2016-03-07 Mon

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims arrival at Plymouth, Massachusetts, a new legislation was passed in July 2015 to issue the 2020-dated commemorative coins by the United States Mint. The coin designs are emblematic of the historic arrival of the Pilgrims. The colonists, passengers of the famed ship Mayflower, established their settlement at Plymouth in 1620. It became the second successful English colony after the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

Final designs would get selected by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) and reviews by the United States Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC).

Collected funds would go to GSMD for educational purposes. The non-profit’s mission is to tell the story of the Pilgrim’s journey on the Mayflower in 1620 and raise public awareness and understanding of the importance of the Pilgrim’s lives and their legacies.