# Malta license plate: Vintage silver

> The Malta vintage silver license plate: format LLL 999, for example OSW 327, 2018 to today, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Malta license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta) (13 registration series).

![Malta license plate, Vintage silver (2018 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/mt/mt-vintage-silver-2018/malta-license-plate-vintage-silver.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2018 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #C0C0C0; band #003399 on the left; border #C0C0C0 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `mt-vintage-silver-2018` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/vintage-silver-2018) |

Sources:

- [L.N. 139 of 2018 (Government Gazette 19,984, 27-04-2018) s.7(b): the silver-on-black rule; s.6 updated the swap-fee wording from black->green to green->silver](https://legislation.mt/eli/ln/2018/139/eng)
- [S.L. 368.02 Second Schedule as consolidated (carries the silver-on-black text) and reg. 6D(7), added by L.N. 178 of 2015 and substituted by L.N. 160 of 2025: 'The registration mark allotted by the Authority to vehicles which are registered as vintage vehicles in accordance with article 25 of the Act is to be displayed on a vehicle registration plate having such specifications as established in the Second Schedule'](https://legislation.mt/eli/sl/368.2/eng)
- [Cap. 368 art. 25 (Act XIII of 2015, amended by Act XVIII of 2021 and Act IX of 2025): the 30-year threshold and the 50-year tax exemption](https://legislation.mt/eli/cap/368/eng)

## About this plate

THE CURRENT MALTESE VINTAGE PLATE, silver on black, from L.N. 139 of 2018 (gazetted 27-04-2018), NOT 2017 as commonly stated. Eligibility is a ROLLING 30-year rule from date of manufacture under Cap. 368 art. 25, with a classification committee, which is worth contrasting with Cyprus, whose black historic plate is keyed to a FIXED calendar date (registration on or before 31-12-1974) and whose eligible population therefore shrinks every year while Malta's grows.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Vintage green](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/vintage-green-2015) | 2015 to 2018 |

## Other historic plates here

- [Vintage green](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/vintage-green-2015) (2015 to 2018)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/mt/mt-vintage-silver-2018.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/malta?series=mt-vintage-silver-2018
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/mt` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "mt-vintage-silver-2018"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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