1865-S Double Eagle - 1865-S $20 NGC MS61. Brother Jonathan, Civil War Date. An important Mint State example from the Shipwreck that foundered off the coast of California in 1865.
On April 9th 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appamatox Court House, ending the Civil War. Minor skirmishes would rage on for the remainder of 1865, but the Civil War was officially over.