the below four new special organization plates. Keep your eyes peeled as they are likely to hit the roads soon!

A Haven
Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department
Lily’s Hope Foundation
Swarthmore Fire & Protective Assn.

Jordan Irazabal submits this new high for the Disabled Veteran (Severe Disability) plate type. This type recently transitioned from the dark blue on white base to the "Family of Plates" design, starting at "80000 DV". For all current highs, be sure to check out the Highs page!

Here's a great find: a new high for the blue base of the Knights of Columbus plate type, a jump of about 200 numbers from the previously observed high. Click the link to see a complete history for this type. Thanks to Bautista Della Torre for the picture.

Bob Connison shares this picture of a 1968 Tractor Dealer plate. This may appear to be the #1 plate for this year, but looking at a few years before and after, it appears that it's actually #1001.

Bob Connison also submits this picture of a Valley Forge Council BSA (Boy Scouts) plate, now the second known plate of this type. This type, as well as other special event plate types, is located on the Defunct, Special Event, & Misc. page. Click the link to see this plate type's complete history!

Here is a new high for 1912 Dealer plates. Highs for early plates are hard to come by so this is a welcome find! Photo credit goes to eBay user "pinkocelot".

Dan Mong shares this picture of a new high for the U.S. Submarine Veterans plate type. This type has been out since 2005, which means about 10 are issued each year on average. For all current highs, be sure to check out the Highs page!

Our own John McDevitt shares this picture of a personalized Penn State Alumni Association plate. This plate type has been out since 1985, making it one of the longest-running special organization plates. The current high for numbered plates is "P/S 30368", which means that almost 800 plates have been issued every year, on average. That's a huge number for PennDOT standards!

Here is a throwback to one of PA's rarest plate types, if not THE rarest plate type: Moped Dealer. Your author has contacted countless moped dealers around the Commonwealth and only one dealer admitted to having these plates, and he was even receptive to a visit. He is located in the middle of the state, out in the country, and had numbers 4000, 4001, and 4002. It is my belief that these are the only such plates issued. He has since received the redesigned plates from PennDOT when the Dealer plates were redesigned back in October 2022.

Lastly, here's a picture of a very tough type to spot in the wild: U.S. Army Reserve, spotted by John Clark. This type, like the Reserve types for the other four branches of the military, started in 1987 on the blue base and transitioned to the "www" base (shown here) in 2000. Click the link to see this plate type's complete history!

As reported on this site on 7/14/2024, several new Miltary & Veteran plate types were authorized by House Bill 2301 (later Act 60). We now have prototype images of four of the five plates: Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Woman Veteran, Woman Veteran (Motorcycle), and Honoring Our Women Veterans (Motorcycle). The fifth type is Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal. Click the links to see more information about each type! Thanks to John McDevitt for the images and information.

The Civil Defense plate type now has its own page on this website. You can find it on the Defunct, Special Event, & Misc. page, or by clicking the link here.

Rob Higgins shares this picture of a new high for the Penn Alumni plate type. For all current highs, be sure to check out the Highs page!

Tim Gierschick sends in this picture of a Philadelphia Centurions Motorcycle Club plate. This plate is almost never observed in the wild so this is a great spot!

Last up this week is a personalized Neumann University plate from Richard Than. This is a "first-of" for this site, thanks Richard!

This pair of highs for the Clarion University and Lehigh University Alumni plate types comes to us from John Clark. Both have the map outline graphic in the top-left and both are "first-of" pictures for this site, and both are new highs! For all current highs, be sure to check out the Highs page!

Ian Emmett posted this picture of a U.S. Air Force Reserve plate on the Keystone State Plates Facebook group. The previous high on this base was A/F 0251 so this is a new high but over 2x! Thanks Ian!

Sebastian DiSclafani sends in this picture of a NASCAR plate. "N/C/8" is for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. PennDOT issued NASCAR plates for various drivers from December 2004 through May 1, 2010. This site has an entire page dedicated to NASCAR plates, click the link to see more!

An anonymous contributor shares this promotional plate for the PA Department of Corrections / State Employee Combined Appeal 2024 Car Show. This type of plate is located on the Front/Booster/Souvenir Plates page of this website, under the Defunct, Special Event, & Misc. page.

Last but not least is this picture of a Combat Action Ribbon without a sticker well, another "first-of" for this site. Thank you to Matt and to everyone who contributes to this site and our hobby as a whole!