Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that his department will add President Donald Trump’s signature to U.S. currency in honor of the country’s 250th birthday.
The move will make Trump the first sitting president to ever have his signature on U.S. currency, and it will be displayed alongside Bessent’s signature. It will replace the United States’ Treasurer’s signature, according to the New York Times.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are on a path toward unprecedented economic growth, lasting dollar dominance, and fiscal strength and stability,” Bessent said in a statement. “There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than U.S dollar bills bearing his name, and it is only appropriate that this historic currency be issued at the Semiquincentennial.”
U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach also supported the change, describing Trump as the “architect of America’s Golden Age economic revival.”
“Printing his signature on the American currency is not only appropriate, but also well deserved,” Beach said.
The announcement regarding the president’s signature comes a week after the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin that will bear Trump’s likeness for the nation’s 250th birthday.
