The cost of personalised number plates is rising in Britain
Registrations are growing more popular, and sillier
VANITY DOES not come cheap. 53NGH, which looks like the name “Singh”, sold for £61,010 ($79,780) at a government auction of personalised number plates earlier this month. 8TOY was the second most expensive plate, at £43,010; Chinese buyers associate the number eight with wealth and luck. BOT 7OX sold for £10,010, although LDY 8O5S went for a mere £3,160.
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Britain April 16th 2022
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- British academics are seeing their retirement benefits cut
- The cost of personalised number plates is rising in Britain
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