| License Plate Terms |
| ALPCA: Orginization founded in 1954 for license plate collectors to join and meet other collectors known as the "Automobile License Plate Collectors Assc. Azon-Utsch: Method used to screen characters on a plate without any stamping required. Makes "Flat" produced plates. Base: Term used to describe a particular style plate for the plates time of use. (Ex. Lobster Base) Blank: Unproduced license plate that does not have any stamping or paint that are ready to be produced. Border: Either embossed or debossed outside edges of the plates. Dies: Alpha-numeric characters use to emboss/deboss (stamp) the given characters on the license plate. Deboss(ing): Method used to stamp the plates in a lowered form making a inmpressed character. (Vermont Plates) Emboss(ing): Common method used to stamp plates in a upper form making raised characters. Graphic: Colored screened sheeting plates on metal plates customized by each state to a sepcific design or color. Hologram: Reflective circle produced in the Scotchlite showing when sheeting was made and shows the plate is authentic. License Plate: Alpha-Numeric Metal plaques on vehicles showing owners of a vehicle and expiration of the registration. Natural: License plate having only one year sticker. Plate that was only used for one year. Run: Display of plates for each year or any given number of years or states. Sample: Non-valid plates produced my DMV's showing what a plate looks like for a given year. Scotchlite: Reflective sheeting product made by the 3M company used on metal blanks for making night-time readibility of license plates. Sticker: Stickers used on plates stating month and or year that the license plate expires. Tag: Another term used for License Plate. 123-ABC (ABC-123): Common format of unique combination of letters and numbers used on plate. |