Old premium bonds - checking winnings?
paulfoel
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Got some old ones. Talking 45 years old....
Probably never ever been checked. Is there anyway to check them at all - for anything ever?
Only about £20 but surely something would have been won?
Probably never ever been checked. Is there anyway to check them at all - for anything ever?
Only about £20 but surely something would have been won?
Cymru am Byth !!! :j:j:j
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Only about £20 but surely something would have been won?
I think the odds will probably be against it.
Has your address changed in that time ? As long as you've kept NS&I up to date then you would have been notified of any winnings at the time.
You can write to NS&I to get a history of any prizes you;ve won - from their website;you can write to us asking for your prize history (remember to include your name, address and NS&I number or Premium Bonds holder’s number). We’ll send you a list of the prizes you’ve won.
Post your letter to:
NS&I
Glasgow
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See https://www.nsandi.com/what-information-do-i-need-check-if-i-have-won-prize
A win is unlikely.
(The MSE Premium Bond calculator shows that if the interest rates and prize allocations had always been as they are now you would stand less than 4% chance of winning something in 5 years.)
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/premium-bonds0 -
I wrote to NS&I last year to try and trace a premium bond my grandmother gave me when I was seven years old, it was valued at 10 shillings! The certificate got lost in a series of moves and despite providing all my previous addresses, NS&I said they had no record of me. No big deal of course and it was done for interest value in a bored moment more than anything else but I'm slightly aggrieved NS&I has kept my gran's 10 bob, it's just not on.0
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chiang_mai wrote: »I wrote to NS&I last year to try and trace a premium bond my grandmother gave me when I was seven years old, it was valued at 10 shillings! The certificate got lost in a series of moves and despite providing all my previous addresses, NS&I said they had no record of me. No big deal of course and it was done for interest value in a bored moment more than anything else but I'm slightly aggrieved NS&I has kept my gran's 10 bob, it's just not on.0
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"As Premium Bonds have always been valued at £1 since day one, perhaps the certificate you had from your grandmother was for a different product?".
That's very interesting, I never knew that (obviously), I wonder what the heck it was that she gave me, no wonder NS& I had never heard of me!0 -
A savings certificate? I am sure you could get these for less than a pound. You could get them from the post office?
This was a long time ago!0 -
greenglide wrote: »A savings certificate? I am sure you could get these for less than a pound. You could get them from the post office?
This was a long time ago!
I think that if that were the case it would be more than 45 years ago. I had National Savings Certificates back then and I don't recall certificates for less than a pound.0 -
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In 1943 "one unit" was 15 shillings so still not down to ten bob.
http://www.pixnet.co.uk/Oldham-hrg/members/peter-cannon/medley/pages/nat-cert.html0
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