For the first time in more than 165 years, a US president's signature will appear on paper currency.
Since 1861, US banknotes have only had the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and Treasurer. Never has a sitting president been included.
That is currently changing.
The United States Department of the Treasury has stated that next dollar bills will bear the signatures of Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as part of the country's 250th anniversary commemoration.
The new design will appear on the $100 bill beginning in June, with other denominations following later.
An earlier attempt to put Trump's portrait on the $1 coin was thwarted due to historical restrictions that prevent living people from appearing on US currency. However, paper currency functions under separate rules, providing the Treasury more leeway to change designs, notably for anti-counterfeiting objectives.
