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this is czechoslovak and not old Czech, is it? 
jaramat 2025-02-26 23:27:36 | #2
Grantelbart (2025-02-26 18:40:00)Grantelbart
this is czechoslovak and not old Czech, is it?
this is czechoslovak and not old Czech, is it?
I think I see what you mean, yes. Good catch! This slightly different, older font was used on plates up until around the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist on 1.1.1993, but the district-based license plate system was kept in both Czechia and Slovakia. These plates are still valid in Czechia. Slovakia, on the other hand, discontinued the system in 2005 and mandated all cars to be re-registered with their own new license plates, so chances of meeting a car with Czechoslovak-style plates of Slovakia's districts are effectively zero.
As far as I know, keeping older-system plates valid in various countries is fairly common. You can spot old cars with original plates in Italy, France, Spain, Poland, UK, etc. USSR plates are still valid in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, which I personally find fascinating.
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Grantelbart 2025-02-27 01:02:58 | #3
jaramat (2025-02-26 23:27:36)jaramat
Grantelbart
this is czechoslovak and not old Czech, is it?
I think I see what you mean, yes. Good catch! This slightly different, older font was used on plates up until around the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist on 1.1.1993, but the district-based license plate system was kept in both Czechia and Slovakia. These plates are still valid in Czechia. Slovakia, on the other hand, discontinued the system in 2005 and mandated all cars to be re-registered with their own new license plates, so chances of meeting a car with Czechoslovak-style plates of Slovakia's districts are effectively zero.
As far as I know, keeping older-system plates valid in various countries is fairly common. You can spot old cars with original plates in Italy, France, Spain, Poland, UK, etc. USSR plates are still valid in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, which I personally find fascinating.
Grantelbart
this is czechoslovak and not old Czech, is it?
I think I see what you mean, yes. Good catch! This slightly different, older font was used on plates up until around the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist on 1.1.1993, but the district-based license plate system was kept in both Czechia and Slovakia. These plates are still valid in Czechia. Slovakia, on the other hand, discontinued the system in 2005 and mandated all cars to be re-registered with their own new license plates, so chances of meeting a car with Czechoslovak-style plates of Slovakia's districts are effectively zero.
As far as I know, keeping older-system plates valid in various countries is fairly common. You can spot old cars with original plates in Italy, France, Spain, Poland, UK, etc. USSR plates are still valid in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, which I personally find fascinating.
Exactly. I was told a while ago that plates with a dash also In between the letters and first numbers are from prior to 1993, additionally to the different font. And they are much rarer to find than the ones with just a dash between the numbers, I have the impression
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-J-F- 2025-02-27 14:30:09 | #4
Grantelbart (2025-02-27 01:02:58)Grantelbart
Exactly. I was told a while ago that plates with a dash also In between the letters and first numbers are from prior to 1993, additionally to the different font. And they are much rarer to find than the ones with just a dash between the numbers, I have the impression
Exactly. I was told a while ago that plates with a dash also In between the letters and first numbers are from prior to 1993, additionally to the different font. And they are much rarer to find than the ones with just a dash between the numbers, I have the impression
Actually, they are prior to 1986 (but some districts issued them up to 1992 due to large stocks), then there were plates with thin font without dash and from 1994 plates with reflective surface and font used to this day
http://www.czech-plate.cz/html/katalog_cz.htm
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Grantelbart 2025-02-27 15:06:25 | #5
-J-F- (2025-02-27 14:30:09)-J-F-
Grantelbart
Exactly. I was told a while ago that plates with a dash also In between the letters and first numbers are from prior to 1993, additionally to the different font. And they are much rarer to find than the ones with just a dash between the numbers, I have the impression
Actually, they are prior to 1986 (but some districts issued them up to 1992 due to large stocks), then there were plates with thin font without dash and from 1994 plates with reflective surface and font used to this day
http://www.czech-plate.cz/html/katalog_cz.htm
Grantelbart
Exactly. I was told a while ago that plates with a dash also In between the letters and first numbers are from prior to 1993, additionally to the different font. And they are much rarer to find than the ones with just a dash between the numbers, I have the impression
Actually, they are prior to 1986 (but some districts issued them up to 1992 due to large stocks), then there were plates with thin font without dash and from 1994 plates with reflective surface and font used to this day
http://www.czech-plate.cz/html/katalog_cz.htm
Bloody hell, that's more complicated than I expected. Thank you very much
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