muskydude Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS IF A COIN IS IN BU CONDITION WHAT CONDITION IS IT IN. I WAS THINK ABOUT BUYING SOME PENNIES OF THIS DEALER THAT ARE DENVER MINT 1961 D NEVER CIRCULATED WHAT CONDITION WHAT THESE BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadoc Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 G = Good F = Fine AU = Almost Uncirculated BU = Brilliant Uncirculated MS = Mint State MS70 = perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinzip Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 To me BU means Mint State with Lustre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just carl Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 G = GoodF = Fine AU = Almost Uncirculated BU = Brilliant Uncirculated MS = Mint State MS70 = perfect As noted. Although some may say AU is About Uncirculated. Trivial and probably no difference. Not sure about any difference between BU and MS either. Many dealers say BU instead of MS if they are from a long time ago when there was only Uncirculated and no such thing as Mint State. Confused? Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageka Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I would say that BU should mean MS63 or better Uncirculated and Brilliant Needless to say that a several vendors call an MS60 a BU which it is not It should be about the same as Choice Uncirculated or MS63 or better FDC Fleur de Coin is another abused term . It should be MS65 or better but is abused from MS60 onwards In Europe the most abused term is probably Bankfresh which means in condition as received by the bank which is MS60 and upwards Mintfresh is supposed to be used for MS63 or better But since hardly anybody can grade the terms really mean very little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 You may find the grading section on my website interesting. Although British grading standards are stricter than US grading standards. It will give you an idea and teach you about some of the terminology used: http://www.coinsgb.com/Grading.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just carl Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Although British grading standards are stricter than US grading standards. It will give you an idea and teach you about some of the terminology used: Imagine that. Someone noticed our grading standards can not compete with the British. Just kidding you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Imagine that. Someone noticed our grading standards can not compete with the British. Just kidding you know. We'll I'm not saying one is better than the other, and once you get used to the 70 point system its quite easy. The trouble arises when people buy an MS graded British coin and try to sell it for UNC British prices listed in something like Spink. The MS graded coin may only be an EF by British standards so not worth the price they think it is. Its an old saying but buy the coin and not the number on the slab. If you learn to grade coins (which does take a while, and different people's opinions of a grade of a coin can be different at times) then you can really know if the sellers asking price or the grade he assigns to a coin is right. A lot sellers on online auctions over grade their coins, thats were buying from a reputable dealer also helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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