# San Marino license plate: Historic H

> The San Marino historic H license plate: format H999, for example H709, documented since 2006, car, van, and motorcycle.

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

![San Marino license plate, Historic H (documented since 2006)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/sm/sm-historic-h/san-marino-license-plate-historic-h.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `H999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2006 → today (documented from 2006; the format is likely older) |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 267 × 63 mm |
| Colours | background #FFF4C1; characters #003399 |
| 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 | `sm-historic-h` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/historic-h) |

The H prefix marks a certified historic vehicle; no instrument spells out what H abbreviates. The design is deliberate nostalgia — RSM, dropped from ordinary plates in 1986, returns here as it did on the pre-1976 originals it imitates.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `RSM` | Repubblica di San Marino | Republic of San Marino |

Sources:

- [Decreto 15 marzo 2006 n. 65 art. 2](https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/documento17023371.html)

## About this plate

HISTORIC / COLLECTOR VEHICLES, from 2006. Issued by the Ufficio Registro Automezzi on the application of the Automobile Club San Marino / Automotoclub Storico Sammarinese under Legge 16 gennaio 1997 n. 8. The design deliberately evokes the pre-1976 plate, including the return of RSM. Motorcycles take the 165x165 mm square.

## Format notes

A RED H followed by three BLUE digits, with RSM in blue also on the plate, one of only two places RSM survives on a San Marino plate. The front plate reads H, digits, RSM on one line; the rear puts RSM on the upper row and the H plus digits on the lower.

## Use it

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

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