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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)
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Car Registration Numbers
Car Registration Numbers - Facts and figures surrounding plates
By now, you may have read through quite a wealth of information on this website. However, there are some very interesting facts about car registration numbers of which you may be unaware...
- The earliest known celebrity car registration number was T 8, owned by Harry Tate, a music hall artist. The plate is currently owned by Johnny Tate of the Tate & Lyle sugar company.
- Cherie Blair is reported to have purchased LEO 10 for their son Leo, which is displayed on his Lamborghini-shaped bed.
- The plate J1 HAD was banned as soon as J registrations came out in 1991, as it spells Jihad, the Muslim name for a holy war.
- Robbie Williams purchased the car registration number S8 RRY for his new Ferrari, to say 'sorry' to his fans for spending so much money on a new car.
- B1 LKO was bought by a fan of the TV series at auction.
- The ban on transferring car registration numbers from motorbikes and mopeds to cars was only lifted as recently as October 2001.
- 1 A fetched £160,000 at auction in 1989. If it came up for auction again, it could well break the current world record of £331,500.
This is just a small selection of literally thousands of snippets
of information that we have available. Many more are
available in the book Fanatical About Number Plates, which
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Plates Club members.
The book contains a wealth of information regarding car registration numbers and is certainly the unrivalled number one book on the subject of registrations. With a massive discount for Number Plates Club members, why not grab yourself a copy today? It would make a great birthday or Christmas present for that autonumerologist in your life!
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