[360c]

That is an interesting story. Thank you for sharing, 360c.
As far as I know only QLD and WA have 0 plates, so I was surprised to read here about the VIC plate, because I had not heard about it.
I have heard people say they would rather have 2 than 0, but I would not agree.
Usual story; Single digit better than two or three.
...And the lower the better, and that eclipses any non-existent early history.

I found the article in my files along with a copy of the court determination; but that's too long to post as it runs for about 20 pages.
Basically VICROADS held a "once in a lifetime investment auction" in 1984 where they sold off a lot of original Heritage plates in an auction. They claimed the plates had great investment value in the auction promotional material which one of the complainants had fortunately kept a copy of. The case brought against VICROADS was that the investment value of the original heritage plates was diminished substantially by VICROADS releasing plates in an almost identical style as the originals; but in a form that had never been released in period. An example would be #0 which was never previously issued. They also planned to release # 01, # 02 etc etc in the same enamel plated pressed steel style as the originals.

VICROADS lost the case which was the correct decision IMHO.