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A coupon bond is the simplest kind of bond,
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the first one that was created,
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and it pays a fixed coupon, dollars, every period for T periods.
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The T's called the maturity.
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So it's defined by the coupon which is the fixed payment it makes every year
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until period T which is the maturity of the bond,
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and then it also, at the end of period T,
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pays a principal which is usually how the bond is denominated
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the face value of the bond
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it pays the principal or face value.
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That's usually 100 or 1,000.
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So a coupon might be 6,6, 6,6, 106.