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Examples of license plate grading:
Various plates from mint to poor

This page shows examples of various recent years plates ranging from mint to poor condition. Plates with similar color backgrounds were chosen so that a better comparison could be made.

The images are large and there are nine of them so the entire page might take a moment to load.
mint:
mint condition Minnesota 1972
See the page on scotchlite for an explanation why the background of this plate has such a yellowish hue.
excellent:
excellent condition Louisiana 1992
very very good:
vvg condition Oklahoma 2001
very good:
very good condition Mississippi 1996
good to very good:
gvg condition Hawaii 1976
good:
good condition Panama 1990 official
fair to good:
fg condition Texas 1993
fair:
fair condition Iowa 1977
poor:
poor condition Texas 1994 disabled veteran
Links to pages showing photographic examples of each grade:
mint
(m)		 *
*		 excellent
(exc)		 *
*		 very very good
(vvg)		 *
*		 very good
(vg)
good to very good
(gvg)		 *
*		 good
(g)		 *
*		 fair to good
(fg)		 *
*		 fair
(f)		 *
*		 poor
(p)
Links to pages showing photographic examples of similar plates of different grades:
Older New York plates
(1920s-50s)		   *
*		   Newer Texas plates
(1990s)
Other links:
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