the bonds matured on July 15, 2020. in other words if there was no pandemic before July 15th 2020 they would not have made a dime, they would have had to pay the investors. dont know how much they made.  wow, a just in the nick of time virus. hum From the article: They were essentially sold under the premise that those who invested in the bonds would lose their money if any of six deadly pandemics hit, including coronavirus. Yet, if a pandemic did not occur before the bonds mature on July 15, 2020, investors would receive what they had originally paid for the bonds back in addition to interest and premium payments on those bonds that they recieve between the date of purchase and the bond’s maturation date.