United States Defense Savings Bonds Series E

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lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 01/03/2018 1:46 pm In May 1941, the United States Treasury introduced the new Series E bonds as Defense Savings Bonds. After the American entry into WWII the title of the bonds was changed to War Savings Bonds. Series E Defense Bonds were issued in denominations of $25.00, $50.00, $100.00, $500.00 and $1,000.00. The first Defense Bonds printed by the BEP were given the nomenclature of New Design. This carried forward the BEP nomenclature from Series D bonds. The New Design type of Defense Bond. The identifying characteristic of the New Design type Defense Bond is the perforations where the bond was held in place in the bond booklet are at the top. Here is an example of the New Design type $25.00 Defense Bond. And a close up of the top perforations. The frame is also a slightly different size compared to the later type. The serial number range for the New Design type of $25.00 Defense Bond is from 1-4,595,000 (approx.). Report this Post to the Staff

lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 01/03/2018 1:55 pm The second type of Series E Defense Bond is identified by the BEP nomenclature as Series 1941. Aside from the slightly different size of the frame, the perforations are on the left side of the bond. Here is a Series 1941 $25.00 Defense Bond. The left perforations are clearly seen on this example. There are two different varieties of the Series 1941 Defense Bond and the difference is found in the window on the upper right side of the bond. One type like the one above has a solid black line between the text (MONTH) (YEAR) and DUE 10 YEARS. The other type this line is made up of three separate lines as shown here. In the first image all of the text within the window is printed by offset printing. In the second image all of the text in the window is part of the intaglio plate. Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 01/03/2018 2:47 pm great information lettow. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 01/03/2018 5:22 pm Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 01/03/2018 5:23 pm I'm surprised these stay on the market with their ties to WWII. There are so many collectors of that genre and items like this that would fit in a lot of collections. Report this Post to the Staff
GregAlex Pillar of the Community United States 822 Posts	Posted 01/06/2018 01:42 am I was hoping lettow would show up eventually and post something interesting! I don't collect these type of bonds but I do admire all the products of the Bureau of Engraving & Printing. Fyi, the BEP just posted (low-res) images for their upcoming intaglio print program and one of them features a partial reprint of a $10,000 WWI War Bond. Report this Post to the Staff
GregAlex Pillar of the Community United States 822 Posts	Posted 04/16/2018 11:45 pm Here's a better image of the souvenir card that just arrived last week. I wish the BEP had chosen to show more of the Liberty Bond. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 04/18/2018 10:14 am Quote: Here's a better image of the souvenir card that just arrived last week. I wish the BEP had chosen to show more of the Liberty Bond. Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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