# San Marino license plate: Diplomatic CD 1976

> The San Marino diplomatic CD 1976 license plate: format CD99, for example CD97, 1976 to 1986, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [San Marino license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino) (19 registration series).

![San Marino license plate, Diplomatic CD 1976 (1976 to 1986)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/sm/sm-diplomatic-cd-1976/san-marino-license-plate-diplomatic-cd-1976.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CD99` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1976–1986 |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 486 × 109 mm |
| Colours | background #C8C8C0; characters #003399 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `sm-diplomatic-cd-1976` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/diplomatic-cd-1976) |

The only pearl-grey plate San Marino has ever issued, and the only one with two shades of blue on the same metal: dark "blu" for RSM and the digits, lighter "azzurro" for the CD.

CD is the Corpo Diplomatico, and this pearl-grey plate kept RSM alive after the ordinary series dropped it — painting the two in different blues: "blu" for RSM and the digits, lighter "azzurro" for the CD.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `CD` | Corpo Diplomatico | diplomatic corps |
| `RSM` | Repubblica di San Marino | Republic of San Marino |

Sources:

- [Decreto 7 ottobre 1976 n. 55, articolo unico](https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/documento17019324.html)

## About this plate

THE 1976 DIPLOMATIC PLATE, pearl grey, 486x109 mm, and one of only two places RSM survived on a San Marino plate after the ordinary series dropped it (the other being the 2006 historic plate). It also used TWO shades of blue at once: "blu" for RSM and the digits, "azzurro" for the CD sigla. Recorded because it is the sharpest counterexample to the idea that San Marino has always used one plate design.

## About its years

Decreto 7 ottobre 1976 n. 55, posted in the Pubblico Palazzo on 8 October 1976, creates the CD plate; Decreto 151/1986 art. 2 replaces the specification. The 1976 plate is a genuinely different object, not a restyling, see the design block.

## Format notes

'Numeri con due cifre', two digits, stated in terms.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Diplomatic CD 1986](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/diplomatic-cd-1986) | documented since 1986 |

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [Diplomatic CD 1986](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/diplomatic-cd-1986) (documented since 1986)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/sm/sm-diplomatic-cd-1976.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/san-marino?series=sm-diplomatic-cd-1976
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/sm` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "sm-diplomatic-cd-1976"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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