> California license plates have started with one number, followed by three letters and three numbers, since 1980. Even with over 100 million plate combinations possible, the state still managed to run out of numbers in that particular sequence after 46 years > the final plate, 9ZZZ999 was printed earlier this year. [...] the department still has about 110,000 plates with the prior sequence left to issue. https://www.jalopnik.com/2258038/california-new-plate-sequence-after-46-run/