12/26/08

South Dakota

PASSENGER

Passenger: The number on the left side of the plate letters is the county code.  See the county code page for the listing.

1990 brown graphic:  The following design began in 1990 ("91" stickers) and features a graphic Mount Rushmore at the right of the plate on a reflective brown background.  Single digit counties typically had a letter following the county number, followed by four numerals.  Two digit counties had an alpha and three numerals following the county number. 

1992 (green & red/reflective brown) Edmunds County natural m $5.00 (actual plate)

1995 (green & red/reflective brown) Minnehaha County natural m $5.00 (actual plate)

ns (green & red/reflective brown) Minnehaha County m $5.00

1995 white splash graphic:  The following design began in 1995 ("96" stickers) and features a graphic Mount Rushmore splashed across the entire plate in brown on a reflective white background.  All counties have a letter following the county number.  Single digit counties had five numerals following the letter while wo digit counties had four numerals following the letter. 

1998 (green/reflective white) Lawrence County vg $5.00 (actual plate)

1999 (green/reflective white) Minnehaha County natural vg $5.00 (actual plate)

2000 red/white/blue graphic:  The following design began in 2000 ("2000" stickers) and features a small graphic Mount Rushmore at the bottom of the plate in blue.  At the top, a white "South Dakota" appears on a red bar.  Single digit counties typically had two letters following the county number, followed by three numerals.  Two digit counties had an alpha following the plate number and three numerals following that.  For all counties, when the three digit numbers were exhausted, the plate numbers on the right of the plate became an alpha with two numerals.  There are two types of "2000" stickers, one that just has the "2000" on it, and the other that has "2000" with the plate number on the sticker.  "2001" stickers and after all have the plate number on the sticker.

This plate went through various changes as follows:

Type I: Embossed plate number on a steel plate
Type II: Flat small font plate numbers on a steel plate
Type III: Flat medium font plate numbers on an aluminum plate
Type IV: Flat large font plate numbers on an aluminum plate (notice that there is less space between
     the red bar and the plate numbers than the two previous types)

2004 (blue/reflective white) Spink County type II natural vg $3.00

2005 (blue/reflective white) Lake County type III natural vg $3.00

2006 (blue/reflective white) Lincoln County type III natural vg $3.00

2006 (blue/reflective white) Minnehaha County type IV vg $3.00