| HISTORY OF CEREAL PLATES | ||
| 1953 | WHEATIES | 48 States, Alaska & Hawaii, Wash DC, Canada, Foreign |
| 1954 | WHEATIES | 48 States + DC, Canada (10 provinces only) |
| 1959 | Baker's Chocolate | 50 States |
| 1960 | Post Cereal | Paper - cut from back of box |
| 1963 | General Mills Cereal |
Gritty "Reflective" stickers |
| 1968 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates - first year for "modern" cereal plates |
| 1970 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates |
| 1975 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (some dated 1974) |
| 1978 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (dated 1974 thru 1978) |
| 1979 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (all dated '79) |
| 1980 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates - no embossing at all this year !! (All dated '80 except Colorado) |
| 1981 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (all dated '81) |
| 1982 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (all dated '82) |
| 1983 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates |
| 1984 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (all dated '84) |
| 1986 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (all dated '86) |
| 1987 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (undated plates matching the 1984 numbers) |
| 1988 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates |
| 1989 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates (all dated '89) |
| 1990 | Post Cereal | Tin Plates |
| Thanks to Dirk Starck (ALPCA 6438) for some of the above information. | ||