United States Secretary of the Treasury

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What’s on your money?

Back in January I wrote about the new Treasury Secretary nominee’s signature.  Today, the Treasury unveiled Jack Lew’s new Hancock.

Here it is thanks to the Wonkblog on the Washington Post.

Lew sig on bill

Remember his original signature looked like this.

lew-sig old

He did promise President Obama that at least one letter would be legible and the “J” for Jacob is readable so he kept his promise.  I can’t wait until the money starts being issued.

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Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury UPDATED

If Jack Lew is confirmed, we have a great thing to look forward to according to Ezra Klein.

The Treasurer signs our money.  This is Lew’s signature.

lew sig

I can’t wait to get my first bills signed by him.

But as Klein cautions

Obviously, that would turn American currency into the best money
ever. Unfortunately  there’s always the chance that Lew could ruin everything by
making his signature less, well, loopy. That’s what the fun destroyer Timothy
Geithner didwhen he became treasury secretary.

We can only hope that Mr. Lew is true to himself and we have great money for the next four years.  Don’t change your signature, Mr. Lew!

 

UPDATED:

President Obama had this today about his signature

“I had never noticed Jack’s signature” until media coverage of the looping letters on Wednesday, Obama said at the East Room ceremony where he announced his nomination of Lew. “I considered rescinding my offer to appoint him.”

Obama said he’s asked Lew to “make at least one letter legible in order to not debase our currency should he be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury.”

 

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