Great Britain: 2020 gold 100-pounds, Mayflower 400th Anniversary commemorative, first day of issue

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Great Britain: 2020 gold 100-pounds, Mayflower 400th Anniversary commemorative, first day of issue

    NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo. Cert. #6039444-048/69.

    Numista-296804, Krause-Mishler-1921, Spink-OB1.

    .999 gold, 1.0033 oz. Diameter: 32.69 mm. Weight: 31.21 g. Mintage: 500. First day of issue.

    I purchased this coin for not much more than its gold melt value at the time- and it doubled in value a year and a half later as bullion prices rose. If one is going to set aside an ounce of gold, I think it is far better to do that with an appealing lower-mintage issue like this rather than some generic bullion coin with a mintage in the hundreds of thousands or millions, wouldn't you say?

    Not only do I like coins with sailing ship designs, but I am also a maternal descendant of William Bradford, the Pilgrim governor, who came to America aboard the Mayflower in 1620. So this coin was a natural fit for me.

    Along the same theme there is, of course, the 1920 United States Pilgrim half dollar. Naturally, I have one of those, too.

    Ex-Great Collections, Item #1559868, 12 May 2024.

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  3. Dafydd

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    It certainly knocks a Krugerrand or Britannia into second place @lordmarcovan , what a spectacular coin and a great familial association.
     
    Dafydd, Jan 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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  4. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    I love sailing ships too on coins (mentioned that recently in another thread).
    Those MayFlower coins are my favorite modern sailing ship coin.
     
    Clawcoins, Jan 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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  5. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    Very cool indeed!
     
    asheland, Jan 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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  6. BRandM

    BRandM Counterstamp Collector

    A beautiful coin and special to you because of your family connection to it. I suppose your Pilgrim commemorative would also have a special place in your collection.

    Bruce
     
    BRandM, Jan 4, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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  7. Tall Paul

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    While I don't have a Mayflower coin my wife is a direct descendant of a Mayflower crew member named Peter Brown. My Mother is a direct descendant of "Roger Williams who was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony for his views on the separation of state and religion and fair treatment of native Americans. He was a founder of the Providence Plantation/Rhode Island and the American Baptist Church. He later left the Baptist Church and organized religion and became a "seeker" not identifying with any specific church." Wikipedia.
     
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  8. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Beautifull coin! UK still makes "old style" coin designs, not the horrible modernistic kitch.
     
    panzerman, Jan 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    You should get a US Pilgrim half, at the very least.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jan 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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  10. Tall Paul

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    I sold most of my Classic Commemoratives last spring. I kept: Isabella, Lafayette, Hawaiian, Pan Pac half, $1.00 and $2.50. Perhaps I should get Sue a Pilgrim as it's her family that was on the boat.
     
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  11. Vess1

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    The US did issue a gold reverse proof coin and some silver medals for the occasion. We got the one oz silver version of your gold coin design here with a silver medal. Granted not a coin. But I bought them from the mint at that time and have them.
    The post office put out a special stamp with the Mayflower on it for the occasion too. I bought a couple sheets of them.
     
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    You should, if she likes coins at all.

    Really? What coin? It must have escaped my notice.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jan 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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  13. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    Mayflower 400th Anniversary Program
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    The US MInt website though doesn't directly reference this set, though stated "The Royal Mint design, made as gold and silver coins" This set was sold as a Silver Proof set and a Gold proof set:
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  15. -jeffB

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    To be fair, there was a lot of other stuff going on in 2020...
     
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  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    That, and I usually don’t pay attention to modern stuff and thus am often woefully uninformed about new releases.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jan 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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