The signatures of two women will be on the new banknotes that will enter circulation next year, a historic event in the United States.
In the money factory located north of Fort Worth, billions of dollars of US currency are produced, where history was made this Thursday with the first banknotes with the signatures of both women.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the first woman in that position, was on the west floor of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth, Texas to see the first bills printed with her signature. She’s been on the job for two years, but the new money also needs the signature of the United States Treasurer.
Mohegan Chief Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba was named in June 2022 as the nation’s first Native American treasurer. He took office three months later.
Yellen met with Bureau of Engraving and Printing director Leonard Olijar in March 2021 to provide the official signature to be printed on the new 2021 series of United States banknotes. At her swearing-in ceremony in September, Malerba offered her signature as “Lynn Roberge Malerba” on U.S. banknotes.
Yellen told comedian Stephen Colbert last week that she “practiced and practiced” writing her signature so it could be read easily.
As Treasury Secretary, Yellen’s signature will be on the right side of a bill. The treasurer’s signature is on the left.
The small “FW” in front of the faceplate number indicates that the note came from the Fort Worth Printing Company.
