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Trump’s signature is coming to US currency: What could that look like?

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by Addy Bink - 04/05/26 10:01 AM ET

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(NEXSTAR) – There are several changes taking effect with U.S. currency this year. No new pennies will enter circulation while several coins redesigned for the nation’s 250th anniversary are being released. President Trump’s likeness is expected to appear on a gold coin this year as well.

In another historic turn for U.S. currency, Trump’s signature is set to appear on paper bills later this year. It will be the first time a sitting president’s signature will appear on currency.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last month called the move “appropriate” and a “powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump.”

Representatives for the Treasury Department have not responded to multiple requests for comment by Nexstar, but Reuters reports the new bills will begin printing this summer, starting with the $100 bill. They will then enter circulation.

Officials have also not offered much insight into what the bills will look like.

For more than 165 years, two signatures have appeared on U.S. paper currency, belonging to the sitting Treasurer and Secretary of the Treasury. Below is a dollar bill from the 2021 series, with signatures from then-Treasurer Lynn Roberge Malerba and former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

A $1 bill from 2021, which shows the signatures of the then Treasurer of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury. (Addy Bink/Nexstar)

In a press release last month, the Treasury reported that Trump’s signature “will appear….along with the Secretary of the Treasury.”

That would suggest Trump’s signature is replacing that of Treasurer Brandon Beach on paper currency.

“The President’s mark on history as the architect of America’s Golden Age economic revival is undeniable,” Beach said in a statement last month. “Printing his signature on the American currency is not only appropriate, but also well deserved.”

While it likely won’t be this big, you can see Trump’s signature on a piece of legislation below:

President Donald Trump holds his signed bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

On Thursday, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) announced he had introduced legislation to stop Trump’s signature from appearing on U.S. currency or securities.

“Trump wants to slap his name on buildings, airports, and now the dollar bill, but U.S. currency belongs to the American people, not the President,” Gomez said in a press release. “This is the kind of thing you see from dictators and wannabe strongmen who think the country belongs to them, and I will not just go along with another one of Trump’s vanity projects.”

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