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Most expensive numbers sold
- '5' - £3.5million (Dubai - 2007)
- 'M 1' - £331,500 (2006)
- 'VIP 1' - £285,000 (2006)
- '51 NGH' - £254,000 (2006)
- 'GS 1' - £258,775 (2005)
- 'K1 NGS' - £231,000 (1993)
The history behind car number plates
Did you know that car number plates have been adorning vehicles in Britain since 1903?
Legend has it that Earl Russell camped out overnight in London to ensure that he would receive the registration number A 1. However, this wasn't the first car number plate to be issued...
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Number Plates News
Don's £12 number plate now worth £10,000
13th July 2006
When Don Hampson purchased his number plate, DON 80 for £12 back in 1968, he had no idea it would now be worth up to £10,000.
The plate now has extra significance for Don, who has recently turned eighty years old and has both his name and his age on his registration plate.
The plate was originally bought with a Ford Consul, which he paid £30 for. Shortly after, Don sold the car at auction for £18, but kept the plate which effectively cost him just £12.
Len Stout, Marketing Manager at Regtransfers.co.uk said "I reckon it would sell for around £8,000, but up to £10,000 on a good day."
The world record for a number plate was broken last week when M1 sold for £331,500 at auction, breaking the short-standing record set by VIP 1 which sold for £285,000 to Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich.