A post by the UK-based TikTok account @numberplatehistory caught the attention of Malaysians recently as it revealed a UK plate number owned by the Malaysian Government and one of the country’s most expensive.
As of the time of writing, the TikTok post has been viewed over 288,700 times and garnered over 22,800 likes, with Malaysians flooding the comments section.
The Malaysian Government owns the ‘1M’ plate number in the UK, one of the country’s most expensive
In the video, the host showed off a black Mercedes-Benz S350 with the plate number ‘1M’, which uses a dateless format that is not in accordance with the standard specification in the country.
It was then revealed that the plate number is one of the most expensive in the UK and can’t ever be bought by normal citizens.
@numberplatehistory further asserted that it has been well-documented that the ‘1M’ plate number is owned by the Malaysian Government.
Specifically, the plate number was specially issued to the Malaysian Embassy in the UK and the Malaysian High Commissioner to the country has the privilege of driving the S350 with the plate number.
He added that the plate number is now worth over GBP1 million or more than RM5.73 million, which makes it one of the most expensive in the country.
It’s impossible to get a two-digit plate number in the UK today
In the caption, @numberplatehistory added that the ‘1M’ plate is an embassy plate, hence, it is non-transferable outside of vehicles owned by the Malaysian Embassy.
Historically, the ‘1M’ plate number has been on a variety of vehicles from London Taxis to Mercedes Benz S Classes, currently sitting on the S350 seen in the video.
While it’s impossible to say when the registration was issued, @numberplatehistory said documents revealed that it was already in use by 1974 through the late researcher Noel Woodall.
As to why the plate number would have a high value in the market today, @numberplatehistory said that a plate number’s value comes inherently from its initial, number, and character length.
@numberplatehistory elaborated,
“As it is impossible in the UK to have a two-digit plate number, this is the shortest possible M alongside the privately owned M1.”
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