Found an old premium bond, no idea if it's worth anything?

textbook

Got a premium bond, I think from my gran years ago.  How do I find out what it's worth etc?  Has my old address on it from twenty years ago

refluxer

I suspect it will be worth £1

NS&I have lots of useful info on their site, including these pages on tracing old bonds and checking for unclaimed prizes...

https://www.nsandi.com/help/lost-touch-with-nsandi/get-back-to-premium-bonds

https://www.nsandi.com/help/lost-touch-with-nsandi/check-unclaimed-prizes

Section62

textbook said:

Got a premium bond, I think from my gran years ago.  How do I find out what it's worth etc?  Has my old address on it from twenty years ago

If you have a paper bond then the value will be written on it.

Misslayed

But there are several Very Large unclaimed prizes - 🤞you've got one!

textbook

Section62 said:

textbook said:

Got a premium bond, I think from my gran years ago.  How do I find out what it's worth etc?  Has my old address on it from twenty years ago

If you have a paper bond then the value will be written on it.

nothing written on it

textbook

Misslayed said:

But there are several Very Large unclaimed prizes - 🤞you've got one!

I put numbers in monthly draw but didnt win.  Is this the correct plce to check my really old , possibly thirty plus years old  bond?

molerat

Do you have an on line NS&I account ?  if so you need to check if the bond appears on your list of bonds held

You can download lists of unclaimed prizes here https://www.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/winning-bonds-downloads

SiliconChip

textbook said:

Section62 said:

textbook said:

Got a premium bond, I think from my gran years ago.  How do I find out what it's worth etc?  Has my old address on it from twenty years ago

If you have a paper bond then the value will be written on it.

nothing written on it

Are you sure it's a Premium Bond then? Every paper PB that I had showed the value of the bond on it. Might it be some other NS&I product?

poppystar

SiliconChip said:

textbook said:

Section62 said:

textbook said:

Got a premium bond, I think from my gran years ago.  How do I find out what it's worth etc?  Has my old address on it from twenty years ago

If you have a paper bond then the value will be written on it.

nothing written on it

Are you sure it's a Premium Bond then? Every paper PB that I had showed the value of the bond on it. Might it be some other NS&I product?

Also OP says it has his old address on. I’ve never seen a premium bond with an address on it so I would also think it’s another type of bond. 

OP could you maybe post a photo - with personal details redacted - it might help the mystery.

Swipe

Either way, I wouldn't bother. It has taken me 6 months to get my credit from an old childhood post office counters savings account. I applied in March and got my payment last week, Truly shocking. I used the lost accounts website and all other banks apart from NS&I reported back within 2 weeks.

textbook

molerat said:

Do you have an on line NS&I account ?  if so you need to check if the bond appears on your list of bonds held

You can download lists of unclaimed prizes here https://www.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/winning-bonds-downloads

Not sure what NS&I account is.   That link gave a list of thousands of numbers.  Shall I just check my numbers to the numbers on higher prizes?

I'll upload picture of bond with my name crossed out soon. Thxs