<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by yashan:
I don't know, I think the secret will really be out when the guy behind the Starbucks counter explains the savings bond "scheme." 
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If it is Starbucks workers talking about the "scheme," I can't see many of them buying thousands of dollars (or tens of thousands of dollars) of savings bonds.
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On a buying note, if I want to spend $1,000 on saving bonds. Is there a difference between buying 10 $100 bonds or 1 $1000 bond other than the extra paper involved? I guess you have freedom to cash pieces of your investment if you break it into smaller denominations, but will anything else come into play?
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No difference. But obviously if you plan on buying $5,000 in EE bonds ($10,000 face value) for yourself at once, it wouldn't make much sense to buy them as 200 $50 bonds. Just buy them in whatever demonination mixture you think is best for you.