Gold Quarter Ounce 2020 Mayflower, Coin from United States - detailed information

The obverse of the coin depicts within a central circle the portraits of a Pilgrim man and woman facing left, representing the beginnings of a transition from monarchy to democracy. The dual portraits symbolise a democratic organization, with their resolute expressions focused on a self-determined future.

Incuse around below, the metal content and composition: AU 24K 1/4 OZ. (one quarter of an ounce of 24-carat gold; Au is abbreviated from Aurum, Latin for gold).

Around above, the motto IN GOD WE TRUST. Below left, the artist's initials CTC (for Chris Costello); below right, the initials of the engraver JFM (for Joseph F Menna), under which the mint mark W of the West Point Mint.

In the outer rim, a pair of mayflower blossoms flank the design and separate the inscriptions: 1620 PLYMOUTH 2020 around above, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around below.

The reverse of the coin design depicts a Wampanoag family watching from the border of the design as the Mayflower arrives from foreign shores. A young boy steps on the border, representing the intersection of the Wampanoag people in their Patuxet homeland and the Mayflower passengers.

Below, the face value $10 (Ten Dollars). Around left, the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. Around above, PATUXET.

The Patuxet were a Native American band of the Wampanoag tribal confederation. They lived primarily in and around modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Patuxet have been extinct since 1622.

Incuse in the lower right (on the woman's sleeve), the artist's initials PH (for Phebe Hemphill).

Note that the Mint's website calls the side with the Pilgrim family "reverse"; however, we have gone with the understanding that a reverse is the side showing the face value, and the obverse is the side showing the issuing authority.