Which document is honored on the first circulating 2026 United States semiquincentennial quarter?

The Mayflower Compact is honored on the first circulating 2026 United States semiquincentennial quarter.

The quarter is part of the coinage program created for the 250th anniversary of American independence. Its design commemorates the Mayflower Compact, the agreement signed by English colonists aboard the Mayflower in 1620 before they established Plymouth Colony. The document is often discussed as an early example of self-government among English settlers in North America.

The 2026 program includes multiple quarter designs connected with major episodes and ideals in United States history. Other planned subjects include the American Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, abolitionism, women’s suffrage, and civil rights. This broader series places the Mayflower Compact within a long historical sequence rather than treating the 1776 Declaration as the only relevant milestone.

The Mayflower Compact quarter entered circulation on January 5, 2026. It is distinct from the 1976 Bicentennial quarter, whose reverse showed a colonial drummer and whose date carried the earlier anniversary design.