# San Marino license plate: Standard 1993

> The San Marino standard 1993 license plate: format L9999, for example L1985, 1993 to 2023, 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 1993 (1993 to 2023)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/sm/sm-standard-1993/san-marino-license-plate-standard-1993.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1993–2023 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 390 × 120 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #003399; border #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-1993` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-1993) |

The letter is a counter, not a code: it steps forward once the four digits are spent. A San Marino plate can tell you roughly when it was issued, never where — the whole country is one registration district.

Sources:

- [Decreto 29 settembre 1993 n. 109, artt. 1-4: the letter+4-digit format, the 19-letter alphabet, immediate commencement and phased issue](https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti/documento17021492.html)
- [DD 132/2022 art. 9(1): old-format stock issues no later than 30 June 2023](https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/documento17134662.html)

## About this plate

THE 1993 ORDINARY SERIES: letter plus four digits, 390x120 mm front AND rear, blue on white. Decreto 109/1993 also abolished the revision-sticker obligation (art. 3), which is why the 27 mm raised circle prescribed by the 1986 decree disappears from the plate.

## About its years

START 1993: Decreto 29 settembre 1993 n. 109 art. 1 introduces "un carattere alfabetico seguito da quattro caratteri numerici", and art. 4 commences it immediately, "Il sistema di targatura di cui all'Art. 1 entra in vigore immediatamente e le targhe saranno consegnate progressivamente con l'esaurimento delle targhe di vecchio tipo ancora in giacenza presso l'Ufficio Registro Automezzi." Note that the instrument itself provides for a phased rollout, so 1993 is when issuance BEGAN, not when the old plate stopped. END 2023: DD 132/2022 art. 9(1) sets the hard stop, old-format plates issue "fino a esaurimento delle giacenze d'ufficio e comunque non oltre il 30 giugno 2023." The widely-repeated "3 December 1993" appears in no primary text; see header finding 2.

## Separators

The decree prescribes "un carattere alfabetico seguito da quattro caratteri numerici" with NO separator glyph and no gap specification, so the pattern spells the serial unbroken.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 1986](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-1986) | 1986 to 1993 |
| Replaced by | [Standard 2022](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-2022) | documented since 2022 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2022](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-2022) (documented since 2022)
- [Standard 1986](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/san-marino/standard-1986) (1986 to 1993)
- [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-1993.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/san-marino?series=sm-standard-1993
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/sm` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "sm-standard-1993"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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