If it's solid black it's probably not a first edition. First edition graphics should be a whole bunch of "First Edition" words close together to look almost solid black acvording to what I saw on Ford website.
Depends on the state. Florida no, had trucks for prob 20 years but not used for commercial, my company owned truck had commercial plates higher cost too. I live in Indiana and my F150 would have but I got Navy Veteran plate insted
On 6/16 I ordered FE, Lariat lux, AWD Rapid Red and just yesterday got build date of week 11/29. Maybe they will have fixed some of the recurring little problems by then.