10/25/08

Iowa

PASSENGER

1969 (black/white) Woodbury County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1970 (red/white) Polk County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1971 (black/white) Plymouth County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

"75" base:  This base began in 1975 and was renewed yearly until replaced by the "79" base.  At left was the county code.  The yearly sticker includes the county number and needs to match the county number on the plate.

1978 (black/reflective white) Plymouth County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

"79" base:  This base began in 1979 and was renewed yearly until replaced by the "86" base.  The county of issue is indicated at the bottom of the plate.  This base was manufactured in both debossed and embossed formats.  On both formats, the yearly sticker includes the county number from the old county coding system used through 1978 (see "county codes" page) and needs to match the county indicated on the plate.

"86" base:  This base began in 1985 ("86" embossed expiration) and was renewed yearly until replaced by the graphic farm scene base in 1996.  The county of issue is indicated at the bottom of the plate.  The yearly sticker includes the county number from the old county coding system used through 1978 (see "county codes" page) and needs to match the county indicated on the plate.

1996 farm scene graphic:  This design began in 1996 ("97" expiration sticker) and features the popular farm scene with barns and silos superimposed over a white city skyline.  When this design first started, the plate number was embossed and the county name appeared on a sticker placed at the bottom of the plate.  Later, the plate number was still embossed, but the county name was screened at the bottom of the plate.  In 2002 ("2003" expiration sticker), the state began producing the plates in flat format.  At some point, the flat plates went from having an indent around the perimeter of the plate to a completely flat plate using a lighter, thinner aluminum.  On all types, the yearly sticker includes the county number from the old county coding system used through 1978 (see "county codes" page) and needs to match the county indicated on the plate.

Embossed, county sticker plate:

1997 (blue/reflective multicolored) Linn County natural vg $3.00 (actual plate)

1997 (blue/reflective multicolored) Union County natural vg $3.00 (actual plate)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Davis County natural vg $3.00 (actual plate)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Poweshiek County natural vg $3.00 (actual plate)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Wapello County natural vg $3.00 (actual plate)

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Mahaska County vg $3.00

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Webster County vg $3.00

Embossed, screened county plate:

ns (blue/reflective multicolored) Poweshiek County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

Thin flat plate:

2005 (blue/reflective multicolored) Pottawattamie County vg $2.00