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This is one of a mint, unissued pair of Colorado Centennial plates. If they had printed this one without dates, I think we still would have pegged it as a mid-1970s plate based on the fonts used.

Nice example of an In Transit plate from 1992 - a dealer type, presumably used for moving vehicles between dealerships, but not sure why they wouldn't just use dealer tags for that.

A nice optional 'designer' plate from Adams county. This style has been replaced with the new round of Colorado issues (see below).

This is commonly known as the "denim" plate, and it was also replaced by the new 'designer' plate shown below.

This is a nice seven-digit current issue that I picked up right here in a Maine junkyard. We love tourists!

I admit I picked up this plate purely for the color scheme, but it was issued to light trucks used for recreational purposes - seems like that category could include just about any light-duty truck. At any rate, this distinctive plate was absorbed into the new passenger base (below) with only a 'RTK' prefix to differentiate it from passenger plates. This yellow-on-green plate was also issued in a seven-digit format like the plate above.

This is the current Colorado passenger issue. As you can see, they took the basic design of the previous plate and worked it into a screened graphic, which worked pretty well. When you have a plate design such as Colorado's that has become kind of an icon in itself, an evolutionary approach to plate design is a good idea.

This is the current Colorado 'designer' issue, which has replaced the 'designer' and 'denim' plates above. While it's a fairly simple design, I think it's one of the most attractive plates on the road today. The only negative is that I hear that it clashes badly with some vehicle colors, such as bright red.

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	This is one of a mint, unissued pair of Colorado Centennial plates. If they had printed this one without dates, I think we still would have pegged it as a mid-1970s plate based on the fonts used.
	Nice example of an In Transit plate from 1992 - a dealer type, presumably used for moving vehicles between dealerships, but not sure why they wouldn't just use dealer tags for that.
	A nice optional 'designer' plate from Adams county. This style has been replaced with the new round of Colorado issues (see below).
	This is commonly known as the "denim" plate, and it was also replaced by the new 'designer' plate shown below.
	This is a nice seven-digit current issue that I picked up right here in a Maine junkyard. We love tourists!
	I admit I picked up this plate purely for the color scheme, but it was issued to light trucks used for recreational purposes - seems like that category could include just about any light-duty truck. At any rate, this distinctive plate was absorbed into the new passenger base (below) with only a 'RTK' prefix to differentiate it from passenger plates. This yellow-on-green plate was also issued in a seven-digit format like the plate above.
	This is the current Colorado passenger issue. As you can see, they took the basic design of the previous plate and worked it into a screened graphic, which worked pretty well. When you have a plate design such as Colorado's that has become kind of an icon in itself, an evolutionary approach to plate design is a good idea.
	This is the current Colorado 'designer' issue, which has replaced the 'designer' and 'denim' plates above. While it's a fairly simple design, I think it's one of the most attractive plates on the road today. The only negative is that I hear that it clashes badly with some vehicle colors, such as bright red.