Which 2026 America250 quarter honors the Mayflower Compact?
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Mayflower Compact quarter
The Mayflower Compact quarter is the 2026 America250 quarter honoring the Mayflower Compact.
The quarter’s obverse shows two Pilgrims, while its reverse depicts the Mayflower. The design connects the semiquincentennial to an earlier episode in American political history: the 1620 agreement in which the colonists promised to create and follow laws for the general good.
The Mayflower Compact is often described as an early example of self-government among English colonists in North America. It was signed aboard the Mayflower before the settlers established Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts.
The coin was the first semiquincentennial quarter released into circulation, on January 5, 2026. Its theme is distinct from the Constitution quarter, which focuses on the 1787 framework of the federal government, and from the Revolutionary War quarter, which depicts George Washington and Valley Forge.