US President Donald Trump will become the first sitting president to have his signature appear on US paper currency, the Department of the Treasury announced Thursday. The change, framed as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations, will place both Trump’s and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s signatures on future Federal Reserve notes.
Treasury Secretary Bessent said the issuance of bills bearing the president’s name is an appropriate recognition of historic achievements and will coincide with the Semiquincentennial. Traditionally, US paper currency has carried the signatures of the treasurer and the Treasury secretary; this would mark a departure from that practice.
According to Reuters, the first $100 bills showing the signatures of Trump and Bessent are scheduled to be printed in June, with other denominations to follow in subsequent months.
Trump’s name and likeness have also appeared on cryptocurrencies, commemorative coins and proposed public landmarks. The US Mint released three proposed $1 coin designs in late 2025 that feature Trump’s portrait and the motto “In God We Trust.” The administration has also overseen the renaming of major sites, including a board-led change to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the “Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” That renaming, driven by a board reportedly filled with Trump appointees, has prompted legal pushback from lawmakers who argue it was done without Congressional authorization.
In the crypto space, Trump has been associated with a memecoin bearing his name and has launched NFT projects such as Trump Digital Trading Cards.
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