Investment Plates
The alternative asset
hiding in plain sight.
Personalised plates of 1 to 3 characters are finite by design. A scarce, non-correlated asset — that you can actually put on your car.
Investment grade plates for sale
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What makes a plate investment grade?
Short combinations
1 to 3 characters. The fewer the characters, the scarcer the plate — and the higher the demand from collectors and investors.
Numbers over letters
Number combinations command a premium over equivalent letter combinations at the same length. Pure number plates are the most sought-after.
Original blue plates
The 1989-1996 Investment Plates issued by Personalised Plates Ltd are a collector's subset with strong historical provenance and a documented price hierarchy.
Original Investment Plate series
Plates issued by Personalised Plates Ltd. June 2001 prices shown as a historical reference for the original price hierarchy.
| Series | Example | Plates in series | 2001 price (NZD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single numbers | 7 | 10 | $655,000 |
| Single letters | U | 26 | $555,000 |
| Double numbers (10–19) | 12 | 9 | $160,000 |
| Double repeating numbers | 33 | 10 | $182,500 |
| Double repeating letters | PP | 25 | $145,000 |
| Triple repeating numbers | 444 | 10 | $120,000 |
| Triple repeating letters | RRR | 25 | $94,000 |
| Four repeating numbers | 6666 | 10 | $82,500 |
| Four repeating letters | UUUU | 26 | $61,000 |
| Five repeating numbers | 99999 | 10 | $70,000 |
| Six repeating numbers | 222222 | 10 | $60,000 |