I am getting around to cashing some matured EE savings bonds and had a question about their purchase costs. Every site I have been to indicates the cost is 50% of the face value. For example a 50 dollar face value bond cost the purchaser 25 at the time.
I see this on every site except for this site on investor.gov.
https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/investment-products/bonds-or-fixed-income-products/savings
This site says that the EE bonds are sold at face value. Is this something that changed in the past?