With only a single letter, this number plate was sold for up to 2.6 million pounds and became the most expensive license plate in the world.
Recently, a personalized license plate – R plate was auctioned in Hong Kong (China) for up to 2.6 million pounds (equivalent to 3.1 million USD, converted to Vietnamese currency is 74 USD). billions dong). This is the most expensive license plate ever.
The Bangkok Post reported that this number plate was one of 49 units sold at auction during the Lunar New Year organized by the Hong Kong Ministry of Transport. The starting price of this R number plate from 525 pounds (equivalent to 15 million dong) but has since increased rapidly due to many people’s interest. A giant there offered a price of £ 210,000 but following 60 rounds, the final price was regarding 5,200 times the original price.
Besides, the price of this license plate R is also more than double the original expected price of 1.05 million pounds. The reason this license plate has such a high price is because this letter R is related to racing cars and is one of the lucky numbers according to the Chinese concept.
Also in this auction, more than 292 license plates were sold with prices starting from £8,900 (equivalent to VND 253 million). One auctioneer said he had to go through fierce competition in the auction room to buy an ideal license plate.
He is also not surprised when the R license plate is sold at a sky-high price because “billionaires are always willing to pay a lot of money for a license plate that brings them luck”. In addition, “I wouldn’t be surprised if a new license plate was sold for HK$50 million in the future,” he shared.
Minh Nhat (Theo The Sun)
