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My Daughter Received A Savings Bond Gift Certificate, What Do I Do With It?

By Increase Savings | Published: August 4, 2009

My daughter received a savings bond gift certificate but I’m not sure what I do with it. It is a piece of paper saying what it is worth but it doesn’t say home to redeem it. Do I just take it to the bank and they give me the real one?

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How Do You Find Out About An Old Savings, Certificate In Your Name, From A Bank That No Longer Exist?

By Increase Savings | Published: July 9, 2009

I found a savings certificate from the 70′s that my grandparents left me, but the bank, Home savings and Laon Association in Mobile, Al, no longer exist! I’d really like to check on that account, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanx!

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