# New Mexico license plate: Standard balloon

> The New Mexico standard balloon license plate: format LLL999, for example XNN914, 1999 to 2010, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [New Mexico license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico) (8 registration series).

![New Mexico (United States) license plate, Standard balloon (1999 to 2010)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-standard-balloon-1999/new-mexico-license-plate-standard-balloon.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1999–2010 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-nm-standard-balloon-1999` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-balloon-1999) |

Sources:

- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_Mexico)

## About this plate

THE PREVIOUS BASE, and the reason to keep it is the MIGRATING NM DIGRAPH. A base that spends its serial space by moving a fixed two-letter token along the string, NM1234, 1NM234, 12NM34, 123NM4, 1234NM, is a distinct exhaustion strategy, different from Arizona's (add a character), Nevada's (change the arrangement) and Colorado's (reuse retired serials). Four states, four answers to the same problem, all in this one group; that comparison is the sort of thing the encyclopedia section exists to make.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard turquoise](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-turquoise-2010) | 2010 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard chile](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-chile-2017) (2017 to today)
- [Standard turquoise](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-turquoise-2010) (2010 to today)
- [Standard yucca](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-yucca-1991) (1991 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-standard-balloon-1999.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/new-mexico?series=us-nm-standard-balloon-1999
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nm` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-nm-standard-balloon-1999"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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