March 27 (UPI) -- The signature of President Donald Trump will appear on future paper currency, according to the Treasury Department, which said the move was in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States.
"There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than U.S. dollar bills bearing his name, and it is only appropriate that this historic currency be issued at the semiquincentennial," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
Little information about the decision was made public. It was not clear exactly on which bills and when his signature will appear.
Though the portraits of former presidents adorn the fronts of some coins, no president -- let alone a sitting one -- has ever had a signature appear on paper currency, which traditionally bears the signatures of the U.S. treasurer and Treasury secretary in office when they were printed.
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