Does Your State Allow Year-of-Manufacture Plates?

YY1 said
I use a FL "antique" plate.

It's considerably cheaper to register, as antique class gest the base, lowest weight rate plus a small discount for being antique. This is an even better deal for antique trucks.

I don't understand the mandatory plate replacement either.

Every few years in FL, with your registration renewal notice, you get a letter that says "replacement plate required", like it's some great big deal.

How much cheaper would it be if that didn't happen and how much easier to have less updates in the system?

This year, they changed the font, and it looks WAY too modern on an older car.

California originally issued new plates every few years, 1963 was the last time and those are still in use today. The 63 series plates ran out in 1969, they then flipped the numbers and letters changed the color and continued. When that series ended they added a character and continued. Partway into that series they chose to have reflectorized plates and added a new series, that series is getting ready to run out, 40 years later.

Alan