A Mayflower family bracing against the cold and windy weather, foreshadowing their coming hardships, while the ship is anchored in the harbor. A pair of mayflower blossoms flank the design.
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A CIVIL BODY POLITICK
1620-2020
MAYFLOWER COMPACT
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Reverse description
A Wampanoag man and woman employing a planting technique used to grow several crops that were staples for the Wampanoag people. This method helped keep the soil healthy, maintaining the resources for annual plantings and successful harvests. The inscription “SUSTAINERS OF LIFE” recalls not only this sustainable planting technique but the critical skills the Wampanoag people afforded the Pilgrims by teaching them how to successfully plant and harvest the land.
Reverse lettering
SUSTAINERS OF LIFE
PEOPLE OF THE DAWN
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Engraver
P United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)