New Jersey Courtesy License Plates

COURTESY 1959-1992 These plates are issued to government officials or "important people".
Some of them are pseudo-vanities, using initials in addition to the county code.

1959 BASE

Starting in 1959, courtesy plates used 8 numbering patterns - all shown below in sample format. The numbers used are now 1 through 20.
This numbering continues through the present day.

1959David Doernberg
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1959Photoshop
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1959David Doernberg
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The first letter of the three is always a county code - except for "T". T- courtesy plates are not associated with any county.
The next 2 letters can be anything; some are the owner's initials.

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Jeff FazekasOdd spacing on TJB
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

REFLECTORIZED
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

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Michael Goodfellow
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Jeff Fazekas
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2003NON-PASS STICKER
Jeff Fazekas
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

1970Dave ZulloREFLECTORIZED
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1970REFLECTORIZED
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1970Dave ZulloREFLECTORIZED
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c.1971NON-REFLECTORIZED
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1977 BASE

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Incorrect spacing
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Mike Bender / Xavier H.
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

1979 BASE

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Mike Wiener
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Mike Wiener
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J Mattes
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Jeff Fazekas
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

Jeff Fazekas
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Joe Pugliese
New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

2006NON-PASS STICKERS
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

Joe Pugliese
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

Mike Wiener
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

HANDICAPPED
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Lee Madigan
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

HANDICAPPED
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New Jersey Courtesy License Plate

Mike Wiener
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2005
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CAR NUMBERS

The dies used for the car number changed around 1992, when the 7-digit dies were introduced for the full-sized letters and numbers.

The 1980's-style car numbers were wider, and they were used on some of the earlier 1992 base plates.
The newer car numbers are narrower, and slightly higher.

1980's
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1992 WIDE
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1992 NARROW
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