Zayed number plates fetch Dh1.723m
RTA’s 100th open auction saw 80 plates going under the hammer
Marking the centennial of the late Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his legacy of generosity, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) yesterday hosted its 100th open auction for number plates, allocating the proceeds of six distinguished numbers for charity.
The six distinctive number plates, representing key milestones in the life of Shaikh Zayed bearing Code Z, fetched Dh1.723 million at the auction that generated a total of Dh20 million.
The auction offered 80 distinctive licence plates bearing 2, 3, 4 and five digits with Codes J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U and X.
The auction also offered for the first time the fancied dual-code number plate AA88, which went for Dh1.8 million.
The six historical Zayedthemed plates are Z1918, Z1946, Z1968, Z68, Z1971 and Z2018.
Z1918 has a symbolic reference to the birth year of Shaikh Zayed. Starting at the nominal price of Dh2,000, the number saw frenzied bidding, selling for Dh140,000, 70 times its original value. Z1946 refers to the year when Shaikh Zayed took the reins of power at Al Ain city.