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Question about United States Savings Bond

So back in 1978 a savings bond of $25 was issued with my name on it, with a very, very, very old address. Anyhow I looked up on a savings bond calculator and it says the value of this $25 savings bond is $106. I read online that you can take a savings bond to a bank to get the face value of it.

The final maturity of the savings bond was back in 2008, again bringing the value of the savings bond to $106 from $25. So my question is, if I took it to a bank, they're only going to give me the face value and not what it's worth after maturity?

Thanks.
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WillaKissing · 56-60, M
Take it to the bank and find out, then let us know.

You will either be $25 or $106 better off than you were when the day started right.
twiigss · M
@WillaKissing I didn't know how much of a pain it would be since I live in a totally different state from the issuing state. So just wanted to get some information before I went off and did all that. It's the weekend anyway so banks are closed. I guess if anything I could give them a call and find out as well, just was thinking maybe someone online also had a savings bond and might have had a similar situation.
WillaKissing · 56-60, M
@twiigss My bank a credit union is open until 2 pm today a Saturday. Most US banks are open until 12 noon on Saturday's.

But either way Being that old and, in my hand, I would take it into the bank to find out. I would not trust just google or word of mouth especially if I was holding the bond in my possession.
twiigss · M
@WillaKissing Yeah forgot about them being open til 12. I am on the phone now waiting for them to pickup, but I'm not trusting google. There was a website with a calculator, you enter the series the bond is, the serial number and it shows you what the value is after maturity. So naturally I would want that value if I cash it in, and not the face value.

Since this is my only savings bond I have absolutely no idea about any of it. I wouldn't be surprised if they tell me I have to go to the issuing bank to cash it in. But I did the online search and looked at many results, not just one, so that I can find maybe many people who have also had a savings bond and read their stories and just gather that information.
twiigss · M
And yes I would be $25 more off than what the day started. So either way it's a plus.
WillaKissing · 56-60, M
@twiigss Good luck and best of wishes with it.