Light blue embossed lettering variety of the 1976 South
Dakota license plate
The one on the left was issued for Brown County
The one on the right is from Lawrence County
1976 South Dakota license plate issued in Lincoln County
1977 expirations on 1976 South Dakota license plates
The BN plates was issued in Brown County
The MX was issued in Minnehaha County
1977 expiring South Dakota license plate issued in Stanley County
Dark blue embossed lettering variety of the South Dakota
license plate
The plate on the left is from Brown County and is made of
aluminum, as can be seen from the back
The plate on the right is most
likely from Minnehaha County, but the archives are not clear on the MG
prefix
It is made of steel, rather than aluminum
1975 South Dakota license plates were still allowed for
use through March of 1976
1976 South Dakota sample plates with dark and lighter
blue letters
Both are on aluminum
1976 South Dakota farm truck plate from Sanborn County
1976 South Dakota farm truck plate from Faulk County
Truck
plates have the letter part of the serial to the right as a suffix
1976 South Dakota Commercial Fertilizer Truck license
plates as noted by the CF prefix
1976 South Dakota Combination license plate as noted
by CL prefix
1976 South Dakota county owned trailer plate
1976 South Dakota City Use Truck license plate as noted
by the CUT prefix
1976 South Dakota highway maintenance license plate
These 1976 South Dakota implement license plates (IM prefix)
could be used on vehicles not ordinarily on the highway and privately owned
such as cranes, drilling rigs, corn sheller, feed grinder etc.
1976 South Dakota Mine or Sawmill Truck or Trailer
license plate, as noted by the MST prefix
1976 South Dakota license plates for U.S. House of Representatives
Those on the left are on the aluminum base
The two on the right are on the
steel base
1976 South Dakota license plate for U.S, Senator
The
1 would indicate it was for the Senior Senator from the state, who was
George McGovern, Democrat, at that time
1976 South Dakota trailer and house trailer plates
1976 South Dakota bus license plate on the left. On the
right is what I believe to be a commercial bus license plate
1976 South Dakota National Guard plate
1976 South Dakota construction vehicle sample plate on
left with regular issue on right
1976 South Dakota apportioned pro rated license plate
1976 South Dakota ham radio operator plates
1976 South Dakota radio station and television license plates
Type of South Dakota license plate which would have
been used during 1976 on vehicles over 30 years of age that applied for
historical status
1976 South Dakota vanity license plate
1976 South Dakota handicapped/disabled person vanity license
plate
South Dakota compensation trucking permit plate expiring on June 30, 1976
1976 South Dakota motorcycle plate
1976 South Dakota motorcycle dealer plate
1976 South Dakota snowmobile and snowmobile dealer stickered licenses
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