Author: Jon Cherry
Jon Cherry is a Director of leading personalised number plate dealer Regplates.com. Jon has over 25 years industry experience handling some of the most expensive plates ever sold with many high profile and celebrity clients. Active since 1991 in the number plate industry, Jon is currently Chairman of the Cherished Numbers Guild, a trade body representing number plate dealers in the UK. Jon has written many articles on the industry and insight into the future of numberplates and the market as a whole.

Car Registration Plate Prices Soar – SHANGHAI

STRONG demand from new car owners pushed car plate prices in Shanghai to the highest level in two years at yesterday’s auction. The average price for a private car license rose to 39,882 yuan (US$5,839), a 1,262 yuan increase from

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  • 22nd Mar, 2010

Record Number Plate Malaysia

March 20 (Bernama)– Vehicle registration number plate ‘TAY 1’ issued by the Terengganu Road Transport Department (RTD) created history when it was bought for RM220,000, the highest paid in Malaysia so far. Terengganu RTD director Abdul Rahman Emang Anyie said

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  • 22nd Mar, 2010

Lighthouse Number Plates

The Florida Lighthouse Association (FLA) has awarded the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum a $10,000 grant to preserve its historic structures. The award was announced at a members meeting recently in Cedar Key. Since the Junior Service League of St.

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  • 22nd Mar, 2010

Zoo Number Plate Bill Passed – Georgia

The Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday passed House Bill 1005 by a vote of 152 to 2. This legislation, introduced by state Representative Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, creates a specialty tag for Zoo Atlanta. In addition, the bill will allow

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  • 22nd Mar, 2010

Number Plate Shape Change – Nunavut

The Government of Nunavut is looking at updating its classic polar bear number plates with Inuktitut syllabics and Innuinaqtun. The shape of the number plate will remain unchanged, said Peter Taptuna, minister for economic development and transportation, March 16 in

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  • 22nd Mar, 2010

Number Plate Confusion

A SURVEY by Auto Trader reveals that Brits don’t know the age of their own vehicles, with one in four [26%] UK car owners unable to identify the month and year in which their vehicle was registered. Furthermore, one in

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  • 22nd Mar, 2010

Number Plates To ‘Keep Kids Drug Free’

Nancy A. Culp, a Prevention Specialist with Big Bend Regional Prevention Center, a component of DISC Village, Inc., visited the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, March 15 to encourage the public to purchase the Keep Kids Drug Free specialty

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  • 17th Mar, 2010

System To Prevent Duplicate Number Plates – Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is dropping its practice of issuing duplicate license plate numbers for different types of vehicles. Agency spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the BMV will make the switch to the non duplicate numbers

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  • 17th Mar, 2010

Fraud Measures For Number Plate System

A new national database of vehicle identification numbers (commonly known as VINs) should go some way toward eliminating conmen, swindlers and ne’er-do-wells from selling cars without disclosing pertinent information to buyers. Where before buyers could be fooled by falsified salvage

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  • 17th Mar, 2010

Capitals Number Plates Proposed

As part of package of new number plates authorized by the General Assembly, supporters of Arlington’s own Washington Capitals will soon have the chance to proclaim their allegiance to the team. Legislation patroned by state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31st)

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  • 16th Mar, 2010