Argentina

 
Last update: 18 Mar 2024
explanation of the small letters on the plates:
A = hire car
(alquiler)
Auto CH
AC = farm truck
(Acriculturo Camion)
AC trailer
(acoplado = coupled)
A CH
AV
C, Ca, Cam = truck
(camion)
C.de F. = development commision
(Commission de Formento)
C ta, Cam ta = small truck
(camionetta)
D = lost plate (duplicado)
Gratis = no tax
Oficial = government
P = particular
R = repaired (reparto)
Turismo

 

 

Picture

Date of
first issue
Date of
last issue
Type Description Remarks
1   1904?
1905?
  car 123 Argentina automobile club
100 cars
2 1906   car 123 310x110mm
wh, bar top-left
250 cars
40 taxis and remises
(hire with driver)
car museum Argentina
3   1907   car A 123 wh, bar top-left and under-left, with letter
420 cars
109 taxis
25 trucks
4 1908   car 1234 310x110mm
wh, bar top-left and under-left, no letter
Parker
5 1908 1911 car 1234 valid for 3 years
1500 cars
147 taxis
60 trucks
Parker
6 1909   car A 1234
wh, bar top-right, with letter
1909 A red
Hediger
7   1910   car A 1234 wh, bar top-left and top-right, 1910 A in blue
 
             
8 1915 2018 car 123 bar top-left and top-right
valid for 3 year
Reselj
             
    1910 1930 car 1234 porcelain
9 1914   truck 12 Buenos Aires province
Vicente Lopez
Reselj
10 1915   car 12 Buenos Aires province
Caseros
Europlate
11 1916   car 12 Cordobas
Monte Maiz?
Miramar?
Reselj
12 1917   car 12 Cordoba
Villa Maria
Europlate
13 1918   car 1234 Buenos Aires City
car museum Argentina
14 1919   car A 12 Buenos Aires province
Rivadavia
Europlate
15

1920   car 12 San Luis province
San Geronimo Norte
Hans
Buenos Aires province
Balcarce
Europlate
Entre Rios
Rosario del Tala
Europlate
16 1921   car 123 Chubut province
Terlew
Osorio
17
1922   car 12 Corrientes province
Monte Caseros
Europlate
Santa Fe
Santa Rosa
Reselj
18 1923   car 123 Santa Fe
Maximo Paz
Alkstrand
19 1924   car 12 La Pampa
Aguas Buenas
Reselj
20 1925   car 1234 Buenos Aires City
si/bl
Francoplaque
21 1925   car 12 Cordoba
Ausonia
Hediger
22


1926   car 123 Cordoba
Ceballos
Hans
Santa Fe
Casilda
Moens
Buenos Aires province
Rojas
Brumby
Tucuman
Banda Rid Sali
Moens
23


1927   car
dlr
12 Entre Rios
Crespo
Hediger
Neuquen
Hediger
Cordoba
Ceballos
Hans
Santa Fe
San Urbano
dealer
Moens
24 1928   car 12345 Buenos Aires City
Larson
25

1928   car 123 Buenos Aires province
Brown
Hediger
Buenos Aires province
Hipolito Irigoyen
Hediger
Cordoba
Ceballos
Hans
26
1929   car 123 Buenos Aires province
Moreno
Hediger
Catamarca province
Tinogasta
Moens
27 1930   car 12 Santiago del Estero
Quebracho Coto
Hediger
28 1931   car 12345 Buenos Aires City
1930 50.053
1935 78.231
Larson
29 1931   car 12 La Pampa
Sarah
Hans
30   1932        
31 1933   car 12345 size?
Buenos Aires City?
Europlate
32 1933   mc 12 Buenos Aires Province
Lomas de Zamora
Hediger
33 1934   CD 123 diplomatic
Europlate
34 1935   car 1234 Entre Rios
Danny
35 1935   car
d?
1234

330x185mm
Santa Fe
Thiell

36
1936   car 1234 Buenos Aires Province
Avellaneda
Parker
Santa Fe
Canada de Gomez
Alkstrand
             
37

1937   car
truck
hire
12345 Buenos Aires
(city and province)
car
truck
hire car
(alquiler)
Reselj (3x)
38

1937   truck
cdef?
12
123
330x150mm
Santa Fe
Miguel Torres
Francoplaque
Territory of Neuquen
(untill 1950)
development commision
(Commission de Formento)
Plottier
Klotz
Reselj
39


1938   truck
car
123
12345
AB 123
330x185mm
Santa Fe
Rosario
Hans
Santa Fe
Rosario
GN?
web
Cordoba
La Calera
web
Cordoba
Villa General Mitre
Turismo
Hediger
40
1939   car 123 330x180mm
Corrientes
San Luis
Francoplaque
?
?
Hediger
41 1939   car 123456 Buenos Aires
(city and province)
Klotz
42 1940s   govt 12 320x180mm
senator's plate
Buenos Aires province
Hediger
43

1940   car 123 330x180mm
Territory of Neuquen
(untill 1950)
Plottier
Klotz
Rio Negro
General Godoy
Hans
Entre Rios
Del Uruguay city
auction
44



1941   car
truck
av?
123 330x180mm
Cordoba
Pueblo Italiano
Hediger
Santa Fe
Casilda
car (p)
truck (camion)
Moens (2x)
La Pampa
Colonia Baron
Klotz
Santa Fe
Franck
Parker
45



1942   car 123
1234
330x180mm
Chubut
Gaiman
Hans
Santa Fe
Emilia
Thiell
Santa Fe
Zenon Pereyra
Hediger
Santa Fe
Firmat
Thiell
Santa Fe
Canada de Gomez city
Alkstrand
46


1943   car
truck
govt
1
123
1234
330x160mm
Chubut
28 de Julio
Francoplaque
330x180mm
Rio Negro
General Godoy
Hans
Santa Fe
Canada de Gomez city
Alkstrand
Neuquen
San Martin de los Andes
Moens
47



1944   car
truck
1234
123
330x130mm
Mendoza
San Martin
Francoplaque
Mendoza
San Martin
auction
330x180mm
Rio Negro
Genral Godoy
Hans
Santa Fe
Armstrong
Reselj
Jujuy province
La Quiaca
Hediger
48

1945   car 123 San Luis
Juan Llerena
Francoplaque
Chubut
Gaiman
Hans
La Pampa
Damian Maisonnave
Hediger
49


1945   car
truck
a?
12345
1234
Mendoza
San Martin
a car?
c truck?
Francoplaque (2x)
Chaco province
Charata
Moens
Tierra del Fuego
Rio Grande
Larson
50

1945   car
truck
hire
123456 330x???mm (380?)
Buenos Aires
(city and province)
car
truck
hire (alquiler)
Klotz
Reselj (2x)
51
1946   truck
car
C 123
123
Cordoba
Arias
Francoplaque
La Pampa
Colonia San Jose
Francoplaque
52


1946   car
truck
hire
123456
(106963-680163)
123456
330x160mm
Buenos Aires
(city and province)
car
truck
hire (alquiler)
a?
Ish
Klotz
Reselj (2x)
upto 1949 this design?
      other E 12345 E = trail
dealer?/temporary?
(ensayo)
KS
53

1947   truck
r?
car
123 small truck
(camionetta)
R = repaired
(reparto)
La Pampa
Damian Maisonnave
Hans
La Pampa
Villa Marisol
Hans
La Pampa
Villa Mirasol
Hediger
54

1948   truck 123 Santa Cruz
Las Heras
Hans
La Pampa
Santa Rosa
Klotz
La Pampa
Damian Maisonnave
Hediger
55
1949   truck
car
123 La Pampa
Damian Maisonnave
Danny
La Pampa
Santa Rosa City
Klotz
  1950s   army 1234 army
(ejército Argentina)Europlate
56

1950 1952 car 123456
(297444-446404)
400x140mm
Buenos Aires
(city and province)
tab 1950 wh/re
tab 1951 wh/gr
tab 1952 wh/bl
Europlate
Reselj (2x)
57 1950   car
taxi?
123 La Pampa
Maisonnave
Francoplaque
58 1950s   govt 12 320x140mm
senator's plate
Buenos Aires province
Hediger
59
1951   car 123 Rio Negro
Genral Godoy
Hans
La Pampa
Falucho
web
60

1952   truck
taxi?
123 La Pampa province
(Eva Peron 52-55)
Villa Marisol
Hediger
La Pampa
Maisonnave
Francoplaque
Rion Negro
General Godoy
Hans
61


1953 1954 car
taxi
truck
123456
(302592-417370)
400x140mm
Buenos Aires City
Europlate
Alkstand
Klotz
tab 1954 bk/ye?
Klotz
62








1953? 1964? car 123456
262004-2024543)
 
Buenos Aires province
colours:
red taxi
yellow car
green truck
faded yellow car
faded green truck
faded red taxi
light brown bus?
red taxi
Reselj
Hans
Larson (5x)
Brumby (bus)
Klotz
62 1953     123 La Pampa
Damian Maisonnave
(Eva Peron 1952-1955)
Larson
64 1953     123 Rio Negro
Ñorquinco
tab 1953
Ish
65 1954     12 Entre Rios
Del Uruguay
gratis no tax?
Hediger
66 1954     123 Neuquen
Plottier
Hediger
67
1955 1957? car
truck
123456
(18046-155523)
Buenos Aires City
(slogan on top)
Europlate
it looks like a C in between the numbers
on a bus
web
68 1955 ? truck 123456 Buenos Aires City
Europlate
69 1955 1957 CD D 123 diplomatic
Buenos Aires City
bl/wh?
Europlate
  1955 1957 other E 123 E = trail
dealer?/temporary?
(ensayo)
Buenos Aires City
Europlate
70


1955   car
truck
CdeF
123 Neuquen
Plottier
car
Crowder
development commision
(Commission de Formento)
Francoplaque
small truck
(camionetta)
Klotz
Rio Negro
Enrique Godoy
truck
(camion)
Hediger
 
71
1956   car
ac?
V 12345 Eva Peron 1952-1955
(La Pampa)
AC = farm truck
(Acriculturo Camion)
Hediger
small truck
(camionetta)
web
72
1956   car 123 Neuquen
San Martin de los Andes
tab 1956 wh/re
Moens
Entre Rios
tab 1956 wh/ye
Klotz
73
1957? 1964? car 123456
(155523-661592)
380x175mm
Buenos Aires City(slogan on the bottom)
470.000 cars
most wh/bk (si/bk)
info Marvin 1963
Brumby
Moens
  1957? 1964? dlr F 12345 380x175mm
Buenos Aires City(slogan on the bottom)
dealer
KS
  1957? 1964? CD 123 380x175mm
Buenos Aires City(slogan on the bottom)
diplomatic
(cuerpo diplomatico)
Brumby
  1957?   govt 1234 Buenos Aires City(slogan on the bottom)
government
Hediger
74
1957   car 123
AB 123
Rio Negro
Allen
Ish
Corrientes province
Moens
75

1958   car
d?
1234
12345
SS 1234
Terra del Fuego
Rio Grande
tab 1958
Hediger
Mendoza
web
Rio Negro
Moens
76 1959   car 123 Santa Fé
Lago Argentino
Francoplaque
    1959   car   new series
305x155mm
  pictures 1960        
  1960?   car 123 El Quebrachal
Salta
Hediger
  1960?   car 123 Cosquin City
Cordoba
Hediger
  1960?   car A 123 Villa Nueva
Cordoba
Hediger
  1960?   other 123 doctor
(medico)
Villa Nueva
Cordoba
Hediger
  60s?   govt 123 national congress
(congreso nacional)
Larson
  ?   govt 123 natinoal parks
(direccion  general de parques nacionales)
Hediger
  ?   govt 12 deputy legislature
(poder legislativo diputado) Neuquen
Hediger
  1960?   car 1234 Las Brenas
Chaco province
Hediger
  1960?   truck C 123 San Esteban
Cordoba
Hediger
             
             
             
             
77 1960   car 123 Salta
El Potrero
truck
Larson
             
78 1960's   car 123 province of JuJuy
Rubinger
  1961   car CA 1234 Corrientes province
Klotz
79






1962
1959
  car
truck
hire?
taxi
bus
govt
dlr
govt
P 12345
C 12345
A 1234
1234
Om 123
GP 123
Ens 123
SO 123
Entre Rios
tab 1959 wh/re
tab 1960 wh/ye
tab 1962 wh/gr
Entre Rios
P = car
(particular)
Hans
C = truck
(camion)
web
A = hire?
Francoplaque
taxi
Hans
Omnibus
Reselj
GP = government province (gobierno provincial)
Reselj
dealer (trail)
(ensayo)
Reselj
official service
(servicio oficial)
Fox
80
1962 1968 car 1234 360x160mm
province of Neuquen
seen tab 1962 bk/gy
seen tab 1963 bk/gr
tab 1964 ye/bk
vdValk
tab 1966 ye/bk
Hediger
seen tab 1967 bk/or
seen tab 1968 bk/gr
81 1962 1968 taxi 1234 province of Neuquen
tab 1962
82 1962   car AB 123
ABC 123
Santa Fé
tab and prefix letters
tab 1962
seen tab 1959 bk/or
info Marvin
  1962   car 123 Cafayate
Salta
Hans
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
  1960s   taxi 12345 taxi
Fox
83 1964? 1968? car 123456
(219514-490139)
360x???mm
Buenos Aires City
info Marvin 1963
Larson
84 1964? 1968? car 123456 Francoplaque
  1965   truck 123 Gaiman
Shubut
Hans
85 1965   car 123 Salto 330x150mm
Rosario de Lerma
tab 1965
Hediger
86 1966   car P 123 province of Cordoba
Cavanagh
tab 1966
Ish
  1967   car 123 Elbordo
Salta
Larson
87

1968? 1971 car A 123456 310x140mm
early plates with a border
and sometimes with add
here Bahia Blanca
all letters used but I and O
Larson
Fox
Sastre
 
later



later






later


later
1969?
1987?
1978? diplo CC 2216-2326
CC 3365
CD 0414-1105
CD 0150-2436
CD 2088-2544
AB 1234
CC = consular
Moens
Francoplaque
Europlate
CD = diplomatic
Europlate
Brumby 1989
Toon 2006
Europlate 2019
ME = special missions
Moens
Klotz
OI = international missions
web
PA = non diplomatic embassy staff
Brumby
Moens
88 1969   govt 123 government
(oficial)
Chubut
Hediger
  1970   car A 123 Los Cobres
Salta
Hediger
  1970   car CI 1234 Rio Negro
Hans
89


1972 1994 car A 123456
A 1234567

310x140mm
Buenos Aires La Plata (B) reached 7 digits in 1973 and 2 million in 1984
Buenos Aires City (C) in 1980
Delgado
web (3x)
90 1972 1994 mc 123 ABC motorcycle 150x140mm
RNPA = national automotive patent registration
(registro nacional de la patente Automotor) Francoplaque
91     CC B 1234567 consular corps
Kästner
92
    other LU1 ABC
LW1 ABC
amateur radio
Europlate
93 cc
diplo
me
oi
pa
pj

1978
1987
  diplo AB 1234 330x...mm
CC bk/d gr
CD  bk/wh
ME bk/gr
OI bk/ l gr
PA wh/bk
PJ bl/wh
  1 1978        
94   Feb 1991   mc   new mc series?
95
former series in the new design,
fake, but used
Jan 1995 2015 car ABC 123 290x130mm
new cars and also large trailer
A jan 95 I apr 09
B oct 96 J july 10
C mar 98 K may 11
D nov 99 L feb 12
E may 02 M jan 13
F june 05 N aug 13
G dec 06 O july 14
H feb 08 P july 15

Europlate

96     car RAB 123 RAA-ZZZ
re-registration of the pre 94 series
Europlate
97     mc 123 ABC motorcycle
Toledo
98




    car ABC 123
dtc
replacement
D duplicate (duplicado)
T triplicate (triplicado)
C Quadruplicate (cuadruplicado)
Q Quintuplicate (quintuplicado)
S sextuplicate (sextuplicado)
Europlate (3x)
Bautista (3x)
99
    mc 123 ABC
dt
replacement
D duplicate (duplicado)
T triplicate (triplicado)
Europlate (2x)


 

100
    temp ABC 123 provisional
(provisoria)
Pereira Cary
(provisorio no oficial)
also a trailer version
Europlate
101     pers up to 7 digits personalized
Europlate
102
    tr 101 ABC 123 small trailer
101 and the rego of the towing vehicle
Europlate (2x)
103
    bus A 123 prototypes (never in use)
bus (remis)
with municipal coat of arms
Campana
Hediger
Santa Fé
Europlate
104
    taxi A 123 prototypes (never in use)
taxi
with municipal coat of arms
PTO, Santa Cruz
Hediger
Pico Truncado
Hediger
105
    bus A 123 prototypes (never in use)
schoolbus (escolar)
with municipal coat of arms
Rufino, Santa Fé
Hediger
Santa Cruz
Europlate
106     other LU1 ABC
LW1 ABC
amateur radio Europlate
107
Oct 2011   CD D 123 ABC diplomatic
last letter A is the head of the mission
BK = France
Francoplaque
last letter I-Z is private use
(incl. administrative staff)
CP = Portugal
Francoplaque
108     CC C 123 ABC consular corps
last letter B-H is official use only
BG = Spain
Europlate
109

    other A 123 ABC
I 123 ABC
M 123 ABC
A = administrative and technical staff
last letter I-Z is private use
(incl. administrative staff)
BG = Spain
I = international organization
last letter B-H is official use only
RX = OAS general secretariat in Argentina
M spacial mission
last letter B-H is official use only
AC = Germany
Europlate (3x)
110     other 123 historical
(automovil clasico)
Delgado
111 Oct 2014 now car AB 123 CD 400x130mm
also large trailer
Europlate
112     mc A 123 BCD motorcycle
200x?
Europlate
113


q
s
7
    car AB 123 CD replacement
D duplicate (duplicado)
T triplicate (triplicado)
C Quadruplicate (cuadruplicado)
Q Quintuplicate (quintuplicado)
S sextuplicate (sextuplicado)
Europlate
114     mc A 123 BCD duplicate motorcycle
Francoplaque
115     car ZZ 123 AB restricted use vehicle
vehiculo con circulacion restringida (vehicles subject to restricted traffic)
Delgado
116     mc Z 123 ABC restricted use motorcycle
Europlate
117     other ABC 12 agricultural
maquinarias (machinery)
Delgado
118 ?   other LU1 ABC
LW1 ABC
amateur radio
Delgado
119 2016?   tr AB 123 CD small trailer Europlate
(large trailers have a normal registration)
DNRPA (Dirección Nacional de Registro del Automotor y Créditos Prendarios)

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