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WannaDig3687

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My father-in-law asked me to research this. The auction websites are all over the place. What do you peeps think it is worth?

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Not really sure Sis :dontknow: "pl8man" here on Tnet could give you a better idea. Cool plate though!
 

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WannaDig3687

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Not really sure Sis :dontknow: "pl8man" here on Tnet could give you a better idea. Cool plate though!

Thanks, civilman1. Hopefully he will chime in. It is pretty cool. I think I read something about the order of the letters vs. numbers indicate where it may have been issued from. I am going to try to contact BMV and see what they can tell me.
 

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Your plate is in very good condition and should fetch $25-$40 based on sold eBay listings.
 

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I've heard they can go for a good price depends on year state condition I remember cause I found one from the 30s and was rusted and did some research on its value of it was nicer
I would put it on auction for 1 week it will usually hit its value by then if it's a sought after plate. Good luck
 

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WannaDig3687

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Thanks for the feed back everyone. I will pass on the information. :thumbsup:
 

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[h=5]Ohio 150th Anniversary Northwest Territory '38[/h] The Northwest Territory, organized in 1788, was a vast tract of land that covered all of what is now the U.S. Midwest east of the Mississippi River, including present-day Ohio. Anyway, between 1935 and 1979, Ohio issued different serial formats to motorists living in various parts of the state. This format, with two suffix letters, identified the motorist as being from the western or southwestern portion of Ohio, which included Cincinnati and Dayton.
 

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WannaDig3687

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Ohio 150th Anniversary Northwest Territory '38

The Northwest Territory, organized in 1788, was a vast tract of land that covered all of what is now the U.S. Midwest east of the Mississippi River, including present-day Ohio. Anyway, between 1935 and 1979, Ohio issued different serial formats to motorists living in various parts of the state. This format, with two suffix letters, identified the motorist as being from the western or southwestern portion of Ohio, which included Cincinnati and Dayton.

Thanks, fyrffytr1. That is the information I thought I had read. Now I have all the information in one spot. I appreciate it.
 

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$20-$40 going by Ebay "sold" auctions. If he had a matching pair they are worth a bit more. I collect license plates and personally it wouldn't be worth even $20 to me simply because they aren't all that rare. You have to remember all the regular passenger car plates they issued that year had that stuff on them. Now if you come across an Orange Tennessee plate from 1951 we need to talk..
 

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WannaDig3687

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Thanks, everyone, for all the information. :thumbsup: The next time we visit my Father-in-law, I will bring up the thread and let him read it.

Note: I will keep my eye out for the 1951 Tennessee plate. :wink:
 

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