2 Going (almost) paperless.

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What's had Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Chief Joseph and Albert Einstein grace its face, is 77 years old, and is now going digital? The U.S. Savings Bond. The program was started by the U.S.

Treasury Department in 1935 to give people a safe option to grow their savings. The Series E defense bonds came in 1941 to finance the war. They went online in 2002, and in January 2012, they went almost exclusively digital, saving taxpayers an estimated $70 million over the next five years in printing costs. The Treasury's new "Ready. Save. Grow." initiative offers six...