DEV 117L Number Plate Value

Key Factors Behind This Valuation

• 22 auction hammer prices for these letters in this format, median £2,010
• Reads DEVIL (read score 86)

How DEV 117L Reads

DEVIL read score 86/100

The whole plate reads as it once the odd digit fades from the read.

Name and word reads carry the deepest demand: a plate that spells something real appeals to every matching buyer at once, and that pool never empties.

Auction Evidence

We hold 22 auction hammer prices for plates sharing these letters in this same plate format, with a median of £2,010, anchoring the band to what buyers actually pay rather than asking prices.

The Full Story

DEV 117L is a suffix style (1963-1983) registration.

Its standout feature is the read: it says DEVIL. The whole plate reads as it once the odd digit fades from the read. Plates that spell something real always sit above the crowd, because they appeal to everyone who shares the name or the meaning rather than one buyer with matching initials.

On the numbers: a three-digit number, middle of the road.

Best of all, we hold real market evidence for plates like this one: 22 auction hammer prices sharing these letters in the same plate format, with a typical (median) result of £2,010. Hammer prices are actual sold prices, the strongest evidence there is, and they are what this band is built on.

We found too few close matches in our movement data to price this from direct comparables, so the estimate leans on typical values for the format, adjusted for the read and the numbers. Treat it as a starting point rather than a benchmark.

Search interest on our own site for this read has been quiet over the last three months (0 searches), which feeds the demand side of the picture.