Maine · sequential passenger map
Maine license-plate format
Maine passenger plates often show four digits and two letters. In this atlas the pattern string uses A for a letter slot and 9 for a digit slot. Other characters are separators that appear on the metal but do not enlarge the combination space.
- Pattern
- 9999 AA
- Classes
- 2 letters + 4 digits
- Alphabet size
- 26
- Skipped letters
- none modelled
- Combination count
- 6,760,000
- Model year
- 1999
How the map works
Each A slot independently takes one glyph from ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Each 9 slot takes 0–9. The product of those bases is 6,760,000 — the size of the sequential space taught here. Hyphens, spaces and dots in 9999 AA are display only.
Maine kept a short alphanumeric as the lobster/chickadee plates evolved. Two letters on the right are the series key.
Before this map, Maine used 12345 numeric and early chickadee issues. Optional graphics (universities, military, environmental) can look nothing like the sequential passenger die and are not counted in the 6,760,000 figure.
SPR 9932 is three letters and four digits — not Maine’s 9999 AA map.
Generated versus issued
A string that fits 9999 AA is in-class. It is not automatically an issued plate. Series can skip blocks, retire numbers, or reserve low digits. This essay never queries a motor-vehicle file. See also generated vs issued.