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President Donald Trump’s signature is set to appear on U.S. currency this year, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
During an interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters this week, Bessent said that the president’s signature would not just be on U.S. $100 bills, but rather on “all” the currency honoring America’s 250th anniversary.
He said, “As Treasury Secretary, I only have two mandates: the currency has to say ‘In God We Trust’ somewhere on it, and there cannot be a[n] image of a living person, but we have the president’s signature, which, again, I think it is appropriate for the 250th. During the 150th there was a Calvin Coolidge coin, so we can put living people’s images on a coin. The president’s also going to have a coin.”
Bessent showed off a sheet of freshly printed $100 bills that included President Trump’s signature. “They’re printed here in D.C. or Dallas, then they go to the Federal Reserve and the serial numbers are all registered at the Fed and then the Fed starts sending them out into the banking system,” he explained.
Bessent said that this new currency would be available this fall.
The U.S. Treasury initially announced that President Trump’s signature would appear on U.S. money in March 2026, noting that it was the first time a sitting president’s signature would appear on U.S. paper currency.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are on a path toward unprecedented economic growth, lasting dollar dominance, and fiscal strength and stability,” said Secretary Bessent at the time in a statement.
He continued, “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.”