BU Means What?

When I envision a brilliant uncirculated coin I take it to mean original mint lustre, un-toned silver and red copper. The reality is brilliant uncirculated became the new term for commercial uncirculated and slider uncirculated.

Old school

BU = MS60
Choice BU = MS63
Gem BU = MS65

I do understand it sounds funny when talking about a Brown UNC

I recently purchased a certified coin from Great Southern Coins and am waiting for it to arrive, but I would never purchase a raw coin from them due to their obviously manipulated photos (extreme lighting if nothing else) and questionable descriptions.

BU is nothing more than fluff. Calling a coin BU means virtually nothing today as legitimate uncirculated coins are, of course, graded between 60 - 70.

It's no different than calling a coin blast white, exceptionally lustrous, or beautifully uncirculated. The terms are subjective, not objective.

THING TO KEEP IN MIND:

I wish people would include die state -


a BU coin could still be an early die state or very late die state coin on ebay if you buy a bu coin roll and the seller also sell singles of same coin at higher price you will most likely receive some nice new shiny extremely late die coins. All the orange peel you could never want... still shiny and uncirculated

but would you have paid as much or even ordered if you knew