# Monaco license plate: Princely

> The Monaco princely license plate: format LL99, documented since 1978, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Monaco license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco) (17 registration series).

![Monaco license plate, Princely (documented since 1978)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/mc/mc-princely/monaco-license-plate-princely.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL99` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1978 → today (documented from 1978; the format is likely older) |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #5B9BD5 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `mc-princely` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco/princely) |

Sources:

- [AM 78-5 art. 6, série spéciale](https://legimonaco.mc/tnc/arrete-ministeriel/1978/01-09-78-5/)
- [the 1978 printing, showing MC01-MC99 only](https://jdm.gouv.mc/content/download/70638/1649149/file/JO_1978_J_6279.pdf)

## About this plate

THE SOVEREIGN PRINCE'S SERIES. Note what the instrument does NOT say: it does not mention "000", and it does not reserve any block to family members by name. See header finding 3.

## About its years

Original to AM 78-5, but ONLY IN PART. The 1978 printing gives the princely série spéciale as MC01-MC99 alone; MP and PM were added by a later amendment that was NOT identified among art. 6's roughly thirty amending arrêtés. So the SERIES starts in 1978 and two of its three blocks start at an unpinned later date, recorded rather than smoothed over.

## Format notes

Art. 6, série spéciale: "un groupe de deux lettres, suivi d'un groupe de deux chiffres soit MC01 à MC99, MP01 à MP99 et PM01 à PM99". Shape- identical to the motorcycle series, which is why that series excludes these three pairs by name.

## Other government plates here

- [Conseil national](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco/conseil-national) (documented since 1978)
- [Government ME](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco/government-me) (documented since 1978)

## Use it

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

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