Trump's Signature Appears on US Dollar Bills Starting June 2026
Breaking 165 years of tradition, the US Treasury announced that President Donald Trump's signature will appear on redesigned US dollar bills starting in June 2026, with the ₱6,055 ($100) bill debuting the change first.
Key Takeaway
Trump becomes the first sitting president to have his signature on US currency, breaking tradition dating to 1861.
The US Treasury Department announced that President Donald Trump's signature will appear on redesigned US dollar bills, a decision that breaks tradition dating to 1861 when US paper currency first carried signatures of treasury officials.
Since 1861, currency signatures have been handwritten, then printed starting in 1914. The new design drops the Treasurer's signature entirely, replacing it with Trump's alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's. No sitting president has ever had a signature on US paper currency. An 1866 law prohibits portraits of living persons on currency, but Treasury officials claim Trump's signature complies because no portrait is included. Deceased presidents like Grover Cleveland appeared on bills only posthumously.
The ₱6,055 ($100) bills will debut the change first in June 2026, followed by other denominations. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said there is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of the country and President Trump than US dollar bills bearing his name. The redesign coincides with America's 250th anniversary.
The move reverses recent progress in representation on US currency. In December 2022, US currency featured signatures of two women for the first time: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Treasurer Lynn Malerba, the first Native American in the role. Blanche Kelso Bruce became the first African-American to have his signature on US paper currency in 1881 as Register of the Treasury. Other denominations will follow the June 2026 debut of the redesigned ₱6,055 ($100) bills.
This article was written based on reporting from BeInCrypto.
