These super rare non-personalized license plates are worth an absolute fortune, with just 4 known to still exist

Everyone knows there are expensive license plates in places like Dubai or the US, but this one is from Alaska.

Also, most license plates are expensive because they’re customized and come with unique combinations of number or letters.

That’s not the case here.

This one’s worth a small fortune, but not for the reason you think.

The most expensive license plates in the world

In theory, you can customize your license plate nearly everywhere.

But, in practice, there are constraints.

In places like France or Italy, for example, the plate follows a very specific format and can’t deviate from.

It always has to be: letter-letter, number-number-number, letter-letter – and the combination follows a strict chronological order.

By contrast, in places like Dubai or the US, you can theoretically have any plate you want.

And that’s why you end up with plates that cost millions of dollars because of their number-letter combinations.

But as for the Alaska plate, the rarity comes from somewhere else.

Here’s why this Alaska plate is so expensive

This is one of only four original 1921 Alaska plates that are known to exist in the entire world.

It is rare and valuable because of the year it was created.

1921 was the very first year Alaska issued official license plates – a full 38 years before it actually became a US state.

Back in 1920, Alaska’s population was only around 55,000 people, and there were barely any developed roads.

So very few plates were made to begin with, and the ones that did exist mostly rusted away in Alaska’s brutal, unforgiving climate.

Most sources say one of these plates can be worth up to $60,000, so basically the price of a brand-new BMW.

But that sounds a little too conservative.

The last time one of these originals changed hands privately, all the way back in the year 2000, it fetched a staggering $40,000.

Not only was this 26 years ago, it was also a totally different era.

Back then, the collectible market hadn’t exploded yet, but it has now.

So a six-figure price tag wouldn’t surprise us.