For over 150 years the Mayflower Pilgrims have been numismatically celebrated. Presented here are a few examples of this honor.

Over the years the U.S. Postal Office/Service has twice issued stamps commemorating the landing of the Pilgrims. The first issue was on December 21, 1920 for the Tercentennial. It consisted of three horizontal stamps: a one cent green stamp with the inscription 'THE MAYFLOWER,' a two cent red stamp with the inscription "LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS," and a five cent blue stamp inscribed "SIGNING OF THE COMPACT." The top of each stamp reads "PILGRIM TERCENTENARY" while at the bottom are the dates "1620" and "1920."

The following is a chronological list of Pilgrim Memorials using the aforesaid and other sources. Stamps and currency are not included but may be seen on the related pages listed in the navigation column located on the left. Paintings may be seen on our Pilgrims In Art page. The sponsor or contributor is indicated in text when known. If the information is all or in part from the General Society's Centennial History (CH), the page number will follow the entry. PAM, MQ and HQ indicate that some of the information comes from the Pennsylvania Mayflower, the Mayflower Quarterly or the Howland Quarterly and the issue, and often the page, is given. This is a "work in progress." If sites are missing, it is not intentional and readers knowing of those that should be added are urged to provide information about them to the Webmaster so that they may be included.

Over the years, the historic ship Mayflower that brought the Pilgrims to New England in 1620 has been honored by various namesakes, Of course there was another 17th century ship of that name that brought Separatists to settle in Salem, Plymouth Colony in 1629, but she was probably just one of many of that name back then for we are told that “Mayflower” was a common ship name.

More recently there have been other ships and an endless number of namesakes including an America’s cup Defender/Winner, a US presidential yacht, a large houseboat in Sausalito, California, lighter than air craft (blimps), locomotives, a car, farm equipment, a naval communications system, hotels, theatres, songs, and probably many more objects. Some may not have been actual namesakes. Don’t forget that the 1620 Mayflower was herself a namesake of the flower known as Trailing Arbutus.

The earliest that we have found is the Plymouth, MA, whaler Mayflower launched in 1821. We have found no image of it to date. The most recent one is the Chinese six-legged ship Mayflower Resolution built to act as a platform from which off shore windmill farms can be constructed. Obviously this is a work in progress and we ask that anyone who knows of others examples to please advise the Webmaster so that we may add them to this site.