New Jersey License Plates 1926-1938

Passenger Plates
1926 - 1938

COUNTY CODES
County codes were added to New Jersey passenger plates in 1926.
They now used an A0000 or A00000 format where the first letter is the county code - all counties started at number 1001.
The letter represented the county for passenger plates:

A = Atlantic	H = Hudson	L = Mercer	P = Passaic	U = Union
B = Bergen	I = Somerset	M = Monmouth	Q = Ocean (1926)	V = Morris
C = Camden	J = Hunterdon	N = Burlington	R = Sussex	W = Warren
E = Essex	K = Middlesex	O/N = Ocean (1927-)	S = Salem	Y = Cumberland
F = Cape May				Z = Gloucester

Essex County reached E99999 very early on, so they used E in the second position.
1E was used in 1926. Numbers reached 2E in 1927, 3E in 1928, 5E in 1929, and 6E in 1930.

In 1927, the prefix for Ocean county changed from Q to a stacked O/N.

In 1931, the Essex county prefix became stacked, like this:

Only 1/E was needed after 1931.
In 1938, Bergen County reched B99999 and used a stacked 1/B like this:

Some counties (F=Cape May, I=Somerset, J=Hunterdon, S=Salem, W=Warren) used a dash separator between the county code and the serial number from 1927 forward.
It appears that Somerset County (I prefix) was the only county to use the dash in 1926.

1926 - 1938A0000, A00000, A-0000, and O/N 00000
1A0000 and 1/A 00000

1926Bergen
New Jersey License Plate 1926

1926Essex
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1926Somerset
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1927Hunterdon
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1926Mercer
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1926Passaic
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1926Ocean
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1926SalemJack Hollingsworth
New Jersey License Plate 1926

1926Morris
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1926WarrenJack Hollingsworth
New Jersey License Plate 1926

Starting in 1927, serifs were used on the letters - this slight die modification made the plates more readable.
(You could finally tell a "number one" from a "letter I")

1927Bergen
New Jersey License Plate 1927

1927Essex
New Jersey License Plate 1927

1927Hunterdon
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1927Somerset
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1927Ocean
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1927Union
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1927Cumberland
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1927Gloucester
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1928Camden
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1928Essex
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1928Somerset
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1928Hunterdon
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1928Mercer
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1928Monmouth
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1928Warren (long)
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1928Gloucester
New Jersey License Plate 1928

1929Atlantic
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1929Bergen
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1929Camden
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1929Essex
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1929Hudson
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1929Somerset
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1929Somerset5-digit
New Jersey License Plate 1929

1929Hunterdon
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1929Mercer
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1929Monmouth
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1929Morris
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1929Warren
New Jersey License Plate 1929

1929Warren (long)
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1930Bergen
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1930Essex
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1930Cape May
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1930Hudson
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1930Hunterdon
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1930Passaic
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1931Camden
New Jersey License Plate 1931

1931Essex
New Jersey License Plate 1931

1931Somerset
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1931Hunterdon
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1931MercerRepaint
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1931Morris
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1931Warren
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1932Bergen
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1932Essex
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1932Somerset
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1932Hunterdon
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1932Monmouth
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1932Burlington
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1932Ocean
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1932Passaic
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1932Gloucester
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1933Essex
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1933Cape May
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1933Somerset
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1933Hunterdon
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1933Monmouth
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1933Ocean
New Jersey License Plate 1933

1933Morris
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1934Atlantic
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1934Essex
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1934Cape May
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1934Somerset
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1934Monmouth
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1934Ocean
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1934Salem
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1934Morris
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1934WarrenJack Hollingsworth
New Jersey License Plate 1934

1935Camden
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1935Essex
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1935Somerset
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1935Middlesex
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1935Salem
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1935Union
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1935Warren
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1936Bergen
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1936Essex
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1936Somerset
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1936Hunterdon
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1936Monmouth
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1936Salem
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1936Warren4-digit
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1936Warren5-digit
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1936Gloucester
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1937Camden
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1937Bergen
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1937Essex
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1937Hudson
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1937Mercer
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1937Passaic
New Jersey License Plate 1937

1937Gloucester
New Jersey License Plate 1937

1938Bergen
New Jersey License Plate 1938

1938BergenHighest 1/B known
New Jersey License Plate 1938

1938Essex
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1938Mercer
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1938Somerset
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1938Hunterdon
New Jersey License Plate 1938

1938Morris
New Jersey License Plate 1938