Whether you got them as a birthday gift from Grandma or bought them through a payroll deduction on your first job, you may own U.S. Savings Bonds that have stopped earning interest.

Series EE Bonds, the common variety first issued in 1980 -- and still being issued today -- were designed to pay interest for up to 30 years. So any bonds dated 1989 or earlier – the first generation, so to speak – will have stopped paying by the end of 2019. At that point, their value is frozen, so there is no reason other than nostalgia to hang onto them. Instead, you can cash them in and put the money to more productive use.

Before the advent of Series EE Bonds, Grandma might have bought you a Series E Savings Bond. Those were issued from 1941 to 1980, and all of them have stopped earning interest, too.

Where is the serial number on a savings bond? I want to check how much money is on my savings bonds and i need the serial numbers but there are so many different numbers on them, how do i know which one is the serial number? The number printed there is the bond’s serial number. You can enter the serial number into TreasuryDirect’s online savings bond calculator to find the current value of the bond. In addition, if the bond is lost or destroyed, you can replace it if you have the serial number.

The more recent Series I Bonds – the kind that pays a combined fixed and inflation-adjustedrate of interest – were first issued in 1998. They’re good for 30 years, so the earliest of them will stop gaining value in 2028.

How much unclaimed money is out there in the form of savings bonds that have stopped earning interest but have yet to be redeemed? The U.S. Treasury Department estimates that it’s in the billions of dollars.

What Your Bonds Are Worth

To determine the value of your old bonds, you can use the Savings Bond Calculator on the TreasuryDirect website. You’ll just need the type of bond, its denomination, and the date it was issued. There’s also a place to type in your bond’s serial number, but you don’t need that in order to get a value.

The calculator’s answer may pleasantly surprise you. For example, a $50 bond issued in August 1982, for which Grandma would have paid $25, is now worth $146.90. A $100 bond from February 1984 is good for $230.64.

If you believe you own some old savings bonds, but have lost track of them, you may be able file a claim for the bonds with the Treasury, by filling out Fiscal Service Form 1048, Claim for Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed United States Savings Bonds, available with instructions on the website. Unfortunately, the popular online tool Treasury Hunt was discontinued in early 2017.

How to Cash In

You can redeem your old paper bonds at many banks and other financial institutions. The TreasuryDirect website doesn’t maintain a list, but suggests you call around.

Bear in mind that savings-bond interest is subject to federal income tax, though not to state or local tax. You can either report it and pay tax every year that you hold the bond or wait until the end and pay the tax all at once, as most people do. After redeeming your bonds, you’ll receive an IRS Form 1099-INT, reflecting your taxable gain.

An exception, in certain cases, is if you use the proceeds from bonds issued in 1990 or later to pay qualified higher-education expenses for yourself or your child. Those rules, which include income limits, are explained in the Education Planning section of the TreasuryDirect site.

The Bottom Line

Where Is The Serial Number On My Us Savings Bond

Don't sit on cash that's coming to you. But before you cash in your bonds, it’s a good idea to record what the Savings Bond Calculator says they’re worth, just to be sure you get every dollar you're owed.

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Serial Number On Ee Savings Bond

Find out the value of the bond. Visit the savings bond value calculator of the US Treasury Department at www.treasury.gov/BC/SBCPrice. Enter all of the requested information about your bond, and it will tell you how much the bond is worth today. You can enter multiple bonds and create an inventory of bonds.^[2]

Serial Number On United States Savings Bond

• Enter today’s date in the “Value as of” field. To find the value of the bond in past or future months, enter the desired date in this field instead of today’s date.
• In the “Series” field, select the type of bond you have. Paper bonds are either E Bonds, EE Bonds, I Bonds or Savings Notes. This information can be found in the top right corner of the bond.
• Select the denomination in the “Denomination” field. This can be found in the top left corner of the bond.
• Enter the bond’s serial number. It is located in the bottom right corner of the bond.
• Enter the issue date. This is located in the top right corner, under the Series.
• Click “Calculate” to learn the value of the bond as of today.
• To build an inventory of bonds, continue adding information for multiple bonds in the same fashion. The calculator will keep track of all your bonds, displaying the last one entered at the top of the list. Use your browser’s built in saving function to save your inventory. Click “view/print/save list.” When the list appears, click “file/save as,” name your inventory and save it as an HTML file. Use the inventory to update your bond values quickly and easily.^[3]