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Finland license plate: Museum car M

Issued today Documented since 1996. Historic plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). One of 18 Finland license plates.

Finland license plate, Museum car M (documented since 1996), sample MCM-621
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Format, years and the law

Format
MLL-999, for example MCM-621 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 1996; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Historic: vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico). Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #000000
Size
338 × 118 mm · every country's size
  • Finland license plate, Museum car M 397×118 mm (documented since 1996)

    Museum car M 397×118 mm

    historic · 397 × 118 mm

About this plate
THE MUSEUM SERIES PROPER, the one Finnish mark with a fixed first letter, and therefore the only Finnish plate string that identifies its own class.
Who can have one
minimum age years: 30. rule: Traficom: "Museoajoneuvolla tarkoitetaan ajoneuvoa, jonka valmistusvuoden päättymisestä on kulunut vähintään 30 vuotta ja se on säilytetty alkuperäistä vastaavassa kunnossa tai entisöity asianmukaisesti." The opinion on museum-vehicle eligibility is given by a national registered museum-vehicle organisation (SAHK ry, FHRA ry, Classic Data, Autohistoriallinen Seura ry), not by Traficom. Note the same page's counter-intuitive fact: "ajoneuvolaki ei aseta rajoituksia museoajoneuvojen käyttöajalle", Finnish law places NO seasonal or mileage limit on a museum vehicle; any limit comes from the insurer.

Legal basis and sources

  1. the 30-year definition, the accrediting organisations, 'Museoajoneuvolle voidaan myöntää museoajoneuvosarjaan kuuluva mustapohjainen museoauton tai museomoottoripyörän rekisterikilpi. Museoajoneuvon tunnus alkaa... https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/museoajoneuvon-rekisterointi
  2. A 162/2021 § 16(3): a museum vehicle may be given plates with the § 16(1)(1)/(2) mark 'valkoinen mustalla pohjalla ilman kansallisuustunnusta' https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf
  3. 'Museoauton kilpi M-alkuinen (118x338 mm)', illustrated with MA-126 https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet

This plate in your app

The series id is fi-museum-car-m. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Finland's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/fi \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "fi-museum-car-m")'
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