Who Collects Plates?

Young and old alike, enjoy collecting License Plates.  Children and teenagers seem to prefer collecting the colorful variety of modern graphic plates.  Parents and Grandparents often collect older style plates, which are plainer in design.  There is something simple and sentimental about those older style plates!  Many schools and youth groups have ordered License Plates from us, to decorate a room, while teaching at the same time.  License Plate collecting is a great way to help kids learn geography.  A full set of License Plates makes a stunning, interesting display for any classroom, garage or business.  See pictures of some collector's plates.

License Plates are great Souvenirs and Decorations

Many of our customers are travelers, either from the USA or overseas.  Some people like to collect a License Plate from each state they visited.  What a great way to remember a fun Florida or Hawaii vacation!  We also have sold thousands of License Plates to retail stores, automotive and insurance businesses, event planners, restaurants and hotels that want to decorate their walls and windows with colorful, eye-catching sets of real License Plates.  We have even provided genuine License Plates to movie producers, so cars that in their films seem to be in a certain state.

What are License Plates used for?

License Plates or 'tags', as some states call them, are 12 inches wide by 6 inches tall metal plates, with numbers and letters printed or embossed onto the plates.  This standard plate size is required by USA federal law. Every state in the United States requires License Plates to be attached to motorized vehicles that travel on public roadways.  License plates are used by the state governments to collect vehicle taxes and are used by police to uniquely identify and track vehicles.  Most License Plates today are made of aluminum or steel and some plates weigh over half a pound!  Texas, Nebraska and Maryland are some of the states with very heavy License Plates.

The Quest

Most License Plate collectors start out with a few plates and proceed on a quest to obtain a complete set of one License Plate from each of the 50 states.  What often begins as a casual collection of a few different states, can turn into a full fledged quest to get the few missing states added to a License Plate collection. 

PlatesUSA has been helping collectors expand their collection of License plates since 1996.  We hope we can help you add a few plates to your collection!
 

How do you display your License Plates?  
Send us a picture and we may display it on our site.  Email to getplates@platesusa.com  Thanks!