• Series EE. Paper Series EE bonds can be purchased at half face value. For example, you pay $25 for a $50 bond. Bonds bought online must be purchased at face value. You can buy up to $30,000 ($60,000 face value) in EE bonds. They come in denominations of $50, $75, $100, $200, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. If you redeem bonds less than five years after purchase, you forfeit the three most recent months’ of interest. There is no penalty after five years.
• Series I. These inflation-indexed bonds can be bought only at face value in denominations of $50, $75, $100, $200, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. The maximum purchase is $30,000. Like EE bonds you forfeit the three most recent months’ of interest if you redeem I bonds less than five years after purchase.
• Series HH. The Treasury stopped issuing HH bonds on September 1, 2004. Prior to that date, the only way to invest in HH bonds was by trading in your EE bonds.

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