The Mayflower is shown on the reverse of one 2026 America250 semiquincentennial quarter.
The quarter’s obverse depicts two Pilgrims and its reverse depicts the Mayflower, the ship that carried English Pilgrims across the Atlantic in 1620. The design commemorates the Mayflower Compact, an agreement made by the passengers before establishing Plymouth Colony.
The Mayflower Compact is often described as an early self-government document in colonial America. It bound its male signatories to cooperate under laws made for the general good, although it did not create a modern democratic government and excluded many people from political participation.
This issue is one of five 2026 quarter designs. Other quarters address the Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address.