The Treasury Department announced on Thursday that it has printed the first dollar bills bearing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s signature.
Yellen, 76, is the first woman to lead the Treasury in U.S. history, meaning that the new banknotes mark the first time the currency features the signature of a female treasury secretary.
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“New bills just dropped,” the Treasury Department announced on Twitter alongside a photo of the new bills, which also feature the signature of U.S. Treasurer Marilynn Malerba.
New bills just dropped.@BEPgov has started producing the first dollars featuring signatures of Secretary Janet Yellen and Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba. The banknotes mark the first time that U.S. currency features the signature of a woman Treasury Secretary. pic.twitter.com/DVSQVnyTrU
— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) December 8, 2022
The reason it took nearly two years for Yellen’s signature to appear on the currency is because tradition requires both the current treasury secretary’s and the U.S. treasurer’s signatures to appear in tandem.
Malerba was only just sworn in in September. Prior to that, the treasurer role remained empty for more than 900 days.
Yellen, who served as chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, has taken a leading role in the Biden administration. She has courted attention this year as the economy has been wracked by explosive inflation and now faces the likely prospect of a recession.
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Prior to Thursday’s announcement, the signature of former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who was sworn in under President Donald Trump, adorned U.S. currency.
