# Luxembourg license plate: Legacy black

> The Luxembourg legacy black license plate: format LL 999, for example JT 363, documented 1955 to 1974, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Luxembourg license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg) (15 registration series).

![Luxembourg license plate, Legacy black (documented 1955 to 1974)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/lu/lu-legacy-black/luxembourg-license-plate-legacy-black.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1955–1974 (documented from 1955; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 340 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 240 × 200 mm: motocycles, with the national L sign below the number |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `lu-legacy-black` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-black) |

Sources:

- [RGD 17-06-2003 art. 12 §1: vehicles first registered before 01-01-1974 may carry 340 x 110 mm plates 'avec un fond de couleur noire non retroreflechissante, sur lequel les caracteres alphanumeriques sont reproduits en couleur blanche'; art. 12 §6 exemption. Art. 1 and the preamble cite the loi du 14 fevrier 1955 and the arrete grand-ducal du 23 novembre 1955 as the registration regime this all sits under.](https://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/rgd/2003/06/17/n2/jo/fr/pdf)

## About this plate

THE MISSING LINK, pinned for the next pass: art. 19 §2 of the 2003 instrument abrogates by name "le reglement grand-ducal modifie du 21 decembre 1991 sur le mode d'attribution des numeros d'immatriculation et d'identite des vehicules", which is the immediate predecessor allocation rule and the most likely home of the four legacy compositions. Legilux serves the Memorial issue for 21-12-1991 (A n.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Legacy yellow](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-yellow-1974) | 1974 to 1988 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/standard-2003) (documented since 2003)
- [Legacy euro](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-euro-1988) (1988 to 2003)
- [Legacy yellow](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-yellow-1974) (1974 to 1988)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/lu/lu-legacy-black.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/luxembourg?series=lu-legacy-black
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/lu` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "lu-legacy-black"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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