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title: $50.00 War Bond Poster
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fifty-dollar-war-bond-poster-1945/
description: Enlarged specimen of a $50 War Savings Bond, Series E, made out to 'Mr. and Mrs. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# $50.00 War Bond Poster

Enlarged specimen of a $50 War Savings Bond, Series E, made out to 'Mr. and Mrs. America, Everywhere, U.S.A.', with Jefferson's portrait, an eagle and the Treasury seal. The bond is shown as the object itself; the technique is faint, with the national symbols and the generic addressee standing for every buyer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
UNITED STATES SAVINGS BOND
50
50
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TEN YEARS FROM THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF WILL PAY
FIFTY DOLLARS
ISSUE DATE WHICH IS THE FIRST DAY OF
To
MR. AND MRS. AMERICA
EVERYWHERE
U. S. A.
(MONTH) (YEAR)
ISSUING AGENT'S DATING STAMP
JEFFERSON
WAR SAVINGS BOND SERIES E
THIS BOND IS ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE SECOND LIBERTY BOND ACT, AS AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS STATED ON THE BACK HEREOF. IT WILL BE VALID ONLY IF DULY INSCRIBED AND DATED, AND DELIVERED BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENT FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF PAYMENT THEREFOR.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON
[signature: Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury]
L 000 000 000 E
NOT TRANSFERABLE
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945—O—638129]
```

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