debodun
SF VIP
- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
When I was cleaning out my uncle's apartment after his passing, I found three U.S. Savings Bonds. One is a War Bond, the other two are from the 1960s (see photos - named erased for privacy). I looked into it and combined, they are worth a little over $400. I asked the local bank manager and he said in order to cash them in, I would have to get all birth and death certificates for the people named on the bonds, then show how I was related to them, then the birth and death certificates of the deceased person through which that relationship existed. On top of that I would have to split it 4 ways with cousins that have as much claim to the money as I do. It would cost more money than I would realize from this and be more trouble than it was worth. They are probably worth more as collector's items. Any feelings on this situation?