# Northern Territory number plate: Standard numeric

> The Northern Territory standard numeric number plate: format 999 999, for example 357 548, 1979 to 2011, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Northern Territory license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory) (5 registration series).

![Northern Territory (Australia) license plate, Standard numeric (1979 to 2011)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-nt/au-nt-standard-numeric/northern-territory-license-plate-standard-numeric.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1979–2011 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `au-nt-standard-numeric` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory/standard-numeric) |

Sources:

- [NONE of these carries a footnote in the article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_Northern_Territory)

## About this plate

THE NT'S THIRTY-TWO-YEAR NUMERIC GENERAL ISSUE, and the single most useful era signal in the jurisdiction: any NT plate with a letter in it is 2011 or later; any all-numeric NT plate is 2011 or earlier. DELIBERATELY NOT AUTHORED, for the usual reason (no primary, uncited secondary): the white-on-black five-numeral series of 1953-1979, the pre-1953 NT band plates, and the separate Central Australia / Northern Australia plates of 1927-1933. They are L4 work and the article is the only source for any of them.

## How numbers are issued

Reported: the NT ran FIVE numerals from 1953, "by the 1970s it reached 100-000 so a 6-digit version was added", and the six-numeral form ran from the 1979 colour change until the 2011 alphanumeric changeover. Reported reserved blocks, recorded and not authored as series: NT Government vehicles 800-000 to 899-999 (with NTG embossed at the left of the plate), government motorcycles 80-000 to 85-999, and an MO 8-000 series for Darwin buses.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory/standard) | 2011 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory/standard) (2011 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-nt/au-nt-standard-numeric.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/northern-territory?series=au-nt-standard-numeric
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/au-nt` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "au-nt-standard-numeric"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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