5 OSU plate research

5 OSU
Format
Reverse Dateless
Authority Issuer
Kincardineshire
Era
2026
Status
In Private Ownership

Price History

£0£15k£30k£45k£60kJun 2026Jun 2026

PWIndicative estimate (recorded sales)

Indicative — not yet modelled

£7,131

Estimate

DVDVLA

June 2026

£7,110

Sale
Approx value
£7,131

Plateworth estimate

Price Change

single price point

Last Sale
£7,110

June 2026

Sale Records
1

1 source

Format Median
£8,778

180 same-format sales

Vs Format Median
-18.8%

estimate vs cohort

Plate History

5 OSU is a Reverse Dateless registration. Plateworth's current estimate is £7,131 with a working range of £6,061 to £8,201, based on 1 comparable sale. The latest evidence is a sale from DVLA at £7,110. No active dealer listing is shown, so the page separates the Plateworth estimate from public sale evidence. This page currently shows 1 timeline event from the loaded registration record.

  1. DVLA sale recorded

    Date precision: day

    June 2026

    Public sale record used by the valuation context.

    £7,110

About 5 OSU

Reverse dateless plates place the numbers before the original local index letters, so the registration carries local authority provenance without a year marker. The SU index mark traces back to Kincardineshire, now associated with Scotland. This reverse sequence was issued from the 1950s onwards as earlier dateless runs became exhausted. At 4 characters, 5 OSU is shorter than most registrations in this era.

Reverse datelessKincardineshireScotlandAge-neutralShort format

Plate Speak

SOSU

Most likely reading: "SOSU"

Other possible readings

5 OSUSOSU5OSUInitials

Price Guide for this Format

180 same-format sold records across 177 plates currently loaded.

£1,800

Lowest

£10,534

Average

£75,900

Highest

Distribution

<£3k1%
£3k-£10k62%
£10k-£50k36%
£50k-£100k2%
£100k-£250k0%
£250k-£500k0%
£500k+0%