05/02/13

Montana

PASSENGER - 1991 "Big Sky" base

Passenger:  Up to 1975, Montana issued either yearly plates or multiyear plates that are renewed for only one or a few extra years before a general reissue provided new plates for everyone.  Because Montana county codes the plates, the pages can get enormous to download.  I have a very nice (and large) selection of counties, so beginning with the 1976 bicentennial design plate, I have split the pages into the following bases, each being a link to my website page of that type:

Pre-1976 bicentennial base

1976 bicentennial base

1991 "Big Sky" base

"2000" base

2006 "Big Sky Country" base

2010 retro white/blue design

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1991 "Big Sky" base:  This design began in 1991 ("92" sticker) and ran to 1999 ("2000" sticker) when it was replaced by the "2000" design.  The plate number has the county code (see "Montana county codes" page) at left followed by a dot separator and the plate number.  For passenger plates, single digit county numbers ("1" through "9") had a "P" (for "passenger") following the plate number, for example, single digit counties had a plate number format of "1P-0000A" and two digit counties had a plate number format of "11-0000A".  When Yellowstone County #3 (Billings) passed plate number "3P-9999Z", the county went to a "3P-000AA" plate number format.

1992 (blue/reflective multicolored) Missoula County natural vg $3.00 "4P-5193A" (11631)

1993 (blue/reflective multicolored) Toole County natural vg $3.00 "21-3037A" (11633)

1993 (blue/reflective multicolored) Prairie County vg $3.00 "45-586A" (11634)

1994 (blue/reflective multicolored) Missoula County natural vg $3.00 "4P-5874H" (11644)

1994 (blue/reflective multicolored) Custer County natural vg $3.00 "14-9817A" (11637)

1994 (blue/reflective multicolored) Valley County vg $3.00 "20-5081A" (11638)

1994 (blue/reflective multicolored) Musselshell County vg $3.00 "23-3502A" (11639)

1995 (blue/reflective multicolored) Chouteau County vg $3.00 "19-3282A" (11640)

1996 (blue/reflective multicolored) Custer County vg $3.00 "14-6860A" (11641)

1997 (blue/reflective multicolored) Dawson County natural exc $3.00 "16-136B" (11386)

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Chouteau County vg $3.00 "19-7121A" (11642)

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Blaine County vg $3.00 "24-8316A" (11643)

2000 (blue/reflective multicolored) Gallatin County natural vg $3.00 "6P-1507" (11591)