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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 513199, member: 6986&quot;]Scottishmoney:</p><p><br /></p><p>WWII War Bonds are redeemable by heirs of the registered owner.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Small size Series E War Bonds are common and often sell for near their face depending on denomination.&nbsp; Large size Series E War Bonds carry a little more premium.&nbsp; Defense Bonds have a slghtly higher premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>All types of Series F and G WWII bonds are scarce and will carry a more substantial premium ($300-500.00).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is true for the $25, $50 and $100 bonds.&nbsp; $10.00 Series E are scarce and should fetch over $100.00. These were only issued to soldiers.&nbsp; The larger denominations of Series E ($500.00 and $1000.00) rarely carry a premium over their face because they do not have value to anyone other then the registered owners (or heirs).</p><p><br /></p><p>The scarcest of all is the $200.00 small size Series E War Bond.&nbsp; These were not issued until after President Roosevelt died in 1945.&nbsp; He is pictured on them and they were done as a memorial to him.&nbsp; There was only a short run of war bond printing at the end of 1945 when the war bond legend was removed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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