Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times?

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Some sources incase anyone wants to look more deeply into any of this!

Arnold Palmer’s publicist's story: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tarde-2007-06

Confederate banknotes were signed by hand: https://www.treasurynotescsa.com/the-note-signers

John W. Jones signed 1,155,168 Confederate notes, and probably significantly more than that: https://www.treasurynotescsa.com/the-digital-register

Brazilian currency was hand-signed until 1953, with clerks averaging approximately 2,000 notes daily: https://centralnumismatica.com.br/blog/post/identificando-autografos-em-cedulas-brasileiras-do-cruzeiro-1943-1953

Gertrude Stein New Yorker Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1934/11/24/gtde

V. E. Schwab’s 300,000-copy signed first printing (I thought it was 350,000!!): https://walkitoff.substack.com/p/a-walk-along-the-high-line-and-then

Brandon Sanderson estimates signing 50,000–100,000 times annually: https://tim.blog/2025/02/07/brandon-sanderson-transcript/

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