What is the cheapest you can get a 3-digit number plate for?

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Any combination of digits. Just curious what these start at now either by auction or listing. I think I remember approx 10-12 yrs back (when I bought a 4-digit reg) you could pick one up for around 10k?

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Bestle said:

Cheapest would be in the region of £30k.

I think that probably sounds about right. The 4-digit plates start at approx 4 times what I paid back in 2013. It’s hard to know if we’re in a bubble or not with these as they’re not making any more.

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Square Leg said:

You still looking for T1T?

I think I’ve found him

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Cliftonite said:

Digits or characters?

For example: 7 XF / 3 GS / etc

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datelessregistrations said:

£30,000

There are only 9 left to auction off and after that they’re all in private hands

Ones like 4DU are around £33,000 and they increase to ones like JT 1 for six figure sums.

Thanks. I didn't know there was 9 left to auction. I always wanted one but never got any further, bought a 4-digit for £1200 (nothing special but I just wanted the cheapest) and seems like it's been a good investment. I know they're not for everyone but I just think there's something about the 'less is more' look. And they're not making any more of them.

I don't think I could stomach 30k unless I was sure it would be an investment because they're not easy to sell in private hands.


Do you think that like everything else currently (cars, watches, houses?) they are in a bubble?

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datelessregistrations said:

It’s hard to say but when we sell these numbers we typically assign them to a Rolls, Bentley, Lamborghini or other high end car so the short 3 character stuff has an appeal to people and they aren’t making more so there are a limited amount of numbers to go around and many more nice cars being made each year.

there are fewer and fewer in original ownership and when they go to the ultimate end user they typically stay there a generation

NR 1 is an example as that sold to a chap with those initials and it’s now on a rare Aston in central london so would be unlikely to come up for sale again.

The 4 character numbers are more popular but they now typically start just under £4,000 if you’re lucky to find one but for popular initials they can be much more.

Suppose it’s like anything when you delve deeper there are people involved in every asset class like wine, stamps, watches and so on.

Some people don’t see the appeal and some do.

The 3 character stuff has become a bit of a status symbol as the must have accessory for a new car now (again some people will disagree but for many people it is)

In Dubai number plates can easily fetch millions and that mentality is catching on in the UK - of course, not to everyone and we fully understand some people wouldn’t want a private number plate

Thanks for reply - very interesting to hear from someone in the game