Colorado License Plates

Colorado was a late comer to the license plate registration system, their first state tag was issued in 1913, this is a very rare plate today and commands a large price. This first plate was manufactured out of porcelain as was the next 2 years of production. The Colorado department of motor vehicles has used the slogans Colorful during a few years in the 1950s and brought it back in 1973 for a two year period, Centennial was used in 1975 and 1976. A skier graphic was introduced on the 1958 plates and only used for one year, this is quite popular with collectors today. Beginning in 1960 the mountain graphic was utilized and is still in use today. The DMV has mostly issued pairs during the Colorado license plate history, with the exception of the years 1913 to 1920 and the World War II years of 1943 thru 1946.