Back Your Future with U.S. Savings Bonds

Posted: 04/06/2008

Back Your Future with U.S. Savings Bonds (Nov, 1947)

Wow.

Back Your Future with U.S. Savings Bonds

3 comments

Firebrand38 says: April 7, 200812:49 pm

Wow? I dunno about wow but this was one of the first post-war campaigns for Series E Savings Bonds. If you like at Money Market Accounts or even most CD’s nowadays the 3% that “E” Bonds earned is still nothing to sneer at (not that you were sneering, Charlie).

http://www.treasurydire…

WARNING: It’s an 8 MB PDF but comprehensive.
Charlie says: April 7, 20083:42 pm

fb: My Wow comment was directed more at the rapturous look on their faces.
Firebrand38 says: April 7, 20084:22 pm

Well, in fairness to the context of the times it was after World War 2 and all.

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