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Senior Notes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Senior Notes [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Outstanding Senior Notes |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Consolidated Balance |  |  |  |  | Consolidated Balance |  |  |
(Dollars in thousands) | Date Issued |  | Date Due |  | Principal Amounts |  | Sheet Amount |  | Market Value |  | Sheet Amount |  | Market Value
4.868 0% Senior notes | 6/5/2014 |  | 6/1/2044 |  | 400,000 |  | $ | 397,194 |  | $ | 528,000 |  | $ | 397,074 |  | $ | 452,848
3.5% Senior notes | 10/7/2020 |  | 10/15/2050 |  | 1,000,000 |  |  | 979,524 |  |  | 1,138,100 |  |  | - |  |  | -
Schedule Of Interest Expense Incurred In Connection With Senior Notes |
| Years Ended December 31,
(Dollars In thousands | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Interest expense incurred 4.868% senior notes | $ | 19,472 |  | $ | 19,472 |  | $ | 19,472
Interest expense incurred 3.5% senior notes |  | 8,115 |  |  | - |  |  | -

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