The United States Mint announced January 5, 2026, as the circulation-release date for the 2026 Mayflower Compact quarter.
The coin is one of the semiquincentennial quarter designs and commemorates the Mayflower Compact, the 1620 agreement associated with the English settlers who founded Plymouth Colony. It was the first of the 2026 anniversary quarters released into general circulation under the program described in the coinage history.
The date is easy to confuse with February 5, 2026, when rolls and bags of the Mayflower Compact quarter went on sale through the Mint’s website. Those collector products followed the circulation announcement by a month. Another separate release date, March 23, applied to the Revolutionary War quarter.