moini.net - Jim Moini's License Plates
Passenger Plates
1908
First year of state-issued plates.
190800000
1908 plates were made of separate metal panels - one for each digit, and one for the right side with the makers seal.

Jeff Francis
New Jersey License Plate 1908

John Willard
New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908

Donna Otto
New Jersey License Plate 1908

Joe Pugliese
New Jersey License Plate 1908

Leib Brothers
New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908

John Anshant
New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


The last prestate plate seen is #38887 ... so potentially anything higher than that would have been issued to new registrants in 1908.
Plates with lower numbers were reissues of existing prestate numbers.

Some 5-digit plates have the first two digits on the same panel.


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908

Drew Steitz
New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


Seal detail (# NOT GIVEN)

 
Here is a set of 4 plates with the same number.
The makers seals on one set have the serial number 480 ... the second set has ☆480☆
Maybe the star denotes a second set of plates (remakes) ??
Leib Brothers


New Jersey License Plate 1908

This plate has an inverted "8"
New Jersey License Plate 1908

Seal # 480
New Jersey License Plate 1908

Seal # ☆480☆
Is the "8" inverted here too ?

New Jersey License Plate 1908

 
Below is a 1908 plate with two seals on it.
Does that mean it was transferred to a different car mid-year ?   Perhaps we'll never know.
John Anshant


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908


New Jersey License Plate 1908