Cherished number plates are generally regarded as the dateless style of a personalised plate that has no year identifier on them to determine the age of the registration. Dateless number plates date back as far as 1903 when the very first vehicle was registered with the number plate A1. These car registrations are usually the most expensive because of their age, rarity, and the fact that they can be as short 2 or 3 characters. An example of an early dateless registration would resemble MD 11 or 1 KD