Overview
- Treasury officials, who announced the change Thursday, said future notes will carry President Trump’s and Secretary Scott Bessent’s signatures in place of the U.S. treasurer’s.
- The Bureau of Engraving and Printing plans to start with $100 bills in June, with other denominations to follow, and existing notes with Janet Yellen’s and Lynn Malerba’s signatures will stay in circulation.
- Bill designs remain the same except for the signature field, and law still requires elements like “In God We Trust” and limits portraits on notes to people who have died.
- The move is part of the 250th‑anniversary rollout that also includes a Trump 24‑karat commemorative coin approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, while any plan for a circulating $1 coin runs into laws that bar living people on coins.
- Democrats in Congress have proposed legislation to block living or sitting presidents from appearing on U.S. currency, and Lynn Malerba becomes the last treasurer whose signature will have appeared on federal notes since 1861.