2001: The Return of Empire State
In 2001, the state began the process of replacing all of the 1986 base plates featuring the Statue of Liberty with a new "Empire Plate" design depicting Niagara Falls, the Adirondack Mountains and the New York City skyline, including the Empire State Building. The base also returned the "Empire State" slogan for the first time since the 1962-dated plates. Motorists were given the option to keep their previous registration number on a new set of plates for a one-time fee. Many took this option, so there are plates not in the standard ABC-1234 format on the road. In 2010, the standard plate was redesigned to Empire Gold. It consists of a dark blue lettering on a gold background but the ABC-1234 format is kept. Standard plate numbers are issued sequentially.
The Empire passenger plate issue began at ACA-1000 in 2001 and ended with EYH-2999. These have A-B-C-D-E prefixes. The Empire Gold passenger plate issue began at FAB-1000 in 2010 and have F and now G prefixes currently being issued (12/2012). All of these plates were issued alphabetically with numbers from 1000 through 9999.
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