How Do You Find out if a VIN Has a Letter “o” or the Numeral 0?

Question
How do you determine/identify a vehicle identification number having the letter "O" (as in "Oscar") or the numeral 0? The Arabic number 0 can be confused with the letter "O."

Answer
It is numeral 0. The letter "O" is not allowed according to
https://checkventory.com/articles/whats-your-number/
. Apparently letters "I" and "Q" are not allowed either (presumably due to their potential confusion with numerals "1" and "0").

We believe that ISO 3779:P2009 is the document that governs VIN characters.

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