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Washington · in-format generated example

REF1739 — license plate combination

REF1739 is filed as a generated example of the Washington sequential passenger serial — AAA9999 (3 letters + 4 digits). Letters REF sit in positions 1, 2, 3; digits 1739 sit in positions 4, 5, 6, 7. This page does not identify a car, an owner, or a live registration. It measures how the string sits inside a published character map of 175,760,000 slots, adopted in this atlas from 2010 after ABC-1234 and mountain graphic resets.

Disclaimer. REF1739 is not published here as a real vehicle or plate record. It is a generated example of a serial map for teaching and testing.

Plate text
REF1739
Alphanumeric
REF1739
State format
Washington · AAA9999
Character count
7
Letters
REF
Numbers
1739
Letter positions
1, 2, 3
Numeric positions
4, 5, 6, 7
Combinations in map
175,760,000
Mixed-radix rank
116,011,739

How to read REF1739

Spoken: Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · one · seven · three · nine. Normalised forms: REF1739, slug ref-1739, display REF1739.

Character map

PositionGlyphClassRole
1RLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Romeo).
2ELetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Echo).
3FLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Foxtrot).
41DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: one).
57DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: seven).
63DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: three).
79DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: nine).

Washington format in brief

Washington’s Evergreen State plates moved through ABC-1234 into a no-dash seven-character block as cameras and dies simplified.

SPR9932 matches the skeleton. Display may add a hyphen only as a normalisation. Full essay: Washington license-plate format.

Combinatorics for REF1739

Alphabet size 26 × the digit slots in AAA9999 produces 175,760,000 serials. Rank 116,011,739 is about the 66.0058 percentile of that space (0 = first serial, 100 = last).

States whose map accepts REF1739

Serial neighbours of REF1739

Deterministic rank deltas. These links do not change on refresh.

Similar combinations (this request)

Same Washington map, new PHP random draw on every reload — extra internal links, not a new identity for REF1739.

Why someone might look up REF1739

UseNote
Vanity researchPeople compare a wanted phrase against the sequential map so they can see whether it is a standard serial or a specialty request.
Fleet labellingInventories and film-unit vehicles often need a plausible unused-looking serial that still obeys a state’s character classes.
Fiction and propsWriters and set designers pick a combination that could exist on a given state’s dies without copying a photographed car.
Dataset testingOCR, ANPR and form-validation tests need strings that match a published pattern, including separators.
Format teachingThe combination is a worked example of how many plates a map can hold, not a window into a motor-vehicle file.

Generated example versus a real plate

A real Washington plate is a physical die issued from a series or a vanity queue. REF1739 on this URL is a string that fits that series’ character classes. Identical glyphs can exist in both worlds; this website has no feed that would let it tell them apart. If you need an official answer, ask the Washington motor-vehicle agency, not plates.autos.

Questions about REF1739

Which state does REF1739 belong to?

REF1739 is analysed here as a generated example of the Washington passenger serial (AAA9999). It is not assigned to a motorist by this site. The glyphs fit the sequential passenger skeleton used in this atlas.

Is REF1739 real?

No claim is made that REF1739 is currently issued, expired, or reserved. The string sits inside a published character map. Whether a DMV ever stamped it is a registration fact this atlas does not observe.

What does REF1739 mean?

REF1739 is a serial, not a slogan. Letters REF occupy positions 1, 2, 3; digits 1739 occupy positions 4, 5, 6, 7. Spoken with the NATO alphabet it reads Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · one · seven · three · nine.

Which state uses REF1739?

This page files REF1739 under Washington because it fits that state’s AAA9999 passenger map. The same alphanumeric string also fits Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin. Other states with a different skeleton will reject the same glyphs.

Which vehicle uses REF1739?

None that this atlas knows of. There is no vehicle make, model, colour, or VIN attached to REF1739. If you photographed a car, the door-jamb sticker and the registration — not this page — identify the vehicle.

Which state’s format does REF1739 follow?

Washington sequential passenger plates are taught here as AAA9999 (3 letters + 4 digits), in use in this atlas from 2010. Earlier Washington plates used ABC-1234 and mountain graphic resets.

Is REF1739 a vanity plate?

Probably not, as modelled. Sequential passenger serials are issued in series; vanity (personalised) plates are requested strings that often break AAA9999. REF1739 fits the sequential map, so this atlas treats it as a series example, not a purchased phrase.

How is REF1739 read?

Left to right as printed: REF1739. Aloud: Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · one · seven · three · nine. Hyphens and spaces are separators in the published pattern, not extra serial values.

Which letters and numbers are in REF1739?

Letters: REF (3). Digits: 1739 (4). Combined alphanumeric length: 7. Separators in the Washington display form are taken from AAA9999.

How many combinations can the REF1739 format produce?

The Washington map AAA9999 with a 26-letter alphabet yields 175,760,000 distinct serials. REF1739 sits at rank 116,011,739 in that mixed-radix order (about the 66.0058 percentile).

Could REF1739 have been issued before?

It could, mathematically: the string is inside the 175,760,000-slot space. Issuance is a DMV operation (series rolls, skipped blocks, recalls). This page does not query a live file and cannot say whether REF1739 was ever bolted to a bumper.

Why does REF1739 appear on Google?

Because plates.autos publishes a stable analysis URL for the combination. Search engines that crawl https://plates.autos/washington/license-plate-combinations/ref-1739/ are reading an educational combinatorics page, not a leaked registration. Ranking is not a proof of issuance.

Which country or region is REF1739 from?

The working assumption on this page is the United States, West region, state of Washington. Other countries use different dies, shields and checksums. A similar glyph string abroad would be a coincidence of alphabet, not a shared registry.

Is REF1739 a valid US format?

REF1739 is a valid glyph string under the Washington AAA9999 sequential passenger model used in this atlas. Validity here means “fits a documented sequential passenger skeleton,” not “cleared by a motor-vehicle agency.” Optional, military, and government plates are out of scope.

Which characters can appear on REF1739?

On the Washington sequential map: letters from ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and digits 0–9. Skipped letters in this atlas: none modelled. Separators: whatever AAA9999 prints (space, hyphen, or dot). Decorative dies and stacked graphics do not add serial glyphs.

How might REF1739 have been generated?

Two honest answers. A DMV would emit it by walking the AAA9999 series. This website can also construct it with PHP by placing letters REF and digits 1739 into those slots — which is exactly how a generated example is made. Neither method is a public records search.

Was REF1739 used in a film or series?

This atlas does not track screen-used plates. Prop departments often invent in-format serials. If REF1739 appeared on camera, that is outside the dataset here; treat any match as unverified.

Why might REF1739 be blurred in a photo?

Publishers, Street View pipelines, and news desks often blur plates as a privacy habit, not because REF1739 is special. A blur is not evidence that the combination is issued, sensitive, or unique.

What are similar plate numbers to REF1739?

Immediate serial neighbours increment the mixed-radix rank by small deltas (for example REF1736 and REF1737). Same-format random draws on this page change on refresh so crawlers can discover more in-class URLs without turning REF1739 itself into a moving target.

What appears online about REF1739?

You may find this analysis, forum guesses, or unrelated hits (part numbers, product SKUs). None of those sources, including plates.autos, is a substitute for a state records request. REF1739 as published here is a generated example combination.