# How do I find out how much a US Savings Bond is worth?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-much-a-us-savings-bond-is-worth/517721 "2009-11-16T01:54:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-much-a-us-savings-bond-is-worth/517721/1 "2009-11-16T01:54:17Z")

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My mother was cleaning out one of her lockboxs this weekend and found $350 worth of Series EE savings bonds from the mid '80s in my name. She’d long forgotten about them and I was a baby when I got them. So how do I go about; finding out how much they’re worth now, and cashing them?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-much-a-us-savings-bond-is-worth/517721/2 "2009-11-16T01:58:58Z")

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Type in the serial number and date [here](http://www.treasurydirect.gov/BC/SBCPrice).

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**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-much-a-us-savings-bond-is-worth/517721/3 "2009-11-16T02:14:19Z")

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Just for an example, I cashed in a $25 EE bond at full maturity, it was worth about $110.

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-much-a-us-savings-bond-is-worth/517721/4 "2009-11-16T03:09:15Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Type in the serial number and date [here](http://www.treasurydirect.gov/BC/SBCPrice).

That’s just where I was going to say. As a bank teller, when customers call and try to get that info over the phone, I just direct them to that website. It’s easier for all involved to do it that way.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-much-a-us-savings-bond-is-worth/517721/5 "2009-11-16T17:13:54Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Type in the serial number and date [here](http://www.treasurydirect.gov/BC/SBCPrice).

Thanks.