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Have Your Savings Bonds Stopped Earning Interest?
It's important to periodically check your bonds to make sure that they're still earning interest. This is especially true for Series E bonds and savings notes since (unlike the H and HH series) you don't receive regular interest payments from Treasury. The table below will help you determine if your bonds have stopped earning interest.

The following savings bonds no longer earn interest:

SERIES ISSUE DATE
E May 1941 through October 1964
and
December 1965 through August 1974
H June 1952 through October 1974
HH January 1980 through October 1984
Savings Notes May 1967 through October 1971
A, B, C, D, F, G, J, K All issues

If your bonds have stopped earning interest, you should cash them.

In general, savings bonds earn interest for different lengths of time depending on the series of the bond and, in some cases, when the bond was issued. Use the table below to determine how long your bonds will earn interest.

Series
SERIES DATE OF ISSUE NUMBER OF YEARS
BONDS EARN INTEREST
E May 1941 - November 1965
December 1965 - June 1980		 40 years
30 years
H June 1952 - January 1957
February 1957 - December 1979 		29 years, 8 months
30 years
Savings Notes All issues30 years
EE All issues30 years
I All issues30 years
HH All issues20 years

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