# San Marino license plate: Standard 1986

> The San Marino standard 1986 license plate: format 99999, for example 43892, 1986 to 1993, car, van, truck, and bus.

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

![San Marino license plate, Standard 1986 (1986 to 1993)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/sm/sm-standard-1986/san-marino-license-plate-standard-1986.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1986–1993 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 390 × 120 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; 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-standard-1986` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-1986) |

Nothing to decode, and that is the story: the 1986 reform stripped even RSM off the ordinary plate, leaving five bare digits — the entire national fleet, simply counted.

Sources:

- [Decreto 18 dicembre 1986 n. 151, artt. 1-4](https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti/documento17020523.html)

## About this plate

THE DIGITS-ONLY MODERN PLATE, and the instrument that DROPPED RSM from the ordinary plate, see header finding 1. It also carried a raised 27 mm circle for the revision sticker, a feature that existed only between 1986 and 1993. Its art. 2 is the origin of the CD, POLIZIA and R markings that survive to this day.

## About its years

START: Decreto 18 dicembre 1986 n. 151, "Istituzione di nuovo modello di targa per i veicoli", published 22 December 1986. END: superseded by Decreto 109/1993, whose art. 1 replaces art. 1 of the 1986 decree.

## How numbers are issued

Decreto 151/1986 art. 4 names the opening numbers in terms: "Le targhe di cui agli articoli precedenti saranno adottate a partire dai seguenti numeri di immatricolazione: - n. 30.000 per gli autoveicoli - n. 7.600 per motoveicoli - n. 900 per rimorchi - n. 01 Per Corpo Diplomatico". A rare primary statement of series starting points.

## Format notes

DIGITS ONLY, the decree says "Numeri di immatricolazione a rilievo di colore blu", with no alphabetic character anywhere in the ordinary series. That single word settles the pre-1993 format from primary text rather than from observation.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [RSM](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/rsm-1922) | documented 1922 to 1986 |
| Replaced by | [Standard 1993](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-1993) | 1993 to 2023 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2022](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-2022) (documented since 2022)
- [Standard 1993](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-1993) (1993 to 2023)
- [RSM](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/rsm-1922) (documented 1922 to 1986)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/sm/sm-standard-1986.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/san-marino?series=sm-standard-1986
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/sm` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "sm-standard-1986"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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