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Home   When you have decided on the plate that you want, you can be assured of the best price with the RegTransfers Price Promise. On top of this you will receive a full transfer service free of charge.* What are registration plate all about? The first registration plate system in the world began in Baden, Germany in 1896. Great Britain introduced compulsory registration plate on 1st January 1904. A system had to be thought up to make the growing number of car drivers accountable for their vehicles and their actions on the roads. One of the ideas considered was to give a registration plate to each car – like ships. Fortunately this wasn’t used! And the registration plate was born. If you still can’t find a particular plate, just sign up for the Reg Alert service and wait to be emailed when your plate becomes available! Registration registration plate were issued in Great Britain as early as August 1903, but it was in December 1903 that the London County Council issued the first London mark, A 1, to Earl Russell. When you have decided on the plate that you want, you can be assured of the best price with the RegTransfers Price Promise. On top of this you will receive a full transfer service free of charge.* Commonly misunderstood by many, registration plate or registration plate number plates can now sell for more than the average priced house. Prestigious numbers such as MG 1 and MS 1 are 100-year-old antiques! They are also among the most popular initials in the country. In December 1993 an anonymous buyer paid a staggering £235,000 for their ultimate registration plate ‘K1 NGS’ (Kings). More astounding was the time it took the auctioneer to achieve this figure – just over two minutes! Vehicle has had Private or Cherished Number Plates - A change of number plates could be completely innocent. Or it could be an attempt to conceal a vehicle's dubious history. A vehicle might read all clear under its new registration although it was, perhaps, written-off under its previous plates. For this reason, you need to be sure you have checked a car's history under ALL its number plates - right back to the date of first registration. A check can provide you with that information. Other examples of registration plate sold for large amounts of money are: ‘1 A’ £202,000; ‘S1 NGH’ (Singh) £108,000; ‘1 RR’ £106,000; ‘G1 LLY’ (Gilly) £87,500; ‘P1 LOT’ (Pilot) £82,500& ‘ ELV 1S’ (Elvis) £75,000. Just some of the categories set up to help you find what you are looking for are: Names and Initials, Words, Executive Collection and A to Z Listings. The Searches are numerous and can be related to your name, your business, your hobby or even your pet! For instance: CAT 1; N1 PUG; K9 DOG; S4 NDY; 1 UCY; T6 NYA; 1 EO; C1 LLA; M4 TCH; B1 RDY and 50 NGS. If you are buying a number plate as a gift, why not send the certificate with a set of Acrylic Plates? Or if you are not sure what to choose, you could buy a Gift Voucher instead. Thankfully not all registration plate are so expensive. Many start from as little as £79, plus a fee of £80 payable to the Department of Transport on all vehicle to vehicle transfers. Love them or hate them, registration plate are becoming more and more popular, as a mark of individuality and often as an investment for the future. If you still can’t find a particular plate, just sign up for the Reg Alert service and wait to be emailed when your plate becomes available! www.usedcarcheck.co.uk