# Vatican City license plate: Cardinal red

> The Vatican City cardinal red license plate: format SCV 999, for example SCV 818, from 1930, no longer issued, car.

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Part of [Vatican City license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/vatican-city) (8 registration series).

![Vatican City license plate, Cardinal red (from 1930, no longer issued)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/va/va-cardinal-red/vatican-city-license-plate-cardinal-red.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `SCV 999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1930 → today |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #CC0000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `va-cardinal-red` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/vatican-city/cardinal-red) |

Sources:

- [it.wikipedia.org](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targhe_d%27immatricolazione_della_Citt%C3%A0_del_Vaticano)
- [ENTHUSIAST REFERENCE, DISAGREEING: red-on-white SCV 1-100 for the Pope and Cardinals](https://www.targheitaliane.it/vatican/vatican_i.html)

## About this plate

The two accounts cannot both be right about the modern position and neither is preferred here.

## About its years

The START is inherited from the 1930 Regolamento that reportedly created it and is no better sourced than that.

## Format notes

THE SERIAL GRAMMAR OF THIS SERIES IS NOT ESTABLISHED. No source states it. This row exists to record a documented historical CLASS, not to support validation.

## Other government plates here

- [Papal red](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/vatican-city/papal-red) (2002 to today)
- [SCV 1988](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/vatican-city/scv-1988) (1988 to today)
- [SCV 1930](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/vatican-city/scv-1930) (1930 to 1988)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/va/va-cardinal-red.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/vatican-city?series=va-cardinal-red
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/va` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "va-cardinal-red"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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