Vehicle registration plates of New Hampshire
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The state of New Hampshire
began requiring its citizens to register their vehicles and display license plates on their cars in 1905.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
began requiring its citizens to register their vehicles and display license plates on their cars in 1905.
Passenger baseplates 1933 to present
| Image | Dates issued | Design | Slogan | Serial format | Serials issued | Notes |
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1933 | White based with embossed green lettering and border | none | 12-345 | unknown | |
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1956-70 (even years only) | Embossed white on forest green with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole | SCENIC (centered above numbers, same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE) | AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving) | Alternated with white plates from 1956 to 1971 | |
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1957-61; 1965-69 (odd years only) | Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole | SCENIC (centered above numbers, same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE) | AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving) | Alternated with green plates from 1956 to 1971 | |
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1963 | Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole | PHOTOSCENIC (centered above numbers, thin embossed font) | AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving) | Only year "Photoscenic" used instead of "Scenic" | |
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1971 | Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole | LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font) | AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving) | Alternated with green plates from 1956 to 1973 | |
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1972 | Embossed white on forest green with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole | LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font) | AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving) | First year the state motto appeared on modern plates | |
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1973-74 | Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole | LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font) | AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving) | Same as 1971 plate, but without 19 for registration year | |
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1975-78 | Embossed white on forest green with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; last two digits of registration year to left of upper left screw hole | LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font) | AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving) | Polarized version of 1973-74 plate, with registration year on opposite side | |
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1979-86 | Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers | LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font) | AB1234 (no spacing; letters tall and partially rounded) | ||
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1987-91 | Forest green embossed numbers on white plate with beveled edge; forest green plain font screened NEW HAMPSHIRE with Old Man of the Mountain Old Man of the Mountain The Old Man of the Mountain, also known as the Great Stone Face or the Profile, was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA that, when viewed from the north, appeared to be the jagged profile of a face. The rock formation was above... logo circle between the two words above with W in New partially in circle, all centered between holes; month registration sticker top left corner and year registration sticker top right corner |
Live Free or Die (smaller, but same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE, centered below numbers) | ABC-123 | AAA-001 to ? | First use of the Old Man of the Mountain logo |
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1992-98 | Forest green embossed numbers on white plate with beveled edge; forest green plain font screened NEW HAMPSHIRE with Old Man of the Mountain Old Man of the Mountain The Old Man of the Mountain, also known as the Great Stone Face or the Profile, was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA that, when viewed from the north, appeared to be the jagged profile of a face. The rock formation was above... logo circle between the two words above with W in New partially in circle; month registration sticker top left corner and year registration sticker top right corner |
LIVE FREE OR DIE(same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE, centered below numbers) | ABC-123 | AAA-001 to ? | Plate now reflective, using darker green; state name larger and stickers smaller |
| 1999-Present | Dark green embossed numbers with beveled plate edge; screened painting of Old Man of the Mountain and Cannon Mountain against sky, with Old Man to left of center on standard plates and to far right on vanity plates; green stylized cursive New over stylized serifed HAMPSHIRE centered at bottom of plate; registration month sticker at bottom left; registration year sticker at bottom right | LIVE FREE OR DIE (plain green font screened above numbers) | 123456 123 4567 |
999 999 to 100 000 (descending) 100 0000 to present (ascending) (&+-* also available as characters on vanity plates) |
Month of registration based on birthday |
Non-passenger types
| Image | Type | Dates issued | Design | Slogan | Serial format | Serials issued | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 to 1989 | Live Free or Die | AB1234 |