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1865-S $20 MS64 PCGS

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1865-S $20 MS64 PCGS
<B>1865-S $20 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: <I>S.S. Brother Jonathan</B></I>. What 1857-S is to mid-date Type One double eagles in the wake of the <I>S.S. Central America</B></I> discovery, so the 1865-S has become to later Type One twenties. With a pair of shipwrecks, the <I>S.S. Republic </B></I>and the <I>S.S. Brother Jonathan</B></I>, both yielding Mint State examples, it has become one of the most readily collectible issues in Uncirculated states.<BR> This slightly hazy orange-gold exemplar has the distinctive coloration of a <I>Brother Jonathan</B></I> coin, with streaks of richer peach at the upper obverse. Well struck with a slightly hazy appearance on the well-preserved obverse. On the reverse, a thin die crack laces through the reverse peripheral lettering. PCGS has graded just 23 finer examples (1/08).<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> James B. Longacre<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)<BR><BR><B>Important