Minnesota license plate design

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The series in use on these plates jumped to "LAA" at the time that the state-shaped divider was added as well. This was done in anticipation of a general plate reissue that did not end up occurring until , when this base was also replaced.

In , all previous plates were replaced with a variation of the lake graphic scene. This plate used a slightly deeper blue for the water, different typeface for the "10, Lakes" slogan, and added the word "Explore" ahead of the state name. The series started at AAA and continued to use the state shaped separator. These plates are currently on a seven-year replacement cycle, so any plates initially issued from through should have been replaced by now.

Plates that are less than seven years old can still be in use on this base. This was another variation of the lake graphic, albeit a minor one. In , the graphic was changed to have the white midsection of the plate fade slowly into the blue at the bottom, as opposed to the straight line used to border the two colors on the earlier "Explore" bases.

This design change was implemented to reduce the number of manufacturing rejects due to crooked stamping of the serial. A slight angle to the number is less noticeable with a gradual fade than it would be with a straight line directly below. This was odd because the state hadn't run out of numbers in the other sequence yet, and in fact was only up through about the "P" series at the time. These reverse-series plates are also the first Minnesota issues in this time period to be made out of aluminum instead of steel, so the manufacturing change may have had something to do with the new format as well.

Yet another tweak to this baseplate, the fade from white to blue at the bottom of the plate on recent issues has been made even more gradual, with very little blue left at the bottom of the plate. These newer issues also use a slightly different die set than previous issues.

Starting in mid, Minnesota switched their standard passenger plates to a new design using 3M's digital flat plate technology. The baseplate gave a facelift to the older graphic design, featuring a different shade of blue background and a new revised font for the state name and slogan. The serial was also printed in black for the first time as opposed to the older blue color. These plates use a 3M serial font introduced on South Dakota plates and used on several other states' plates since.

This font was supposedly based on the Minnesota die set, so makes sense for it to finally be put in use there. Initial issues of the flat Minnesota passenger issue were split between mail ordered plates and over-the-counter issues, with mail orders receiving plates starting in the B series. The plates were otherwise identical, although this one also features the newer-style blue-on-white month sticker. Continuation of the above series, once the over-the-counter reached the end of the A series, the sequence skipped directly to the C series.

This plate is featured mostly to illustrate that the mail-order and over-the-counter issues were both produced separately, as the breakpoint for the next design change occurred both within the B series for mail order plates and the C series for over-the-counter see next.

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