Series EE face value in TreasuryDirect
Thursday, September 23rd, 2004
Categorized as: Series EE US Savings Bonds • Treasury Direct
Series EE Savings Bonds purchased electronically at TreasuryDirect are issued at face value…$50 for a $50 bond. Paper bonds are issued at half their face value. Why is this done? Will the electronically issued bond be worth less in the future than a paper bond?
Tom’s response
When Series EE bonds were first issued, one of the things used to create excitement about them was they reach face value is just X years. The X has been as low as 8, but it’s currently 20, which doesn’t create much excitement.
The number of years it takes to reach face value depends on the prevailing level of interest rates.
Meanwhile, in the context of TreasuryDirect, it simplifies things a great deal to get rid of the idea of a “face value” that’s different from both the “original investment” and the “current redemption value”. These are the values you see on TreasuryDirect.
Nonetheless, TreasuryDirect EE bonds are guaranteed to double in value in 20 years, just like the paper ones. The return is exactly the same.
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