The U.S. Treasury just announced something that hasn't happened since Abraham Lincoln was in office.
Starting in June, Donald Trump's signature will appear on all new U.S. paper currency, beginning with $100 bills, with other denominations to follow. His name replaces the Treasurer of the United States, a position that's had its signature on every bill since 1861. That's 165 years of unbroken tradition.
Secretary Bessent called it a recognition of "unprecedented economic growth, lasting dollar dominance, and fiscal strength." Treasurer Brandon Beach went further, calling Trump "the architect of America's Golden Age economic revival" and saying his name on the money is "not only appropriate, but well deserved."
The bills themselves aren't being redesigned. Same faces, same layout, same "In God We Trust." It's only the signature block that changes. Current bills with Yellen's signature stay in circulation, no recall, no swap. They also looked into putting Trump's face on coins, but federal law still prohibits depicting living individuals on circulating coinage.
Every other president on U.S. currency got there long after death. Washington, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, none of them signed the bills while sitting in the Oval Office. Whatever you think about it, that's a norm that stood for over a century and a half, and it no longer exists.
Starting in June, Donald Trump's signature will appear on all new U.S. paper currency, beginning with $100 bills, with other denominations to follow. His name replaces the Treasurer of the United States, a position that's had its signature on every bill since 1861. That's 165 years of unbroken tradition.
Secretary Bessent called it a recognition of "unprecedented economic growth, lasting dollar dominance, and fiscal strength." Treasurer Brandon Beach went further, calling Trump "the architect of America's Golden Age economic revival" and saying his name on the money is "not only appropriate, but well deserved."
The bills themselves aren't being redesigned. Same faces, same layout, same "In God We Trust." It's only the signature block that changes. Current bills with Yellen's signature stay in circulation, no recall, no swap. They also looked into putting Trump's face on coins, but federal law still prohibits depicting living individuals on circulating coinage.
Every other president on U.S. currency got there long after death. Washington, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, none of them signed the bills while sitting in the Oval Office. Whatever you think about it, that's a norm that stood for over a century and a half, and it no longer exists.
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