We actually know a fair bit about its owner, who won a £148 million jackpot in the Euromillions lottery in 2012. They also owned the largest collection of two-digit plates in the UK, with the letter G paired with the numbers 1-9, before starting to cash in in 2021.
The £500,126 price tag is the equivalent of around 28 Ford Fiesta STs, in case you were curious. If the seller sold the plate today, they would – according to estimates – double their money to £1m.
4. RR 1 – £472,000
A relatively new entry to this list, RR 1 was purchased in September 2018 for an amount that narrowly misses out on a podium position. Originally issued in 1925, the last time this plate changed hands was back in the 1960s, where its then-new owner paid £5000 for it.
Today the plate resides on a Rolls Royce Phantom, and it seems like a worthwhile investment: according to Regtransfers, it has gone up in value and is currently worth more than £500,000.
5. F 1 – £440,625
Perhaps the most evocative and desirable reg on this list, F 1 sold in January 2008 for £440,625. It’s currently owned by Afzal Kahn, of Kahn Design fame, on a Bugatti Veyron. Before that, it was on a Volvo S80.
Kahn has expressed that he would part with the reg for more than £10m, but he isn’t currently advertising it for sale.
The price Kahn payed for the plate in 2008 could buy you more than 15 examples of the BMW 3 Series.
6. SH 1 – £415,143
Little is known about this exuberantly priced cominbation of letters and numbers, but it’s currently fitted to a Bentley Continental GT.
It was sold in April 2019 at a DVLA auction and could be yours should you decide not to opt for two Maserati MC20s instead.
7. S 1 – £404,063
