America’s cash now carries a sitting president’s signature 💵🇺🇸
Starting with $100 notes printed in June 2026, new U.S. bills are set to carry Donald Trump’s signature alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s, while the treasurer’s signature disappears. That makes it the first time a sitting president’s signature appears on modern U.S. paper money and ends a practice that had lasted since 1861.
Cash usually works as institutional design: stable, familiar, and detached from any one officeholder. Putting a president’s signature on every bill makes everyday money feel more like a direct expression of executive power.
What shows up on money says a lot about how power wants to be seen.
#Finance #History #USCurrency #DollarBills #DonaldTrump
America’s cash now carries a sitting president’s signature 💵🇺🇸
Starting with $100 notes printed in June 2026, new U.S. bills are set to carry Donald Trump’s signature alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s, while the treasurer’s signature disappears. That makes it the first time a sitting president’s signature appears on modern U.S. paper money and ends a practice that had lasted since 1861.
Cash usually works as institutional design: stable, familiar, and detached from any one officeholder. Putting a president’s signature on every bill makes everyday money feel more like a direct expression of executive power.
What shows up on money says a lot about how power wants to be seen.
#Finance #History #USCurrency #DollarBills #DonaldTrump